![]() After a hiatus and apparently being homeless for a while, Zev Love X reemerged as MF DOOM, concealing his face with a metal mask, vowing revenge on the music industry. KMD disbanded after Zev’s brother, DJ Subroc, was killed and Elektra Records dropped them due to their album art being too controversial. Born Daniel Dumile, DOOM was formerly in the group KMD under the name Zev Love X. Mark’s recommendations never missed, and deserved much more than a dismissive, “Yeah, I’ll check that out.” Mark briefed me on MF DOOM’s background. How did I get here? My good friend Mark introduced me to MF DOOM. ![]() You did the research, you did the work, maybe you spent the money, and now you get the credit. The sweet satisfaction of introducing someone to an album was an earned experience. My first thought was that I couldn’t wait to let my friend Don hear this. A whole world of greatness was ahead of me. Not only a great album, but a great artist an artist that had a back catalog of albums that I had yet to hear. Back then, if an album was good enough, it could last a full six months in steady rotation. You know, one of those you leave in the stereo for weeks. That’s all I needed to hear to know that this would be one of those albums. The rhymes continued: Ay caramba -Oh shit! Was that a Bart Simpson reference?- On borrowed-time rhymes, gassed by the silver screen / They act like their monkey ass can heal back like Wolverine . ![]() Vaughn, the traveling Vaudeville Villain / Who don’t give a flying fuck who ain’t not feelin’ him. When the rhymes started, though, I was hooked: V. ![]() The drums sounded a little clean-not as gritty as I was hoping, but that’s OK. I was just getting over an obsession with Ghostface Killah ’s Supreme Clientele album, which also began with a sample from a Marvel cartoon. Immediately, I was sucked in by the intro which sampled an old Spiderman cartoon. I ripped the wrapping off the CD and popped it in my CD player. ![]() In my possession was the new MF DOOM (as Viktor Vaughn ) album, Vaudeville Villain. I was sitting in my car outside the CD Warehouse (or Sound Warehouse or Warehouse Records I forget) circa 2003. ![]()
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