MF DOOM and Madlib‘s Madvillany album has received a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) almost exactly two decades after its original release.
Originally released on March 22, 2004 on Stones Throw Records, Madvillany has been certified gold as of Monday (March 25).
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The RIAA’s certification means that the album has now sold a half-million copies.
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MF DOOM & Madlib’s "Madvillainy" certified gold two decades after release pic.twitter.com/iYn0nRdZd9
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Stones Throw founder Peanut Butter Wolf recently celebrated 20 years of Madvillainy by sharing some facts about the album in a comment on Complex Music‘s Instagram page.
“This was an album where Madlib chose to record the beats in my basement that we called The Bomb Shelter (it was a literally a concrete bomb shelter),” he wrote.
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“DOOM recorded his vocals in my bedroom down the hall where we also had @ecoleye do a photo shoot that became the album cover.”
He added: “The LA release party was at The Fonda (a modest-sized venue) and we stacked the bill w/ me, J Rocc, Madlib, Dilla, and Common, besides (the headliner) DOOM because we were afraid it wouldn’t sell out.
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“We did a few more shows that month with the same lineup in a few major markets to small but very excited crowds.
“That was it in terms of promotion, besides doing 3 LOW BUDGET music videos (2 in the same day) that I convinced DOOM into reluctantly doing. It’s the first (and only) album on my 28-year-old label to go gold.”
Madlib also paid tribute to the late MF DOOM on the 20th anniversary of their collaborative album Madvillainy.
Saturday (March 23) marked two decades since the release of Madvillain’s classic album, which came out on Stones Throw Records and was the pair’s only project together.
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The Beat Konducta commemorated the milestone on Sunday (March 24) by sharing a clip on Instagram from the “All Caps” video.
The clip featured the words: “Madvillainy20. RIPMFDOOM,” while Madlib also wrote in his caption: “20 years. RIP to the Villain.”
