That’s the power of the metal-masked villain give him 16 bars, and he just might steal your song right out from under you.įor the purposes of this list, we considered MF Doom separate from Victor Vaughn, King Geedrah, or Madvillain, as they all show up under different names on most streaming services. MF DOOM has remained reclusive for most of his career, but weve rarely seen him go on this long of a stretch without releasing new music. Some of the songs listed here will be more obscure, and some will be more popular, but they each represent Doom at his absolute best, even if he’s only a track’s guest rapper.
He’s been active ever he first donned the mask in ’97, so to narrow down his contributions to the rap game to only his ten best is a monumental task ask ten hip-hop heads to name their best songs, and you might receive ten answers. His style can be heard through the filter of rappers whom he’s directly influenced, such as Jay Electronica, Blu, Earl Sweatshirt, Joey Badass, and Bishop Nehru, and through MC’s who he’s worked with over the years, like Talib Kweli, Ghostface Killah, and Nas. Just look at Leikeli47, who has borrowed his gimmick of anonymity, forcing listeners to judge her as an artist purely by her musical output.ĭoom rhymed about the typical rap pursuits of the day, but with an off-kilter, sardine-can-packaging dense flow, rattling off stream-of-consciousness observations and brownstone brick hard punchlines. Doom after MF Doom, then known as Zevlove X. The pretext for the album is very similar to that of Marvel Comics supervillain Dr. 60 Merry Christmas Baby, 57 MF Doom, 75 Mia Wallace, 104 Michael Cuscuna.
Against all odds, this one-of-one hip-hop misfit became an icon, whose style has influenced multiple generations of rappers, even if only indirectly. Simultaneously hailed as an underground classic and cast aside as poorly produced backpack rap, Operation: Doomsday inaugurated the reign of MF Doom in underground rap from the early to mid-2000s. 102 Kodachrome (song), 79 Ladue, Missouri, 9 Lafayette Leake, 31, 39, 51. Monsta Island Czars Escape from Monsta Island This first album from New York group Monsta Island Czars but the absence of the groups leader MF Grimm makes the album. Daniel Dumile best known by his stage name MF Doom or simply Doom was a British-American rapper and record producer. Instead, he crafted for himself a persona based on that of a comic book supervillain, complete with a prop mask to round out his over-the-top presentation. Nothing less was expected as the original collaboration between MF Doom and MF Grimm, 'Tick Tick,' was nothing short of a masterpiece from Doom classic debut album Doomsday.
The genre hadn’t quite seen anything like before in a culture that valued image over everything, he eschewed the typical New York facade. O-section If you don't believe me, go get bagged and check then Cell number seventeen, up under the top bunk I say this not to be mean, wish bad luck or pop junk Pop the trunk on Cee Cipher Punk, leave him left scraped God forbid, if there ain't no escape, blame MF tape Definition "super-villain": a killer who love children One who is well-skilled in destruction, as well as building While Sidney Sheldon teaches the trife to be trifer I'm trading science fiction with my man the live lifer A pied piper holler a rhyme, a dollar and a dime Do his thing, ring around the white collar crime Get out my face, askin' ‘bout my case, need toothpaste Fresher mint, monkey-style nigga get mentadent And dope fiends still in they teens, shook niggas turn witness Real mens mind their own business That's the difference between sissy-pissy rappers that's double-dutch How come I hold the microphone double-clutch C.O.In the late nineties, at the height of the divide between mainstream and underground rap, MF Doom (re-)emerged to wave the flag for the backpacker set, and in doing so, helped to change the landscape of hip-hop forever. On Doomsday, ever since the womb ‘Til I'm back where my brother went, that's what my tomb will say Right above my government Dumile Either unmarked or engraved, hey, who's to say? I wrote this one in B.C.