Madvillain - Madvillainy 2: The Madlib Remix - 2x LP Vinyl

2021 repress - Some might say its sacrilege to revisit an album like Madvillainy, but Madlib's never been one to respect convention. Like many of his best works, he made this one for himself - headphone listening pleasure before a ten-hour plane ride to Tokyo. But this reworking (we hate to say remix) was so good that after we sat with it for a while, we decided that we had to make it available.

Yeah, we're waiting for the new Madvillain too. Every once in a while we hear from DOOM, and he tells us he's getting closer. Madlib still sends him beat CDs. DOOM always remembers our birthdays. But, we don't have the sequel, and we know every nuance of Madvillainy. So we've been bumping this album while we're patiently waiting. And it's been good. Like visiting with a friend who you haven't seen in years and remembering why you were friends to begin with.