Thom Yorke and Madvillain

The Quote from Thom Yorke, singer for Radiohead: “The most inspirational wordsmith for me at the moment bizarrely is Madvillain. The guy’s a genius, MF Doom is the rhymes and Madlib is the beats and stuff. The album is called Madvillainy…He’s just on the edge of the freestylin’ thing all the time and he is just coming from just the right of the back of your head…I have a poet friend of mine called Jamie McKendrick in Oxford {and} most of the time does not really rate lyrics and stuff…{he said} ‘you gotta listen to this guy…it’s like Bob Dylan but without any folk…it’s like the last 50 years haven’t happened.’”

The Source: Bob Boilen interview for NPR, 2/14/2008

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New to Madvillain? Start here: 22 songs in 46 minutes. No choruses. Dizzying jazz hooks. And rhymes that come at you quickly. Very quickly. If you think that hip hop lacks imagination, think again. Challenge yourself and pick up this underground classic.

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Madvillainy