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MF Doom

By Nirav ⋅ September 5, 2008 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

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I heard that in order to be a true hip hopper, you have to know the works of Mr. MF Doom.  To my dismay and ignorance, I never took an opportunity to listen to his music until the past few weeks. I had been given a full collection of his music ranging from MM..Food (2004), Vaudeville Villain (2003), Venomous Villain (2004), and Take Me To Your Leader (2003). 

Also known as King Geedorah, Viktor Vaughn, Zen Love X, and Metal Fingers - MF Doom has been truly grinding (working hard) in the hip hop circuit. Not only has he published multiple albums in single years, he’s been non stop touring around the nation. With all that work and strong reputation, it’s weird to see him go unsigned. 

I’m sure people have tried though. Record labels who want the conscious emcee for reputation purposes but don’t necessarily want to deal with that same consciousness when it comes to talking about money or music ownership. Well I for one am happy that some of the best artists go unsigned as long as they themselves are ok with it. If you’re starving or in a place where its hurting you, then I don’t think it is worth the value.

Jumping back into MF Doom as an artist, I really can’t speak on behalf of his music. Listening to an album a few times won’t make me an expert and we at Obnoxious Listeners are not about cranking out posts for the purposes of getting it done. So I want to ask you, the readers, what do you know about him and what are your favorite MF Doom albums?  What do you like most about MF Doom? Is there a single you would recommend for first timers to his music?

Friends of mine yesterday gave me a quick insight into his tours in D.C. He apparently does not come without being very ummm …. done up on herbs/shrooms. He apparently has a batch of peanut butter shrooms that he likes to chow down on. Check out the 2-disk album entitled Special Herbs where each track name has a different root/herb as its title. I hope that ish is organic!

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