Operation: Doomsday by MF Doom

Operation: Doomsday

MF Doom

1999

Operation: Doomsday is a Hip-Hop album by MF Doom, originally released in 1999. On Gatefold: 54 pressings tracked, owned by 64 collectors.

Sound DNA

  • Hip-Hop
  • Alternative Hip-Hop
  • lo-fi
  • playful
  • witty

About

The late Daniel Dumile was intimately familiar with reinvention and rebirth—concepts he explored through his alter ego, MF DOOM. The story goes like this: Dumile got his start as the bespectacled Zev Love X, a member of the boyish early-1990s Long Island rap trio KMD (Kausin’ Much Damage). But Dumile’s bandmate and brother, Subroc, died in 1993, and KMD was eventually dropped by its label—prompting Dumile to disappear from view altogether. When he returned in 1999, he had a new name—MF DOOM—and a remarkable debut album: <i>Operation: Doomsday</i>. Released right around the time the underground indie hip-hop scene was booming, <i>Operation: Doomsday</i> is high art done on a low budget. DOOM cuts together samples from a variety of sources—from a vintage <i>Fantastic Four</i> cartoon to the influential 1980s hip-hop movie <i>Wild Style</i>—and uses them to craft a fictitious backstory of triumph over adversity. It’s all part of his raw musical recipe, one that finds DOOM lifting drums from old-school hip-hop cuts, and pop melodies from the likes of The Beatles and Atlantic Starr. Lyrically, <i>Operation: Doomsday</i> is full of clever rhyme schemes and drunken wit, all of it sprinkled with gems of wisdom (example: “Only in America could you find a way to earn a healthy buck/And still keep your attitude on self-destruct”). At one point, he even rhymes from the perspective of a microphone (“The Mic”). Tempering braggadocio and street tales with geeky humor, <i>Operation: Doomsday</i> is a concept album about one man’s resurrection via art.

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Tracklist

  1. 1The Time We Faced Doom (Skit)2:04
  2. 2Doomsday (feat. Pebbles The Invisible Girl)4:58
  3. 3Rhymes Like Dimes (feat. DJ Cucumber Slice)4:18
  4. 4The Finest (feat. Tommy Gunn)4:00
  5. 5Back in the Days (Skit)0:45
  6. 6Go With the Flow3:36
  7. 7Tick, Tick... (feat. MF Grimm)4:04
  8. 8Red and Gold (feat. King Ghidra)4:42
  9. 9The Hands of Doom (Skit)1:50
  10. 10Who You Think I Am? (feat. K.D., King Ghidra, Kong, Megalon, Rodan & X-Ray)3:24
  11. 11Doom, Are You Awake? (Skit)1:12
  12. 12Hey!3:46
  13. 13Operation: Greenbacks (feat. Megalon)3:46
  14. 14The Mic (feat. Pebbles The Invisible Girl)3:02
  15. 15The Mystery of Doom (Skit)0:21
  16. 16Dead Bent2:22
  17. 17Gas Drawls3:43
  18. 18? (feat. Kurious)3:08
  19. 19Hero v.s. Villain (Epilogue) [feat. E. Mason]2:58
  20. 2.1Dead Bent (12" Version)3:16
  21. 2.2Gas Drawls (12" Version)3:58
  22. 2.3Hey (12" Version)4:08
  23. 2.4Greenbacks (12" Version)3:57
  24. 2.5Go With the Flow (feat. Sci.Fly) [12" Version]3:43
  25. 2.6Go With the Flow (Raw Rhymes)3:43
  26. 2.7I Hear Voices Pt. 1 (12" Version)2:51
  27. 2.8I Hear Voices Pt. 2 (feat. MF Grimm) [12" Version]2:07
  28. 2.9Tick, Tock (12" Version)4:24
  29. 2.10? (Extended Raw Rhymes Version)3:46
  30. 2.11Dead Bent (12" Instrumental Version)3:16
  31. 2.12Gas Drawls (12" Instrumental Version)2:52
  32. 2.13Hey! (12" Instrumental Version)3:55
  33. 2.14Greenbacks (12" Instrumental Version)3:57
  34. 2.15The Mic (12" Instrumental Version)3:03
  35. 2.16Red and Gold (12" Instrumental Version)5:07
  36. 2.17I Hear Voices (12" Instrumental Version)2:54
  37. 2.18Doomsday (Instrumental)4:59
  38. 2.19Rhymes Like Dimes (Instrumental)2:10
  39. 2.20The Finest (Instrumental)4:22
  40. 2.21The Hands of Doom (Instrumental)2:04
  41. 2.22Who You Think I Am (Instrumental)2:10
  42. 2.23? (Instrumental)2:37

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64 collectors on Gatefold own this · 54 pressings tracked on Gatefold