And in today’s bland commercial Rap universe, Operation: Doomsday’s left-of-center beats and rhymes are the perfect remedy.Ī3. The comic-book themed skits, will help take you deep into the mind of an MC who is as otherworldly as they come. 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. It was released as CD & 2/LP on Fondle Em Records in April 20, 1999.
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. Operation: Doomsday is the debut solo album by American hip hop artist MF DOOM. The album is filled to the brim with the riddling rhymes of MF DOOM, all set in place by a. Doom sounds either high or drunk on most of the tracks, his self-produced beats are gritty, and his rhyme styles are almost indecipherable. Operation: Doomsday is a once-in-a-generation album, and the supervillain known as MF DOOM made his presence felt on, releasing a hip-hop masterpiece that has since become one of the most influential projects of its time. This 19-cut deep album is ridiculously dope, in a bizarro Ol’ Dirty Bastard kind of way. 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. Underneath his mysterious metal mask, MF DOOM hides the cachet underground legends are made of. 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! Classic NY underground.2LP black vinyl edition with an 18 x 24” poster of the cover art (Alternative MC Sleeve).
#OPERATION DOOMSDAY VINYL FULL#
Luckily MF has released a new pressing of his full length which includes all 89.9 classics like "Dead Bent" (yes!), "Red and Gold," and "Gas Drawls." The production is rough and the guests stanky the way like we like it. All of a sudden, his early material was gone.
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He blasted back on the scene with a series of acclaimed Fondle 'Em vinyl releases (which now go for 40+ buck a pop!). Limited to only 2,000 copies, the vinyl is numbered with gold foil stamping and housed in a gatefold jacket with art by the Lord Scotch.Scotch is the artist behind the original Operation: Doomsday. Lab heads should know the music, but here's our original review of the album as a refresher: Zev Love X of KMD reincarnated himself as MF Doom the masked villain who came out the ashes of the death (RIP Subroc) and major label weakness (fuc Elektra).
#OPERATION DOOMSDAY VINYL PLUS#
All this, plus booklet and obi strip featuring the original cover art makes this an obvious "must-cop" for the MF Doom completist. To top it off, Get On Down has even thrown in two never-before-commercially available Doom 45 adapters, exclusive to this set. The entire album is spread out across seven different colored 45's, each in their own custom pic sleeve designed by Lord Scotch (designer of the OG cover art), and housed in a black leatherette outer box with silver foil detailing. Deluxe 45 Boxset pressing of Operation Doomsday! This has got to be the best looking repress of Doom's classic '99 debut to date.
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