Madvillainy

madlib sampled the chord organ melody from daedelus's 2002 track for the beat on accordion. daedelus recorded it on a magnus 391 electric chord organ, not an actual accordion, though the harmonica-like tone from its fan design gave the sample its signature sound.

“In 2002, Darlington recorded the melody on a Magnus 391 Electric Chord Organ for a song called "Experience" on their debut album, Invention.”

madlib sampled frank zappa's mothers of invention for the intro and recurring elements in meat grinder. the sample appears at multiple points throughout the track.

“Sample appears at 0:00 and 0:55 (and throughout)”

madlib sampled the bassline from this 1975 track for meat grinder. the bassline shares similarities with rush's tom sawyer but the actual source is lew howard.

“"Meat Grinder" contains samples of "Sleeping in a Jar" by The Mothers of Invention and "Hula Rock" by Lew Howard & the All-Stars.”

madlib sampled incidental music from a 1968 ironside episode for all caps, not the famous quincy jones theme. the sample provides both the choppy piano loop and the longer instrumental that carries doom's verses.

“Both come from a 1968 episode of the cult American crime drama series Ironside called "The Macabre Mr Micawber"”

madlib sampled z.z. hill's 1975 soul track for fancy clown. the sample provides the melodic foundation for the beat featuring viktor vaughn.

“"Fancy Clown" by Madvillain feat. Viktor Vaughn and Allah's Reflection sampled Z.Z. Hill's "That Ain't the Way You Make Love".”

madlib sampled this 1971 brazilian song for rhinestone cowboy. doom called rhinestone cowboy his favorite track from the album, saying it worked as an ending based on everything before it.

“This was probably MF DOOM's favourite tune off the album & the sample used by Madlib on this tune comes from a 1971 Brazilian song called 'Mariana Mariana' sung by Maria Bethânia.”

madlib went crate digging in brazil during the november 2002 red bull music academy trip, buying multiple crates of obscure vinyl with cut chemist, dj babu, and j.rocc. he used some of these records to produce beats for the album including raid, strange ways, and rhinestone cowboy, recorded in his são paulo hotel room on a boss sp-303 sampler, portable turntable, and cassette deck.

“Madlib also went crate digging during his time in Brazil, searching for obscure vinyl records he could sample later, with fellow producers Cut Chemist, DJ Babu, and J.Rocc.”

doom and madlib spent their recording sessions at the stones throw bomb shelter drinking beer, eating thai food, smoking marijuana, and taking psychedelic mushrooms. madlib told the guardian he was inspired by jimi hendrix to use shrooms and that this experimentation influenced madvillainy.

“he said he was inspired by Jimi Hendrix to start using shrooms and this experimentation influenced his work as Quasimoto as well as the seminal 'Madvillainy' album with DOOM.”