The MF DOOM Special (feat. Suriel Vazquez)

CrossFade: The Dueling Album Review Show

Few artists had an impact on the landscape around them as MF DOOM had on rap. With the reveal of his passing in 2020, we felt it was the right time to finally feature the masked madman, and who better to help us commemorate him than MinnMax’s own Suriel Vazquez (https://twitter.com/surielvazquez)?

Together, we suss out what made DOOM unique, even among his peers, and why “Operation Doomsday” and “Madvillainy” are the best vertical slices of his prowess. With questions from our community, we talk about what posthumous releases have held up, our musical “religious experiences,” KaZaA, and revisit the ever-present question: “Why is vinyl so big now?”

To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below…

2:05 - Losing MF DOOM

4:58 - Discovering DOOM

9:11 - DOOM before DOOM

12:35 - MF DOOM’s “Operation Doomsday”

13:00 - “Doomsday”

17:10 - “Rhymes Like Dimes”

21:37 - “Red and Gold”

25:50 - “Tick, Tick…”

28:01 - “The Finest”

35:48 - “Who You Think I Am?”

38:53 - “Hey!”

41:06 - "?"

43:35 - “Gas Drawls”

46:27 - Madvillain’s “Madvillainy”

49:32 - “Accordion”

53:40 - “Meat Grinder”

57:05 - “Raid”

59:49 - “Money Folder”

1:03:14 - “Strange Ways”

1:04:59 - “Figaro”

1:13:04 - “Great Day”

1:14:18 - “America’s Most Blunted”

1:22:22 - Community Questions

1:55:40 - Community Song (“Ask Anyone” by Lice, suggested by MinnMax supporter Sincerely, Eric)

Follow Suriel at https://twitter.com/surielvazquez and on the MinnMax Show

“Searching for Tomorrow: The Story of Madlib and DOOM's Madvillainy” by Jeff Weiss: https://pitchfork.com/features/article/9478-searching-for-tomorrow-the-story-of-madlib-and-dooms-madvillainy/

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