On this day in Hip Hop history, duo KMD released its debut LP, Mr. Hood. Although it may not have had much commercial success, Mr. Hood ushered in the career of one of Hip Hop’s most respected figures, MF DOOM. Mr. Hood came at a time in Hip Hop culture where consciousness and positive Afrocentric […]
April 20, 1999, marks the day that the eclectic and iconic MF Doom launched his career with his debut record Operation Doomsday. Coming off of his time as half the former duo KMD, Doom wasn’t ways the quirky character with the humorous rhetoric we know and love him as today. He suffered a great deal after the loss of […]
On this date in 1971, rapper Daniel Dumile also known as MF DOOM (Metal Face Doom), was born in London, England to his Trinidadian mother and Zimbabwean father. His family relocated to New York when Dumile was a teenager, which was where he developed a love for the Hip-Hop culture. In 1988, Dumile, under the […]
On this date in 2004, MF DOOM dropped his fifth full-length studio release MM..FOOD. Put out on the underground Rhymesayers Entertainment label, some songs from the project were previously released under the name Madvillian on another label. The album featured classic samples from several superhero cartoons including the Fantastic Four, Spiderman and Superman. The album […]
On this date in 2004, MF DOOM dropped his fifth full length studio release MM..FOOD. Put out on the underground Rhymesayers Entertainment label, some songs from the project were previously released under the name Madvillian on another label. The album featured classic samples from several superhero cartoons including the Fantastic Four, Spiderman and Superman. The […]
DJ Muggs recently dropped Soul Assassins: Dia del Asesinato, his first solo collection since 2013, and the album’s standout track is “Assassination Day” featuring MF Doom and Kool G Rap. Muggs released the visuals for the record on Friday and it portrays Kanye West getting gunned down. The highly contrasting visual opens to the tune […]
April 20, 1999 marks the day that the eclectic and iconic MF Doom launched his career with his debut record Operation Doomsday. Coming off of his time as half the former duo KMD, Doom wasn’t ways the quirky character with the humorous rhetoric we know and love him as today. He suffered a great deal […]
Hip-hop and comic books have had a somewhat close relationship in recent years with Kendrick Lamar curating the soundtrack for the box office hit Black Panther, the Netflix original series Luke Cage having each episode named after a Gang Starr song – but it doesn’t stop there. Jumping straight from the pages of an illustrated […]
On this date in 1971, Daniel Dumile aka MF DOOM, the illustrious and elusive emcee/producer was born in London, England. Over the span of three decades, his influence on Hip Hop music on an international level is paralleled by very few artists of his stature. Ever since DOOM and his KMD crew dropped the catchy […]
Today (Jan. 3), the line up for the 2018 Governor’s Ball Music Festival was revealed with Eminem, Jack White, Travis Scott and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs set as headliners. Current rap sensations Post Malone, Lil Uzi Vert, 2 Chains, and Vic Mensa along with r&b rising star Khalid join the jocular lineup. For hip-hop enthusiasts, there […]
MF DOOM took to Instagram to share some heavy news with his followers. His son, Malachi Ezekiel Dumile, 14, passed away yesterday. He uploaded a wallet sized image of Malachi with a caption that read: KING MALACHI EZEKIEL DUMILE 2/22/03 – 12/18/17 THE GREATEST SON ONE COULD ASK FOR. SAFE JOURNEY AND MAY ALL OUR ANCESTORS GREET […]
The latest addition to MF DOOM‘s legendary resume is called “Notebook 05”. It is part of his 15-week series of new tracks, The Missing Notebook Rhymes. He opens the Adult Swim song with a verse “I sell them bums a scrap verse that’s so-so nice/You get what you pays for, raps for the low low […]
On this date in 1971, rapper Daniel Dumile also known as MF DOOM(Metal Face Doom), was born in London, England to his Trinidadian mother and Zimbabwean father. His family relocated to New York when Dumile was a teenager, which was where he developed a love for the Hip Hop culture. In 1988, Dumile, under the […]
On this day in Hip Hop history independent underground legend MF DOOM released his fifth studio album, second under the name MF DOOM, MM…FOOD. Riddled with metaphors comparing the rap game to a fine dinning experience, MM…FOOD is another notch on DOOM’s belt of eclectic hit albums. As the well awaited follow-up to his debut mixtape Operation Doomday, MM…FOOD does […]
The Avalanches have released their long-awaited sophomore album Wildflowers, after a 16-year hiatus since their debut album Since I Left You dropped all the way back in 2000. Their new album has been in the works for over a decade and features Hip Hop artists including Danny Brown, DOOM, Camp Lo and Biz Markie among others. […]
Red Bull held its 2016 Music Festival in New York City and it brought out some of the greats in music. Part of the festival included the Red Bull Academy’s “Joint Lectures on the Couch” series, which kicked off with a rare interview with Madlib, then shifted gears and chopped it up with ATL favorite sons Metro […]
On this day in Hip Hop history, duo KMD released its debut LP Mr. Hood. Although it may not have had much commercial success, Mr. Hood ushered in the career of one of Hip Hop’s most respected figures, MF DOOM. Mr. Hood came at a time in Hip Hop culture where consciousness and positive Afrocentric […]
On this day in Hip Hop history, one of the underground’s most prolific rapper/producers, MF DOOM, put out his debut solo LP Operation: Doomsday. The album has been hailed by some as a holy grail of the indie scene. This project, much like the villainous career, came in the midst of turmoil for our protagonist […]
On this day in Hip Hop history, the infamous duo of the super villain MF DOOM and Hip Hop super producer Madlib joined forces to release their first collaborative project, Madvillainy. As a tandem, DOOM and Madlib make up the dastardly Madvillain, one of the most prolific two-man crews in rap. Released on Stones Throw […]
The world is not always a beautiful place. Artists from every generation have used art to encapsulate the twisted and the not-so-beautiful — from Salvador Dali’s mind-warping surrealist portraits to Jean-Michel Basquiat’s unpolished, abstract scrawlings. The beauty of art is that it is its own dimension. One in which reality and a person’s perception of […]