Mf Doom .. Whats The Hype

[ChrisZimbo]

Can someone post up some of his best tracks , never really got into the hype over this dude , downloaded one of his tracks , from what i can tell it is a really acquired sense of taste.

 

[roaches]

DOOM's appeal:
* His rhyme schemes
* His neverending stream of references (from airplane hijackers to alternative schools in Long Island to soap operas to individual details of the L.A. riots to video game characters to baseball players)
* People think he's funny
* He's an anachronism (He claims he stopped listening to hip-hop in the mid-'90s so nothing could inform his style... it's clearly false, but the point stands)
* He eschews traditional hip-hop song structure
* In his production, his unorthodox sampling

Here's "Dead Bent", DOOM's breakout single after his hiatus following Sub-Roc's death:
www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=8AC1337D2136ECF5

Note:
* Multisyllabic, asymmetric (he doesn't have the same number of syllables each bar, but raps without switching his pace to fill up or squeeze into space - and therein lies the difference between DOOM and, say, Talib Kweli or Big Boi of Outkast to some extent)
* No chorus: he just raps straight through
* The personal nature of the song: most hip-hop records are intended to be listened to. What's the hook here? He's talking about his alcoholism and such, but the song isn't really about that. It's not didactic. One could argue that merely wanting someone else to listen to your music will lead to compromising your art. This is definitely an uncompromising record - there are no deliberate attempts to adhere to or escape a certain aesthetic.

Here's "Curls", off of Madvillainy:
www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=01A5F8737A5A992E
* Pleasant beat, isn't it?
* "Reckless naked girls get necklaces of pearls" - it rhymes, it's clever
, etc.

 

[ImmortalTech]

^word.. i was into doom for a bit, and he's definitely a creative artist. i wouldn't say the most creative or the most talented underground artist, but he did definitely get me into listening to more underground shit.

 

[7 Syns]

DOOM's appeal:
* His rhyme schemes
* His neverending stream of references (from airplane hijackers to alternative schools in Long Island to soap operas to individual details of the L.A. riots to video game characters to baseball players)
* People think he's funny
* He's an anachronism (He claims he stopped listening to hip-hop in the mid-'90s so nothing could inform his style... it's clearly false, but the point stands)
* He eschews traditional hip-hop song structure
* In his production, his unorthodox sampling

Here's "Dead Bent", DOOM's breakout single after his hiatus following Sub-Roc's death:
www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=8AC1337D2136ECF5

Note:
* Multisyllabic, asymmetric (he doesn't have the same number of syllables each bar, but raps without switching his pace to fill up or squeeze into space - and therein lies the difference between DOOM and, say, Talib Kweli or Big Boi of Outkast to some extent)
* No chorus: he just raps straight through
* The personal nature of the song: most hip-hop records are intended to be listened to. What's the hook here? He's talking about his alcoholism and such, but the song isn't really about that. It's not didactic. One could argue that merely wanting someone else to listen to your music will lead to compromising your art. This is definitely an uncompromising record - there are no deliberate attempts to adhere to or escape a certain aesthetic.

Here's "Curls", off of Madvillainy:
www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=01A5F8737A5A992E
* Pleasant beat, isn't it?
* "Reckless naked girls get necklaces of pearls" - it rhymes, it's clever
, etc.

^
What he said, although I don't agree with the Madvilliany shit. I just can't get into that album. All his other shit spans from decent to damn good. Depending on your likes that is. There's very few weak songs and/or verses, (though they do exist). Consistency too.

peace.

 

[ChrisZimbo]

DOOM's appeal:
* His rhyme schemes
* His neverending stream of references (from airplane hijackers to alternative schools in Long Island to soap operas to individual details of the L.A. riots to video game characters to baseball players)
* People think he's funny
* He's an anachronism (He claims he stopped listening to hip-hop in the mid-'90s so nothing could inform his style... it's clearly false, but the point stands)
* He eschews traditional hip-hop song structure
* In his production, his unorthodox sampling

Here's "Dead Bent", DOOM's breakout single after his hiatus following Sub-Roc's death:
www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=8AC1337D2136ECF5

Note:
* Multisyllabic, asymmetric (he doesn't have the same number of syllables each bar, but raps without switching his pace to fill up or squeeze into space - and therein lies the difference between DOOM and, say, Talib Kweli or Big Boi of Outkast to some extent)
* No chorus: he just raps straight through
* The personal nature of the song: most hip-hop records are intended to be listened to. What's the hook here? He's talking about his alcoholism and such, but the song isn't really about that. It's not didactic. One could argue that merely wanting someone else to listen to your music will lead to compromising your art. This is definitely an uncompromising record - there are no deliberate attempts to adhere to or escape a certain aesthetic.

Here's "Curls", off of Madvillainy:
www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=01A5F8737A5A992E
* Pleasant beat, isn't it?
* "Reckless naked girls get necklaces of pearls" - it rhymes, it's clever
, etc.

thanks for the tracks