MF DOOM and Madlib‘s demo tapes from the making of Madvillainy are set to be released on vinyl for the first time in celebration of the album’s 20th anniversary.
Announced by Stones Throw Records on Instagram, the label said: “In 2002, before @madlib and @mfdoom finished Madvillainy, the first demo sequence of the album leaked online — early vocal cuts from DOOM, recorded then quickly mixed in L.A. at Madlib’s Bomb Shelter studio.
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“The leak spread around the world, and while the tracks may have been unfinished, it was clear that this was a Hip Hop album unlike any other…”
They added: “We’re celebrating the 20th anniversary of #Madvillainy by releasing the Demos on vinyl for the first time, mastered by Dave Cooley and with an insert of [Eric Coleman]’s contact sheets from the album cover shoot.
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“The new Audiophile Edition celebrates the finished record: re-cut at 45rpm and pressed on 180g vinyl. Housed in a gatefold jacket with lyrics printed on the inner, with premium quality rice paper inner sleeves.”
The special re-release will land in stores on Black Friday (November 29) in the U.S., while a worldwide release is planned for 2025. Pre-orders are available via Stones Throw’s website.
Madvillainy isn’t the only classic MF DOOM album being reissued this year.
The late rapper’s 2004 solo LP Mm… Food is being rereleased on November 15 via Rhymesayers Entertainment, complete with bonus material and new artwork courtest of Sam Rodriguez.
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The 20th anniversary edition includes remixes from the likes of Madlib, Just Blaze and Jake One, as well as previously unheard interview clips from DOOM where he discusses topics such as “The Evolution From Zev Love X to MF DOOM,” “Being Embraced by a Diverse Fanbase” and “Conquering Writer’s Block.”
An authorized biography of DOOM’s life is also set to hit shelves today (October 29).
Written by veteran music journalist S.H. Fernando Jr. and published by Astra House, The Chronicles of DOOM: Unraveling Rap’s Masked Iconoclast is described as “a sweeping and definitive biography” that will “recount the rise, fall, redemption and untimely demise of one of Hip Hop’s most enigmatic and influential figures.”
Astra House senior editor Danny Vazquez said of the book: “[MF DOOM]’s story has been recounted endlessly on the internet,” he said. “Amateur music historians have tried, and failed, time and time again, to tell his complete story.
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“S.H. Fernando is here to tell that story — from KMD to Adult Swim to the villain’s final chapter escaping death in the public eye for two whole months before it was announced in the most sensational fashion on New Year’s Eve 2020.”
