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Madvillain is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Four Tet, Z.Z. Hill and Quasimoto. Those roots explain a lot about how Madvillain arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as MF DOOM, Viktor Vaughn, King Geedorah, DANGERDOOM and JJ DOOM, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Joy Crookes, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Madvillain, reaching back through Four Tet and forward to Joy Crookes. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Madvillain was an American hip-hop supergroup formed in 2002, consisting of rapper MF Doom and producer Madlib. Their only album, Madvillainy (2004), earned critical acclaim and cult popularity, widely regarded as one of the greatest rap albums of all time and a benchmark record for alternative hip-hop. Their intricate rhymes and lyrics, short song structures and use of obscure, stylistically diverse samples made for a sound that was generally unfriendly to commercial radio but was lauded for its influence on underground rap. A follow-up album to Madvillainy was rumored to be in production at various times since the late 2000s, but no further original material has surfaced from the duo since 2010, and MF Doom's death in 2020 has left the future of the project uncertain.
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Madvillain connections
Madvillain grew out of Four Tet, Z.Z. Hill and Quasimoto, shares an orbit with MF DOOM, Viktor Vaughn, King Geedorah and DANGERDOOM, went on to shape Joy Crookes. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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