Declaime & Madlib's Joint Throwback Album "In The Beginning Vol. 2" Has Arrived: Stream

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Last summer, Declaime and Madlib unearthed some of their unreleased tracks from the time they spent living across the street from one another back in the '90s, which they arranged together in an album called In the Beginning, Vol. 1.

Hardly more than a year later, the duo has returned with volume two of their throwbacks, which includes appearances from CDP on "Temporary Rhyme Speech" as well as Wildchild on "Signs."

Previously released songs between the first edition and the new arrival that landed on the tracklist include "Bandwagon," "Wun Too," and "Enjoy Your Stay." As a whole, the project takes up just over 39 minutes and shows how much growth we've seen from both artists in the past two decades.

Stream In the Beginning, Vol. 2 on Spotify or Apple Music below, and tap back in with HNHH later for more hip-hop music and news updates.

In the Beginning Vol. 2 Tracklist:

1. 2MC ornot 2MC (Intro)

2. Bandwagon

3. WLIX

4. Sensei Sound

5. WunTwo

6. As I Get Wild

7. Temporary Rhyme Speech (feat. CDP)

8. Scarce Compliments

9. Enjoy Your Stay

10. Signs (feat. Wildchild)

11. Outro Beat Skit


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Hayley Hynes is the former Weekend Managing Editor of HotNewHipHop, she stepped down after two years in 2024 to pursue other creative opportunities but remains on staff part-time to cover music, gossip, and pop culture news. Currently, she contributes similar content on Blavity and 21Ninety, as well as on her personal blog where she also offers tarot/astrology services. Hayley resides on the western side of Canada, previously spending a year in Vancouver to study Fashion Marketing at Blanche Macdonald Centre and Journalism at Mount Royal University in Calgary before that. She's passionate about helping others heal through storytelling, and shares much more about her life on Instagram @hayleyhynes.