The rapper who spelled out the words he rapped. The video for the single "Spellbound" came off like a hip-hop version of Sesame Street. Spelling was the hook but behind the flashy gimmick was an adept and brainy MC, one of the few able to clearly put across the up-tempo rapping style on record. His Hit Squad association helps immensely, as Parrish Smith of EPMD produced, making sure Madison is the spotlight of this lyrically focused, surprisingly-oddball affair, as tracks like "Tales from the Crackside" and "Drums of Death" fervently prove.