‘Madvillainy’ demo tapes to be released
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of MF DOOM and Madlib’s Madvillainy, unreleased demo tapes are being issued on vinyl for the first time. This limited edition is expected to arrive in US stores on Black Friday, November 29, while becoming available worldwide in 2025. Customers can also pre-order on Stones Throw’s website.
Stones Throw Records wrote on Instagram: “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.
“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 continued: “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.
