One of my favorite rap albums of all time is the 2004 release
Madvillainy by Madvillain, a.k.a. indie rapper MF Doom and producer Madlib. I liked the album so much I even bought the
Kidrobot vinyl figure. I had almost given up hope on the long rumored follow up album and then last week their label,
Stones Throw, announced the release of the
StonesThrow.com exclusive
Madvillainy 2: The Madlib Remix Box Set.
Ok, it’s not exactly the second album I was hoping for, but at least it can be considered new music, right?
Madvillainy 2: The Madlib Remix is a “reworking” of the original by Madlib, lacing Doom’s original verses over all new beats. The
Madvillainy 2: The Box, while expensive at $125.00 plus shipping, is loaded with extras including the 25 track
Madvillainy 2 cd, a “One Beer (Drunk Version)” 7-inch vinyl single, an actual cassette with The
Madvillainy Demo Tape on it, a t-shirt and a comic book continuing the story from the “All Caps” Madvillain music video.
The Box might be expensive, but you definitely get more than your money’s worth of Madvillain items.
If you’re at all interested in
Madvillainy 2: The Box don’t sleep on its pre-order because they are manufacturing the box set based on pre-orders, so if you don’t get in on it early you might not get one at all. You can pre-order
The Box at
Stones Throw’s new online store now until August 15th, and you can expect the
Madvillainy 2: The Box to ship on September 15th.
For those of you dying to hear the new Madvillain tracks, but not interesting in shelling out $125 for
The Box, there is another options. For $9.99 you can purchase just the
Madvillainy 2: The Madlib Remix digital album directly from Stones Throw. The digital album is available now and can be purchased
here.
Click
here to find out more about Madvillain and
Madvillainy 2: The Box.
The gameplay demo, which you can watch below, explores the vast settings the heroes and villains wage war in and displays some of the awesome combo moves from the game. I was really excited to see that Mortal Kombat’s trademark splattered blood was still extremely prevalent in the fighting game. It was also announced at the SDCC Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe panel that Fatalities will, in fact, be in the game! According to a report from Newsarama, “the DC Heroes will deliver Brutalities (punishing, but non-lethal beat-downs) while all the MK characters and the DC Villains will be able to use Fatalities.” (link).jpg)
With four additional characters announced, the grand total of known playable characters is now up to fourteen, seven Mortal Kombat characters and seven DC Universe characters. The two new MK additions are Kitana and Jax, who join the previously announced Liu Kang, Scorpion, Shang Tsung, Sonya Blade and Sub-Zero. Joining the DC Comics roster comprised of Superman, Batman, Flash, Shazam and Catwoman are The Joker and Green Lantern.
