Madlib and MF DOOM‘s ‘Madvillainy 2’ remains to be within the works, 20 years after ‘Madvillainy’ first arrived.
The legendary rapper, whose loss of life was confirmed on New Yr’s Eve 2020, teamed up with Madlib to launch the acclaimed 2004 album below their collaborative identify Madvillain.
Now, Madlib has confirmed that ‘Madvillainy 2’ remains to be on its method. Showing on Scorching 97 alongside Talib Kweli to advertise their new joint mission, ‘Liberation 2’, Madlib informed host Peter Rosenberg: “We’ve got like 10 joints. [It’s] simply not full.
“It’s extra like a demo to me as a result of we didn’t piece it collectively or something and a few of them it feels like he simply did one take and that’s it. [But] I’m gonna end it. I gotta change a number of the beats as a result of a few of the beats had been used additionally.”
Madlib additionally famous that the mission had been in progress for nearly twenty years, with the recording course of starting proper after the discharge of ‘Madvillainy’. DOOM, nevertheless, solely did a few songs a 12 months.
The pair launched the album by way of Stones Throw Data – with founder Peanut Butter Wolf revealing {that a} sequel was on the best way on the time of DOOM’s loss of life. He was reportedly “85% carried out” with the sequel on the time.
“DOOM was all the time telling me ‘It’s 85% carried out, it’s 85% carried out.’ That was the magic quantity,” Wolf mentioned on the Juan Ep is Useless podcast.
He went on to recall how DOOM initially despatched him 11 tracks for the mission in 2009, however wished to carry off on releasing the mission till “just a few extra songs” had been completed.
“I acquired a bit of annoyed, and I used to be identical to, you recognize, ‘It’s gonna occur when it’s gonna occur.’ I don’t wanna be the man to drive creativity or something,” he added.
Talib Kweli and Madlib’s ‘Liberation 2’, a sequel to their collaborative 2007 album, was launched final month. It options a posthumous contribution by Mac Miller, in addition to collaborations with Q-Tip, Wildchild, Roc Marciano and Westside Gunn.
In different information, Madlib confirmed final month that he has quite a few new tasks underway together with a brand new Mac Miller album that’s close to completion.
In accordance with Madlib, work on the upcoming LP first started “years in the past”, nevertheless he has solely not too long ago gained the blessing from Miller’s property. Miller died in September 2018 following an unintentional overdose. He was 26 years outdated.
Elsewhere in the identical interview, Madlib additionally confirmed that he’s within the technique of engaged on a brand new Erykah Badu album and a brand new mission involving California rapper Planet Asia. No particulars involving the albums’ titles or launch dates have been introduced but.
