MF DOOM and Madlib’s classic Madvillainy album just turned 15 years old over the weekend. To mark the occasion, the masked rapper caught up with SPIN magazine to reflect on the project, where he revealed that he and Madlib are sitting on a bunch of music.
“Since then, we’ve recorded a lot more stuff,” DOOM said. “There’s a few of them we could put out as whole albums. I’m just looking for the right time. It’s hard to choose a time, as far as the manufacturing side, and the business side. Once that’s all out of the way, people will hear more of it. It’s a ton of stuff that we got.”
DOOM also revealed that they made music in the studio together like they did for Madvillainy. “We did that like twice. But one good time,” he said. “I was out there for the whole summer, went to the crib, the whole joint. We recorded a bunch of stuff. I used the same technique. I got the beats from Otis and wrote to the beats. I didn’t change anything from it. I let him be the producer and I was the MC. I approached it the same way, where the first thought that I had I would just—syntax a little, say your first thought. Make sure your rhyme point game is on point though.”
Unsurprisingly, all the music they’ve recorded is that classic sound from them, and there’s actually enough for four albums. “Either one could be recorded at the same time—if you heard them back to back, it would sound like both of them are interchangeable,” DOOM continued. “All three of them, there’s actually three or four of them by now. But they’re interchangeable, the feel of them.”
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