Back again on vinyl where it belongs, MF DOOM's 1999 classic Operation:
Doomsday is now presented on a premium grade LP, with audio re-mastered
from the original Fondle'Em Records release, and a poster of the album
cover art!
Underneath
his mysterious metal mask, MF DOOM hides the cachet underground legends
are made of. After KMD (his first group)’s 1994 sophomore album Bl_ck
B_st_rds was shelved by Elektra in 1994 and his blood brother Subroc
(one half of the sibling rap duo) passed away, surviving frontman Zev
Love X mutated into the MC Avenger known as MF DOOM and the Rap world is
better for it. This 19-cut deep album is ridiculously dope, in a
bizarro Ol’ Dirty Bastard kind of way. Doom sounds either high or drunk
on most of the tracks, his self-produced beats are gritty, and his rhyme
styles are almost indecipherable. On arguably the best track, “Rhymes
Like Dimes,” Doom weaves some pointed lyrics through his abstract
wordplay, spitting ‘only in America could you find a way to earn a
healthy buck / And still keep your attitude on self-destruct.’ Who You
Think I Am? features DOOM‘s crew M.onster I.sland C.zars, while on “?”
he trades hot verses with former Columbia artist Kurious Jorge. Doom’s
avant-garde ghetto-rhyme philosophies take even more intentionally weird
twists on “Tick, Tick...” where he and guest MC MF Grimm’s flows warble
over a rhythm track whose tempo speeds up and slows down continually.
The comic-book themed skits, will help take you deep into the mind of an
MC who is as otherworldly as they come. And in today’s bland commercial
Rap universe, Operation: Doomsday’s left-of-center beats and rhymes are
the perfect remedy.
- Disc 1
- 1 The Time We Faced Doom
- 2 Doomsday
- 3 Rhymes Like Dimes (Feat. DJ Cucumber Slice)
- 4 The Finest (Feat. Tommy Gunn)
- 5 Back in the Days
- 6 Go With the Flow
- 7 Tick Tock (Feat. MF Grimm)
- 8 Red & Gold
- 9 The Hands of Doom
- 10 Who Do You Think I Am? (Feat. King Ghidra, Kong, K.D., Megalon, Rodan & X-Ray)
- Disc 2
- 1 Doom, Are You Awake
- 2 Hey
- 3 Operation Greenbacks (Feat. Megalon & King Geedoarh)
- 4 The MIC
- 5 The Mystery of Doom
- 6 Dead Bent
- 7 Gas Drawls
- 8 Question Mark (Feat. Kurious Jorge)
- 9 Hero Vs Villain
MF Doom – Operation: Doomsday
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£29.50