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Madvillain

Raid

Release date: 23rd March 2004

From Madvillainy
Hip-Hop/RapMusic
Underground Rap
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About This Track

'Raid' pairs MF DOOM's dense wordplay with a verse from M.E.D. over one of Madlib's most buoyant productions on 'Madvillainy'. The beat is fast-paced, light, and jazzy, setting the tone for two high-energy performances built on punchlines and internal rhyme. DOOM opens with his usual contradictions – holding heat whilst preaching non-violence, claiming divine inspiration from a voice like Barry White – before cataloguing his longevity in New York hip-hop and his capacity to leave audiences 'truly enlightened'. M.E.D. matches the intensity with a verse that leans on action-film bravado and street survival, the two MCs trading bars over a production that never sits still. The lyrics showcase DOOM's love of digression and self-mythology. He writes the book on rhymes, delivers a 'buttery flow', and claims to have been active since New York licence plates were ghetto yellow with broke blue writing. M.E.D. adopts a grittier register, referencing Clint Eastwood and Kobe Bryant whilst cataloguing the mechanics of getting by. The track moves quickly, both MCs packing syllables into every bar, the production keeping pace without ever feeling cluttered.

"Raid" is a track by Madvillain, from the album Madvillainy, released 23rd March 2004. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Madvillain

Madvillain

Lyrics

Raid

[Intro: MC Eiht & MF DOOM]

"Life is—"

To two one-two

[Verse 1: MF DOOM]

How DOOM hold heat and preach non-violence?

Shh, he about to start the speech, c'mon, silence!

On one starry night, I saw the light

Heard a voice that sound like Barry White said, "Sure you're right"

Don't let me find out who tried to bite

They better off goin' to fly a kite in a firefight

During tornado time with no coat than I caught ya

Wrote the book on rhymes, a note from the author

With no headshot, he said it's been a while

Got a breadwinner style to get a inner child a finna smile

And that's no exaggeration

The doctor told a patient, "It's all in your imagination, negro"

Ah, what do he know?

About the buttery flow, he need to cut the ego

Trippin', to date the Metal Fellow, been rippin' flows

Since New York plates was ghetto yellow

With broke blue writing, this is too exciting

Folks leave out the show feelin' truly enlightened

They say, "The Villain been spitting enough lightning

To rock shock the Boogie Down to Brighton". Aight then

[Interlude: M.E.D.]

Yeah, check, listen up

Uh, yeah, now

[Verse 2: M.E.D.]

How M.E.D. hold heat like Clint East is reborn?

Leave 'em with more holes than a dartboard

Haters watch him, Hennessy double-shot drink

Like the answer to the problem's at the bottle's bottom

Uh, from the bottom, top that homie, pay how you owe me

My niggas take "No" like Kobe

Even with the arms of the Hulk, you couldn't hold me

From gettin' mines, stogies be rolled, smokin' and gettin' by

Thanks rap, I ain't got a dime

Got me sneakin' out of checkout lines with bottles by the waist side

Yeah, smack 'em in the face, let 'em taste pride

Face trial, end up washed up like the shorelines

Do or die ride, how the dead return

Street turns, keep me in this dirt like an earthworm

What he spit hits and grows, will brothers ever learn

Worth a word, chat with a nerd, meeting adjourned

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Track details

From Madvillainy

2004
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Album
Madvillainy
Madvillainy
Madvillain
1st November 2002
Release year
2004
  1. —Shadows of Tomorrow
  2. —Bistro
  3. —The Illest Villains
  4. —Rainbows
  5. —Money Folder
  6. —Accordion
  7. —Rhinestone Cowboy
  8. —All Caps
  9. —Fancy Clown
  10. —Meat Grinder
  11. —Figaro
  12. —Great Day
  13. —Raid
  14. —America's Most Blunted
  15. —Curls
  16. —Strange Ways
  17. —Sickfit
  18. —Operation Lifesaver AKA Mint Test
  19. —Eye
  20. —Hardcore Hustle
  21. —Do Not Fire!
  22. —Supervillain Theme

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
M.E.D., Madlib, MF DOOM
Producer
Madlib
Mastering Engineer
Dave Cooley
Mixing Engineer
Dave Cooley
Recording Engineer
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Vocal Samples
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