Operation: Doomsday

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Underneath his mysterious metal mask, MF Doom hides the cachet underground legends are made of. After KMD's 1994 sophomore album Black Bastards was turfed by Elektra in 1994 and Subroc (one half of the sibling rhyme duo) passed away, surviving KMD member Zev Love X mutated into the MC Avenger known as MF Doom. The rap world is better for it. This 19-cut, deep LP is ridiculously dope, in a bizarro Ol' Dirty Bastard kind of way. Doom sounds either high or drunk on most of the tracks, his self-produced beats are gritty, and his rhyme styles are almost indecipherable. On arguably the best track, "Rhymes Like Dimes," Doom weaves some pointed lyrics through his abstract wordplay, spitting "only in America could you find a way to earn a healthy buck / And still keep your attitude on self-destruct." Doomsday features female vocalist Pebbles the Invisible accompanying the masked rhyme avenger on his journey to denounce wack MCs, while on "?" he trades hot verses with former Columbia artist Kurious. Doom's avant-garde ghetto-rhyme philosophies take even more intentionally weird twists on "Tick, Tick..." where he and guest MC MF Grimm's flows warble over a rhythm track whose tempo speeds up and slows down continually. The comic-book themed skits, many of which include snippets of dialogue from Marvel's Dr. Doom series, will help take you deep into the mind of an MC who is as otherworldly as they come. And in today's bland commercial rap universe, Operation Doomsday's left-of-center beats and rhymes are the perfect remedy. --Dalton Higgins

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Operation: Doomsday

Operation: Doomsday

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CLASSIC UNDERGROUND, MAN!!!!

Operation: Doomsday To Be Re-Issued sometime in 2007!!

dont waste your money.

Really good

Operation: Doomsday
MF Doom
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ASIN: B00005B6QL
Release Date: 2001-05-01

Tracks:

The Time We Faced DOOM (Skit)
Doomsday
Rhymes Like Dimes
The Finest
Back In The Days (Skit)
Go With The Flow
Tick, Tick...
Red And Gold
The Hands Of Doom (Skit)
Who You Think I Am?
Doom, Are You Awake? (Skit)
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The Mystery Of DOOM (Skit)
Dead Bent
Gas Drawls
I Hear Voices (Part One)

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Underneath his mysterious metal mask, MF Doom hides the cachet underground legends are made of. After KMD's 1994 sophomore album Black Bastards was turfed by Elektra in 1994 and Subroc (one half of the sibling rhyme duo) passed away, surviving KMD member Zev Love X mutated into the MC Avenger known as MF Doom. The rap world is better for it. This 19-cut, deep LP is ridiculously dope, in a bizarro Ol' Dirty Bastard kind of way. Doom sounds either high or drunk on most of the tracks, his self-produced beats are gritty, and his rhyme styles are almost indecipherable. On arguably the best track, "Rhymes Like Dimes," Doom weaves some pointed lyrics through his abstract wordplay, spitting "only in America could you find a way to earn a healthy buck / And still keep your attitude on self-destruct." Doomsday features female vocalist Pebbles the Invisible accompanying the masked rhyme avenger on his journey to denounce wack MCs, while on "?" he trades hot verses with former Columbia artist Kurious. Doom's avant-garde ghetto-rhyme philosophies take even more intentionally weird twists on "Tick, Tick..." where he and guest MC MF Grimm's flows warble over a rhythm track whose tempo speeds up and slows down continually. The comic-book themed skits, many of which include snippets of dialogue from Marvel's Dr. Doom series, will help take you deep into the mind of an MC who is as otherworldly as they come. And in today's bland commercial rap universe, Operation Doomsday's left-of-center beats and rhymes are the perfect remedy. --Dalton Higgins

Customer Reviews:

Hip Hop Preservation Movement.......2007-06-10

A masterpiece album at a affordable price. I've seen many hip hop albums go out of print, only to have price gouging occur on a rampant level. Please Don't Buy This CD for 65$ - This classic album is Now Available for download on iTunes for less than $12 bucks.

CLASSIC UNDERGROUND, MAN!!!!.......2007-02-09

it's MF DOOM!!!! this album has one of the best flows that i have ever heard. i just love listening to his style of rhyming because i remember MR. HOOD. i remember PEACHFUZZ. i remember WHO ME. i remember THE GAS FACE. when i learned that he was zev love x, i was like WHAHHHHHHHHHHH?!!!!? then i think about his verse is the CHUBB ROCK, WORDSWORTH colabbo. shoot, just RHYMES LIKE DIMES alone makes me wanna just turn into supersinistral, fly home, and put it on.

Operation: Doomsday To Be Re-Issued sometime in 2007!!.......2007-01-21

Rhymesayers the label that released MM.. Food has announced they are going to re-issue both Operation: Doomsday and MM.. Food! Just letting whoever sees this know.

peace,
Mach

dont waste your money........2007-01-17

this is one of my fav doom albums, but dont waste your money... rhymesayers ent is re-releasing this record later this year (2007)... so unless you absolutely INSIST on having an original print of this cd, just be patient and save yourself from wasting $50 or more on amazon.

Really good.......2007-01-03

I got an original of this album off ebay and I dont regret it at all. It has some of the dopest tracks ever and I would hapilly pay 50 bucks for it. saying that I am a big DOOM fan. It probably isnt the best doom album to buy if you are just getting into his music, but once you have lstened to madvillainy or the dangerdoom album or One of the viktor Vaughn albums it really is a great album. Ryhmesayers is re- issuing this album aswell as mm... Food in 2007 so I would try and get a copy then.
But make sure you do get a copy. this album is pure dope. I actually prefer dooms beats on this album to a lot of the other dangermouse/madlib beats. they definately have their own style anyway.

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Sky is the limit for this highly recommendation!!!
"A faker with no respect for the underground" <-------????????? these are the words of an idiot
the best that monsta island has to offer...
Ignorant
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ASIN: B0001E5T38
Release Date: 2004-02-04

Tracks:

Intro
The Conqueror
F.E.D.'s
No Snakes Alive Pt. II featuring Shaman
Roll Call featuring Kong, Kamackeris and Gigan
War In Heaven Pt. 1
Erotic Peaks
Flight Lessons
Sumthin To Prove (Remix)
No Degrees
War In Heaven Prt. II
The Wilderness
G.O.D.
Human Inquisition
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Run the Sphere v.2.3 featuring Kong, Loch Ness, Megalon, King Ceasar, Kamackeris, MF Doom and MF Grimm
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Album Description

Debut album from Rodan of Monsta Island Czars. One of the original members of KMD, Rodan is best known for his guest appearances on MF Doom's "Operation: Doomsday", Viktor Vaughn's "Vaudeville Villain", "No Snakes Alive" with MF Doom and MF Grimm and most recently was featured on many tracks on the Monsta Island Czars debut "Escape from Monsta Island". "Theophany: The Book of Elevations" features production from X-Ray of Monsta Island Czars and guests appearances by MF Doom, MF Grimm, Megalon and Monsta Island Czars.

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Sky is the limit for this highly recommendation!!!.......2007-05-23

I heard of this cat when MF Doom dropped his first album. Rodan is so complex with his lyrics and flow. I copped this album when it first came out in 2004. Definetly a classic. X-Ray has hooked up theses beats superbly. The beats are massively ill. You can't really get realer than this. The intro starts out with an excert from the movie with Elias Koteas speaking then Rodan comes in spitting light speed saying that he's the angel of death and you are at the end. No snakes alive part 2 is phat. Erotic Peaks is funny at the same time serious poeticly. The wilderness I think is one of the tightest songs on this album. The whole album is really tight. Every song. Don't listen to that geek "sailorkid 76" at the very first review. Read my lips............GET THIS ALBUM!!!

"A faker with no respect for the underground" <-------????????? these are the words of an idiot .......2006-03-07

If you're here looking for Rodan <--------1
the monsta island czar

then you already know Rodan <--------2
is one of the most gifted lyrisist in the rap game

some idiot wrote below that Rodan sounded like a bad RBL or something.....???!!

yeah right....
and this kid said rodan was biting some rock bands name....?????

I'd like to fight this person now

If you listen to some stupid "indie" rock or whatever then don't even bother with Rodan

he wouldn't make sence to you

for those of you that appreciate quality hip hop

let me excuse this reviewer of which I speak

for saying things that hold no real insight

"a faker with no respect for the underground"

is a good description of the person who said this of RODAN.

RODAN

is a REAL <-- rapper FROM <--- the UNDERGROUND <-- hip-hop scene

of a stagnated NYC...!!!!!!!!! M.I.C. 4ever....!!!!!!!!

BY THE TIME IT'S OVER NO SNAKES ALIVE

the best that monsta island has to offer..........2006-02-18

well almost...this is a classic release without a doubt...insightful lyrics and dope beats, what you would expect from a monsta island czar...5 stars without a doubt, however, megalon's a penny for your thought is slightly better in my opinion, which should say something...peace.

Ignorant.......2005-10-13

This is a pretty good album but don't listen to Sailorkid 76. If he'd bothered to check out any of the background info about Rodan and Monsta Island Czars he'd know that they take their names from the monsters in the Toho Godzilla movies (King Geedorah, Megalon, Jet Jaguar, King Caesar, et al) and they use samples from a lot of those movies. I don't think a hip hop crew from Long Island is going to know about a band with one album and 7" from Louisville before they go choosing their names and it's not a terribly original name anyways.

Straight Fire.......2005-09-18

YUR, No need to get into the details, but if your down with doom or Grimm then you should check out thier crew the Monster Island Czars, they are dope . Rodan(of M.I.C.) follows through with a HOT ALBUM,HOT LYRICS and some pretty DOPE BEATS.

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THE ESSENCE OF HIP-HOP
re-release
A Hip-Hop Classic That Should Be Re-Issued
Underground at it's best!!
the best hip hop album of the last 5 years

Operation: Doomsday
MF Doom
Manufacturer: Sub Verse
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004S91G
Release Date: 2000-02-01

Tracks:

The Time We Faced Doom
Doomsday
Rhymes Like Dimes
The Finest
Back In The Days
Go With The Flow
Tick, Tick...
Red And Gold
The Hands Of Doom
Who You Think I Am?
Doom, Are You Awake?
Hey!
Operation: Greenbacks
The Mic
The Mystery Of Doom
Dead Bent
Gas Drawls
Hero Vs. Villain

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THE ESSENCE OF HIP-HOP.......2005-08-04

Amazing. This album embodies everything that hip-hop is all about, and basically that is having fun. Oh sure, he's got some social commentary thrown in as on "Rhymes Like Dimes" where part of the hook goes "Only in America could you find a way to make a healthy buck and still keep your attitude on self-destruct..." but mostly he's just kicking extraordinary rhymes with a seemingly effortless flow. There is an unpolished gritty feel to the whole project as MF DOOM proclaims on "Dead Bent" that he "comes through raw like the elements..." Perhaps one of the most intriguing elements of MF DOOM's music is his ability to combine the scientific with the street. His sampled skits of Stan Lee's Dr. Doom, full of scientific malarkey, beakers boiling and maniacal threats of world domination blend in seemlessly with the sounds of sub-way trains, and urban soundscapes. Despite the oft times silliness of this album there is an eerie quality to it that is more than likely owing to the fact that MF DOOM's brother SubRoc was killed a few years before the making of this album and the shout out he gives to his deceased brother on "Kurious?" where he exclaims "...everything is going exactly according to plan, man." is spine chilling. Strangley there was little indication within his previous work with K.M.D. to suggest that MF DOOM would someday become arguably the worlds greatest emcee. His days of relative recluse after his brothers death were obviously spent honing his writing, producing, and dee-jaying skills but all seemed to have grown exponentially in a relatively short amount of time. Thus the comic book skits of Dr. Doom's strange disappearance after a life altering accident only to return as a Super Villain seem less like a contrived gimmick and more like a chilling parallel to MF DOOM's life and work further enhancing the mysterious atmosphere of this album. All the beats on this album are sampled but probably none of the samples were cleared thus the album was pulled from circulation. He grabs everything from Scooby-Doo to Sade to Quincy Jones to SteelyDan and he doesn't care if you know it even crooning a bit of Atlantic Starr's "Always" on "Rhymes Like Dimes". The heavily sampled, surreal yet cerebral kaleidiscope of sound on this album puts me in the mind frame of The Beatles "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite", yet this is true hip-hop.

re-release.......2005-04-10

The re-release of Operation: Doomsday will be out later this year, so anyone willing to pay vast sum's of money for it should wait a while.
I have a copy, that I was lucky enough to be given and I mean lucky because this album is suberb, sample heavy, amazing beats, Doom's legendary and almost beautiful flow and his rhyming talent all add together to make this a must for any Hip-hop fan, anyone who is a fan of MF Doom who hasn't heard this is in for a treat on the re-release, I think around late summer along with his rumoured new album.

A Hip-Hop Classic That Should Be Re-Issued.......2005-01-26

MF Doom's album "Operation: Doomsday" is a Hip-Hop classic, and very rare. I don't own a copy, but I have a mixtape(DJ Ready Cee-Twisted Metal) that contains a few tracks from "Doomsday".Some of the best tracks on the album are "Dead Bent","Gas Drawls" and "Doomsday". I will eventually get a copy of this album, but not for what most sellers are expecting people to pay.I have seen this album sell for 100 bucks and up.That's a little over-priced.Although,it is very rare and long out of print.I just hope that this album gets re-issued.

Underground at it's best!!.......2002-01-15

It's great to see that the artist formerly known as Zev Love X is back as MF Doom. I loved KMD. They were up and coming in the early 90's. Anyway, this LP is and should be a underground classic. With cuts like "Rhymes Like Dimes", "Go with the Flow", Tick, Tick w/MF Grimm, "Hey!" Operation: Greenbacks", "?"w/Kurious. And "I Hear Voices" One of my favorites. MF's lyrics are still sharp as ever with his clever metaphors and word play. This Lp is one of the best of 2001. If you love underground, gritty hip-hop, and you loved KMD. This LP is for you.

the best hip hop album of the last 5 years.......2001-06-26

buy this album. make sure you get the new version with the extra track ( i hear voices) check out http://mfdoom.online.fr for all kinds of doom-related info.

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