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Listening to King Geedorah Take Me To Your Leader, after having revisited most of his other albums recently since I felt like a groovy time.
Operation DOOMSDAY 1999
This album is pretty much the start of it all, even though DOOM made his original debut with KMD and later some stuff with Monsta Island Czars, 1999's Operation Doomsday is a bombshell of a record. This was the first hiphop album that made me appreciate a genre I largely disregarded, despite loving classic Soul and funk. Nothing could hold my attention, nothing was as layered or as beautiful as Operation Doomsday, the other thing was that as much as DOOM was on the album, he had a lot of guest acts that straight fucking killed it on every track. He uses obscure samples, as well as a lot of references to and from classic marvel and DC shows occasionally, but it is pretty clear MF DOOM is a Marvel fan, which honestly makes me appreciate him even more. He creates this persona as the supervillain of the world, of rap, of hiphop, of injustice. Like Dr.Doom of the Marvel Universe, he cares about his people, he sees the vast injustices of the system and oppression and calls it out. The man is a fuming lyricist of brilliant venomous delivery, the man is incredibly talented with his beats and usage of samples, his sense of rhythm and appreciation for classic soul, funk, and electronic as well as jazz(considering he samples tons of Sun Ra).
King Geedorah- Take Me To Your Leader 2003
This time DOOM, raps under different personas and invites his fellow Monsta Island Czars to create what is probably one of DOOM's most prolific albums, it will only be topped by his further creative efforts, in 2004 with both Madvillain and Vaudeville Villain under the guise of Viktor Vaughn and Madvillain respectively.
The different personas combine to create the different "heads" of Geedorah, and the songs culminate in a sinister way that only DOOM can create. Borderline Lovecraftian dread, with truth bombs designed to obliterate.
I don't think any other albums quite approach the sound of this one though except for parts of MM..Food?, Occult Hymn, The Mouse and The Mask, or my other personal favorite, MF DOOM BORN LIKE THIS. Which features more of that psychedelic layering that King Geedorah, NehruvianDOOM, and Operation Doomsday all have.
So, instead of going on a breakdown of each album I want to know GAF what is the general consensus of DOOM and his creative output?
What are your favorites?
Operation DOOMSDAY 1999
This album is pretty much the start of it all, even though DOOM made his original debut with KMD and later some stuff with Monsta Island Czars, 1999's Operation Doomsday is a bombshell of a record. This was the first hiphop album that made me appreciate a genre I largely disregarded, despite loving classic Soul and funk. Nothing could hold my attention, nothing was as layered or as beautiful as Operation Doomsday, the other thing was that as much as DOOM was on the album, he had a lot of guest acts that straight fucking killed it on every track. He uses obscure samples, as well as a lot of references to and from classic marvel and DC shows occasionally, but it is pretty clear MF DOOM is a Marvel fan, which honestly makes me appreciate him even more. He creates this persona as the supervillain of the world, of rap, of hiphop, of injustice. Like Dr.Doom of the Marvel Universe, he cares about his people, he sees the vast injustices of the system and oppression and calls it out. The man is a fuming lyricist of brilliant venomous delivery, the man is incredibly talented with his beats and usage of samples, his sense of rhythm and appreciation for classic soul, funk, and electronic as well as jazz(considering he samples tons of Sun Ra).
King Geedorah- Take Me To Your Leader 2003
This time DOOM, raps under different personas and invites his fellow Monsta Island Czars to create what is probably one of DOOM's most prolific albums, it will only be topped by his further creative efforts, in 2004 with both Madvillain and Vaudeville Villain under the guise of Viktor Vaughn and Madvillain respectively.
The different personas combine to create the different "heads" of Geedorah, and the songs culminate in a sinister way that only DOOM can create. Borderline Lovecraftian dread, with truth bombs designed to obliterate.
I don't think any other albums quite approach the sound of this one though except for parts of MM..Food?, Occult Hymn, The Mouse and The Mask, or my other personal favorite, MF DOOM BORN LIKE THIS. Which features more of that psychedelic layering that King Geedorah, NehruvianDOOM, and Operation Doomsday all have.
So, instead of going on a breakdown of each album I want to know GAF what is the general consensus of DOOM and his creative output?
What are your favorites?
