Madvillain

Four Tet’s having a moment again thanks to his recent work with Skrillex, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg of his many great collaborations…

Rolling Stone have taken on the daunting task of ranking the greatest hip hop album of all time, from the Golden Age to modern times.

The MF DOOM remix is from the deluxe 20th anniversary edition of The Avalanches‘ ‘Since I Left You‘ that‘s out this week. You can also pick up classic MF DOOM / Madlib collab ‘Madvillainy‘ in the BV shop.

The album is apparently ”85% done” according to Stones Thow’s Peanut Butter Wolf. Plus: read a tribute to DOOM from Third Bass’ MC Serch.

Music nostalgia tends to move in 20-year cycles, so early 2000s rap is unsurprisingly leaving a mark on today’s new rap music. Here are 25 albums from that era that hold up especially well today…

This week we pulled inspiration from ‘Master of None’ with songs from the soundtrack: Arthur Russell, Sparks, Father John Misty, The Cure, X-Ray Spex, The Durutti Column, Lou Reed David Bowie, Digable Planets, William Onyeabor, Brian Eno, Aphex Twin, and lots more.

Madlib and DOOM (aka Madvillain) have released their first new single in years.

Would you call it Weird Roots? Madlib and Doom aligned in 2004 to form Madvillain. Their debut LP Madvillainy for Stones Throw included the song “Accordion”…

DOWNLOAD: Guilty Simpson & Bumps – Drums (MP3) A new Madvillain track, “Papermill,” is online to stream and download. The Madlib’s wirey ’70s cop chase sample and top-form wordplay from DOOM are both good signs that the pair is putting in some serious effort to follow-up 2004’s Madvillainy…

DOOM @ Pitchfork Fest in July (more by Joseph Xu)”…A visual always brings a first impression. But if there’s going to be a first impression I might as well use it to control the story…