He exemplified the villain: he sent random people to do his shows for him and once said he doesn’t listen to hip-hop. But he sewed it into the fabric of every line and every beat. But he sewed it into the fabric of every line and every beat” He introduced himself on Operation: Doomsday as this villain, but then developed it so much across his discography. We’ve seen it with Bowie, and with Eminem being Slim Shady, but I’m not sure any artist has embodied their characters and their narratives quite like DOOM. Rishi: DOOM reminded me in that way of David Bowie.įaiz: Exactly. The main one is the villain MF DOOM, obviously, but then there’s Viktor Vaughn, who’s a fan of MF DOOM who thinks he could take over the job, and King Geedorah who’s this massive monster from space. But he’s completely on it in terms of production - and on the topic of Take Me To Your Leader, we also have to talk about his aliases. With his King Geedorah album Take Me To Your Leader, his rapping doesn’t take the front seat. FOOD - Kon Karne is just so mellow, he had so much range as a producer.įaiz: I feel like people don’t talk about DOOM being a producer enough. He took hip-hop storytelling in a completely unique direction. FOOD, he raps almost exclusively about food - but still stays in character. It’s a weird concept but it comes together so well. On Operation: Lifesaver aka Mint Test, he’s talking to a girl at the bar, but she’s got really bad breath. Rishi: That’s another thing to love about him. Open Mike Eagle giving his opinion on DOOM in 2016 Vox I watched this Vox Earworm video about rhyme, and Open Mike Eagle said ‘MF DOOM’s flow lives in my mind, it lives in my heart’. Rishi: That’s what gives him the famous tagline of ‘your favourite rapper’s favourite rapper’. Other artists have this kind of kinship with him too.įaiz: I remember watching a video of Mos Def talking about MF DOOM, and he said he bought the album and looked at the cover and kept saying ‘I understand you’.
It could’ve been made now, and it would still be as fresh - it’s a timeless album. Rishi: Exactly, especially when you think about when this album was made, in 2004. Madlib’s production is insane, and DOOM’s trying to make these stanzas which all rhyme together, pushing rap - and even the English language - to its absolute breaking point. Rishi: Freddie Gibbs said ‘with Madlib, you’ve gotta be on your A-game to really shine on his beats, otherwise his beat’s gonna outshine you.’ That’s where this album really becomes special: they push each other.įaiz: They’re also pushing their crafts to their limit. If you want an in-depth analysis on why Madvillainy is so amazing, I’m sure there’s a review out there that does the job far better than I can. MF DOOM and Madlib are both in amazing form DOOM builds up each song so well, there’s so much to take in. Speaking of which, what do you think made that record so great?įaiz: For me as a fan, it’s just such an exciting listen. Rishi: That album was the base he used to build off in the later albums. But there’s a lot to analyse: it seems like it’s painted with random brushstrokes, but it’s all intentional and vivid. It’s a lot of fun - it’s got bangers on it. Some songs off of Madvillainy, like ‘Curls’, or even ‘Great Day’, are also a lot friendlier.įaiz: It’s like that with his first album, Operation: Doomsday. ‘Rapp Snitch Knishes’ is a good song to start out on.
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I listened to the whole thing and over time it kind of seeped into me, with individual songs keeping me coming back until I was hooked.įaiz: If I was going to tell someone how to start out with DOOM, I would say just listen to the most famous tracks - they’re the most accessible and they give you a sense of how DOOM operates. MF DOOM, especially Madvillainy, has this kind of cult following on the internet - so I thought I’d give it a go. Rishi: For me, I spent a lot of time reading about music online. “If I was going to tell someone how to start out with DOOM, I would say just listen to the most famous tracks - they’re the most accessible and they give you a sense of how DOOM operates” Eventually I got my act together and I listened to the album, and then I got into the rest of his stuff. So, in typical ‘me’ fashion, I went around telling everyone ‘I love MF DOOM’, but I’d only listened to ‘All Caps’. But then when I listened to the rest of the track, I was hooked. I listened to the opening chords and I thought ‘this is absolutely awful, turn this off’. Rishi: What was your first encounter with MF DOOM?įaiz: I saw the cover of Madvillainy on a list of Top 10 album covers, and I thought ‘this looks so sick’.
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