Photos: Making Madvillainy

• March 01, 2004

These are three sets of photos from the making of Madvillainy, 2002-2003, which were published on the last version of our website at various times.

PART 1
In Summer 2002 we announced that MF DOOM and Madlib were working together on a project which, at that time, had no title or projected release date. The two first met up at the Stones Throw house & Madlib's studio The Bomb Shelter in Los Angeles, where Doom immediately began writing lyrics and recording demos. These photos were taken by Egon.










PART 2
Madlib took off to Brazil in late 2002 for the Red Bull Music Academy, where early cuts of Madvillain were premiered (and bootlegged) for the first time. He took these photos himself in his hotel room where he worked on beats for Madvillain's "Strange Ways" and "Rhinestone Cowboy". These two and others were created using the only equipment available: a portable record player, an SP 303 and a borrowed cassette deck.









PART 3
Back in Los Angeles, mid-2003: DOOM & Madlib take over PB Wolf's room to record vocals. Eric Coleman came through on this day and shot these and other photos which were used on singles and the album.

First released was the Money Folder b/w America's Most Blunted 12-inch single in Fall '03, and Madvillainy in March '04.







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