"One Beer" is a song recorded by American hip hop duo Madvillain, originally intended for inclusion on their debut studio album Madvillainy.[1] The song instead ended up being used on MF Doom's 2004 album Mm..Food, credited to MF DOOM instead of Madvillain.[2] "One Beer" was released as a limited-press 7" single in 2004, given away by select online retailers with copies of Madvillainy.[3] An animated music video was released on 16 November 2018, 14 years after Mm..Food's release.[4]
| "One Beer" | ||||
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| Single by Madvillain | ||||
| from the album Mm..Food | ||||
| Released | 30 March 2004 | |||
| Genre | Alternative hip hop | |||
| Length | 2:51 (single version) 4:19 (album version) 2:13 (video version) | |||
| Label | Stones Throw | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Madlib | |||
| Madvillain singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "One Beer" on YouTube | ||||
Background
edit"One Beer" was originally recorded for Madvillainy, but Doom and Madlib felt it did not fit the record and decided to leave it off.[1] 1000 copies were pressed to 7" vinyl and given away by select online retailers with copies of Madvillainy a week after the album's release.[3] The song samples French jazz-funk band Cortex's 1975 song "Huit Octobre 1971".[5][6]
Music video
editOn 16 November 2018, the 14th anniversary of Mm..Food's release, Rhymesayers Entertainment released an animated music video for "One Beer", created by Philadelphia visual artist Anhia Zaira Santana, also known as "Distortedd".[7] The Japanese anime-styled video features multiple characters as Cyclopes fighting over the last can of beer, including DOOM himself and Madlib's alter ego Lord Quas.[8] In the video, a young Cyclops girl drinks from a can of beer, and later takes a psychedelic mushroom dropped by Lord Quas, sending her into a drug-induced hallucination where she believes she is shrunken down and chased by a three-eyed cat. At the end of the video she is rescued by DOOM and Lord Quas in a UFO.[9] The video's style is highly reminiscent of early 2000's Flash and Newgrounds animations.
Santana said of the collaboration, "Dream come true. I collaborated with the GOAT, my favorite artist/best artist of all time".[10]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "One Beer" | 2:51 |
B-side
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|
- Hookie & Baba, Robot and Chimp ...Friends (Etching by Jeff Jank)
Personnel
editCredits are adapted from the single's label.[11]
Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United States (RIAA)[12] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
Drunk Version
edit| "One Beer (Drunk Version)" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Official digital single cover | ||||
| Single by Madvillain | ||||
| from the album Madvillainy 2: The Box | ||||
| Released | 15 September 2008 (as part of Madvillainy 2: The Box) | |||
| Recorded | Late 2003 | |||
| Genre | Alternative hip hop | |||
| Length | 1:52 | |||
| Label | Stones Throw | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Madlib | |||
| Madvillain singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "One Beer (Drunk Version)" on YouTube | ||||
"One Beer" was originally recorded over the beat used by Madlib and J Dilla for the song "No Games" on the Jaylib album Champion Sound.[13] Madlib attempted to remix the track so that it could be used for Madvillainy, but the results were deemed "too weird" and it was left off the album.[14] The only copy of this remix, dubbed the "Drunk Version" by label Stones Throw, was burned to a CD and then lost in Madlib's studio. The CD was re-discovered in 2005 and later included with Madvillainy 2: The Box as a 12" single.[15][14][16]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "One Beer" (Drunk Version) | 1:52 |
References
edit- ^ a b "One Beer". Stones Throw. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ MM..FOOD (liner notes). MF DOOM. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Rhymesayers Entertainment. 2004. RSE0051-1.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ a b "Stones Throw Fan Club 45 #8: One Beer by Madvillain". Stones Throw. Archived from the original on 11 April 2004. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ Schatz, Lake (16 November 2018). "Fourteen years later, MF DOOM shares animated "One Beer" music video: Watch". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ Sorcinelli, Gino (22 June 2020). "Cortex: The Mysterious French Band Behind Some of Rap's Most Majestic Moments". Substack. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ Bell, James (11 March 2012). "Sample Sundays: Mm..Cortex and Beer". The Daily Californian. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ Watson, Elijah (16 November 2018). "MF DOOM Celebrates 14th Anniversary Of 'Mm..Food' With Animated "One Beer" Music Video". Okayplayer. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ Bonita (17 November 2018). "All It Takes Is 1 Drink To Get MF DOOM & Madlib Animated (Video)". Ambrosia for Heads. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ Ofiaza, Renz (16 November 2018). "MF Doom Celebrates 'Mm..Food' Anniversary With Trippy "One Beer" Video". Highsnobiety. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ Montes, Patrick (16 November 2018). "MF DOOM Enlists Distortedd for Trippy, Animated "One Beer" Video". HypeBeast. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ One Beer (liner notes). Madvillain. Los Angeles, California: Stones Throw Records. 2004. STH4008.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "American single certifications – Mf Doom – One Beer". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "Madvillain "One Beer (Drunk Version)"". Stones Throw. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ a b "One Beer (Drunk Version)". Stones Throw. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ Boyd, Matt. "New(ish) Villainy Afoot". Impose. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Madvillainy 2: The Box". Stones Throw. 23 July 2008. Retrieved 23 March 2021.