When was the last time you heard a song which initially sounded strange and even unbearable but then became beautifully peculiar and whimsical? The kind of track where you hear a mediocre voice ...

DOOM knew better than almost anyone that "truth" could be a prison for a great storyteller. Rap has often prioritized not just the first-person narrative, but the performance of self as a show of ...

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“MadVillainy,” MF DOOM and Madlib’s clever golden child of underground hip-hop, turns 20 years old today. At 22 songs long and packed with obscure cartoon and pop culture references, it’s persistent, ...

Yasiin Bey announced that he’s holding a truly special show in Paris, which will be held for one night only at La Cigale Paris on January 18. As for what else will make it unique, he will be doing a ...

But it's the interplay between the beat and sample that’s captivating, the subtle chops of bass, keys, and vibraphone from Roy Ayers’ “No Stranger to Love / Want You” soundtracking dialogue from ...

The re-release of MF DOOM’s Special Herbs collection, released under his Metal Fingers alias, is out today via Metalface Records and Rhymesayers Entertainment. The seminal collection has been ...

In his 2004 Pitchfork review, Nick Sylvester wrote that MM..FOOD was “an attempt to make good on Doom’s almost fascist conceit to restore rap’s golden age despite its loss of innocence.” The record’s ...

The late rapper's 2004 album MM..FOOD may never have the classic status of its sister release, Madvillainy. But 20 years later, it's the one to... 2004 was the tipping point for the myth of MF DOOM.