“Astral Travelling” features Jedi Mind Trick’s Vinnie Paz, whose grizzly voice adds a whole new dimension to Doom and Czarface’s sound.
Esoteric then tries to keep up with Kelly on the track by pulling off the difficult gimmick of rapping a whole verse with almost every word beginning with an “f” or “ph” sound. Only two songs contain guest rappers, “Phantoms” and “Astral Travelling.” “Phantoms” features Open Mike Eagle, who might have been a mistake to bring on for this track because, as great as Deck, Doom, and Esoteric are, Kelly leaves all three of them in the dust with his brilliant verse about befriending a ghost living in his apartment, which ends with a truly hilarious twist. The album becomes a clinic on complex rhyming, with such impressive gimmicks as Esoteric pretending to forget his lines in “Bomb Thrown,” but managing to keep his “stumbling” within the song’s rhyme scheme. MF Doom’s style is slow and low, while Esoteric’s is fast and aggressive, and Deck falls somewhere between the two. The three rappers, MF Doom, Inspectah Deck, and Esoteric are all extremely talented but have different styles, which gives the album a great sense of diversity.
#MF DOOM FACE MOVIE#
Whether it’s the horror movie style instrumentals of “Phantoms” or the bright 70’s pop sounds of “Bomb Thrown,” 7L creates a soundscape that is always changing, often rhythmically complex, and never boring. 7L puts together original beats that don’t sound like the typical hip-hop beats. The first thing that comes across as you listen to Czarface Meets Metal Face is that the production of the album is absolutely outstanding.
#MF DOOM FACE SERIES#
Therefore, as Czarface and Doom team up to create Czarface Meets Metal Face, a series of skits sets up a very loose narrative about Czarface being on the lookout for a villain to fight and coming across MF Doom, asking Doom to become his arch nemesis, under the justification that “Every hero needs a villain” (which also happens to be the name of one of Czarface’s other albums that MF Doom made a guest appearance on). MF Doom has a similar shtick of depicting himself as a supervillain, hence the mask he wears (which was originally designed after comic book character Doctor Doom) and his collaboration with Madlib being called Madvillain. Czarface has a running shtick in which they depict a comic book character named Czarface who is a superhero (although he looks more like a supervillain) and their music is laden with references to superheroes and comic books, with all their album covers designed to look like comic book covers. It’s a team up within a team up within a team up, as Czarface is already a collaboration between Wu-Tang Clan member Inspectah Deck and Boston underground hip-hop due 7LES, which consists of producer 7L and emcee Esoteric. With MF Doom favoring collaborations so much, the team up with Czarface makes such perfect sense that it seems like these artists were always meant to come together. In fact, most of Doom’s albums have been part of some sort of collaboration, and the ones that haven’t been were mostly released under pseudonyms, with only two solo albums ever actually released under the name MF Doom. Danger Doom is one of the many collaborations that Doom has taken part in over the years, including Madvillain (MF Doom and Madlib), JJ Doom (MF Doom and Jneiro Jarel), and NehruvianDOOM (MF Doom and Bishop Nehru). The album was a brilliant piece of postmodern self-indulgence, and I was drawn to Doom’s mumbly-mouthed lazy flow. The album, which was released in conjunction with Adult Swim, featured songs about and featuring characters from the various Adult Swim shows at the time, including Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, and most notably Aqua Teen Hunger Force. The first time MF Doom piqued my interest was with his short lived hip-hop duo, Danger Doom, consisting of himself and producer Danger Mouse.
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