Torn in, poor men sworn in. Here, share strawberry morinin, gone an more important spawnin. Stared at folks when properly provoked, mirror broke. Already woke, spared a joke, barely spoke, rarely smoke.

But KMD were done shortly before Black BastardsвЂ™ completion, Subroc was hit by a car and killed, and Zev Love X disappeared from the scene. Rejecting the album, Elektra freed Dumile from the label with a $25,000 payoff and ownership of the master tapes. Their debut, 1991вЂ™s Mr Hood, signalled the trio worthy scions of rapвЂ™s golden age вЂ“ witty and restlessly sample-happy like the Native Tongues posse, with a steely political undertow, evidenced by the acerbic, anti-racist Who Me?KMDвЂ™s second album was a darker, denser beast, juggling Pharoah Sanders samples and Black nationalist lyrics, but their label Elektra objected to its stark title, Black Bastards, and a controversial album sleeve that saw a racist вЂњSamboвЂќ caricature hung by its neck. London-born Dumile had relocated with his family to Long Island in the 70s, and was now one-third of New York rap trio KMD, performing under the moniker Zev Love X alongside kid brother Dingilizwe, AKA DJ Subroc. He performed and released music under a variety of stage names, most notably MF DOOM, which Dumile preferred to be stylized in all caps.Dumile made his recorded debut in 1989 as a fresh-faced 18-year-old, delivering the final verse on 3rd BassвЂ™s classic diss anthem The Gas Face (MC Pete NiceвЂ™s verse testifies that Dumile actually coined the titular slang). Daniel Dumile (13 July 1971 31 October 2020) was a British-American rapper, songwriter, and record producer.

Arriving in a hip-hop underground that had been redefined by the likes of the Wu-Tang Clan, Dr Octagon and Company Flow, Operation: Doomsday proved DumileвЂ™s time had come. The Marvel Comics evildoer sported his fake visage to obscure the disfigurement that inspired his villainy MF Doom, meanwhile, wore his tragic origin story on his sleeve, the title track to his debut album, 1999вЂ™s Operation: Doomsday, signalling his commitment to rap вЂњtil IвЂ™m back where my brother wentвЂќ.Sampling Sade, superhero cartoons and Steely Dan, Operation: Doomsday was characterised by wonky, brilliantly disorientating beats, while DumileвЂ™s new alter ego rapped with a deeper, raspier cadence, his rhymes offbeat, bleakly comic and menacing (though, as Coates observed, вЂњother MCs are obsessed with machismo Dumile is obsessed with Star TrekвЂќ). Soon, however, he swapped this disguise for his trademark mask, fashioned after Fantastic FourвЂ™s nemesis Doctor Doom. For his early appearances at Lower East Side boho hangout the Nuyorican PoetsвЂ™ Cafe, Doom performed wearing pantyhose over his face.

Riding high off his success as Quasimoto, MadlibвЂ™s productions favoured his feel for dubby, spaced-out and abstract funk, but in Dumile heвЂ™d discovered a foil who could deliver a weight and darkness he hadnвЂ™t achieved. Dumile rose to the occasion, his lyrics inspired and elliptical, his flow wilful, masterful and wildly unpredictable, spitting unshakeable earworms like вЂњtripping off the beat kinda / slipping off the meat grinderвЂќ over hazy Hawaiian guitar and declaring himself вЂњthe worst-hated God who perpetrated odd favoursвЂќ.Indeed, this dope-drenched masterpiece might be the best album either Madlib or Dumile ever recorded. MadvillainвЂ™s sole album, 2004вЂ™s Madvillainy, was fuelled by beer, Thai food, weed and mushrooms, and saw Doom rhyme over immaculately stoned Madlib beats that lifted from the Mothers of Invention, Sun Ra and Tex Avery cartoons, leaving hip-hop conventions wrecked in their wake.

Photograph: Ross Gilmore/RedfernsOr ThatвЂ™s That, off Born Like This, where he stuffs so many internal rhymes into a couple of lines that he must be doing it for a bet, but the rhyme pile-up of вЂњAlready woke / Spared a joke / Barely spoke / Rarely smoke / Stared at folks when provoked / Mirror brokeвЂќ stands as the perfect evocation of his rap-Rodney-Dangerfield sad-sack persona. FoodвЂ™s Beef Rap, the way Dumile underplays the effort he puts into his work (вЂњI wrote this note around New YearвЂ™s / Off a couple shots and a few beers / But who cares? / Enough about me, itвЂ™s about the beatsвЂќ) moments before cutting a block of pure braggadocio (вЂњA rhyming cannibal whoвЂ™s dressed to kill / ItвЂ™s cynical / Whether itвЂ™s animal, vegetable or mineral / ItвЂ™s a miracle how he get so lyrical / And proceed to move the crowd like a old negro spiritualвЂќ) that is exemplary proof of the very skills it is praising.Performing in Glasgow in 2011. Check the understated swagger of MM. His lines dripped black humour and stoner-friendly cultural references, but the mind assembling them was wicked sharp, stacking up multiple rhymes like Super Mario power-ups, and fond of meta-textual intrigue. His woozy sing-song and menacing rumble lent Rainbows its shimmering noir, and expertly inhabited Fancy ClownвЂ™s tale of sad-sack betrayal.In a genre where ego was all, Dumile remained laid back but still dominated as he broke tempos and rules.

In all these appearances, his voice was always unmistakeable: that of an obstinate and one-of-a-kind genius in the Mingus mould who always used his minute in the spotlight to steal the show, but never sounded like he was trying too hard, which only made his lines more effective. There was also a final solo album, 2009вЂ™s Born Like This, which drew inspiration from Charles Bukowski and teamed Doom with the likes of the Wu TangвЂ™s Raekwon and Ghostface Killah.Dumile also notched up guest-appearances on tracks by Gorillaz, the Avalanches and BadBadNotGood, along with up-and-comers like Your Old Droog and Wilma Archer (and was working on an EP with Flying Lotus when he died). Dumile instead cut further collaborative albums with the likes of Danger Mouse, Jneiro Janel, Bishop Nehru and Czarface.

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Mf Doom That&#39;S That Lyrics

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