Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Danger Doom The Mouse & The Mask Review


1.El Chupa Nibre
The infamous track that kick started the Doom/Grimm fued sadly with the midgets into crunk line. Listening to the track with that on my mind, it could be a diss towards The Monsta Island Czars. Smooth beat regardless. Master Shake at the end was funny as he is throughout the album.

2.Sofa King
Danger Mouse's beats are impecable throughtout the album, so is Dooms rapping. And this track is no execption.

3.The Mask featuring Ghostface Killah
Badass beat, badass sample, badass rapping. This track is pure badass, Doom & Ghost rapping bout wearing maskes, ive said it before and i'll say it agian damn shame Swift & Changable will never see the light of day Ghost and Doom have "it" when together.

4.Perfect Hair
Song about Perfect Hair Forever a show a never seen good track regardless. Im loving Danger Mouse's smooth soulful beat. theres some crazy Master Shake ranting at the end which is funny.

5.Benzie Box featuring Cee-Lo
Cee-Lo's hook is the bee's knees on this track Doom brings his weird a-game. fucking awesome beat too.

6.Old School featuring Talib Kweli
Nice uptempo 70's sounding beat. With Talib rapping bout watching cartoons as a youngster. Doom sticks to his guns with strange non sequitur's and it works like 9times outta 10.

7.A.T.H.F. (Aqua Teen Hunger Force)
A great absurd intro from Carl and Meatwad lead us into a song bout one of my favorite tv shows over a sweet guiter riff of a beat. I really enjoy how Shake gets more and more crazy with each phone message.

8.Basket Case
really like the Harvey Birdman samples and doom rapping bout being crazy is amuzing and the down tempo beat fits the theme.

9.No Names (Black Debbie)
Beat is bad as hell on this track, so is Doom rapping's which is him hitting on a broad.

10.Crosshairs
real smooth beat on this one, I think I heard a violin. The rapping like the rest of the album is great too.

11.Mince Meat
Real bare bones drum and bass beat fits perfectly with Dooms flow on this track.

12.Vats of Urine
really jazzy beat for a song bout the Mooninites.

13.Space Ho's
Any song bout Space Ghost Coast To Coast is a friend of mine

14.Bada Bing
My favorite track on the album besides The Mask. Its the best beat plus it features Shakes craziest message and Meatwad rapping the first verse of beef rap as a bonus the end.

Monday, February 15, 2010

Doom Born LIke This Review


1.Supervillain Intro
Epic beat to single to return of a 4 year absence aside from a couple guest spots here and there. Then vocals from a "supervillain" that are reaccuring throughout the album

2.Gazzillion Ear
Sweet Dilla beat for a great return to form track for Doom. Classic Doom non sequitur's. I personally like the beat change up in the middle then the return back to the original beat for the last sterch, kinda unique like Doom himself.

3.Ballskin
The first track to be released boy was I pumped when I first heard it, still like it short but sweet. BTW Jake One might be the most versatile producer out today really look at who he's worked with.

4.Yessir! featuring Raekwon
A Raekwon solo for no other reason then why not. Really har dbeat and hard verse from Shallah. Return of the "supervillain" at the end and some sweet ass samples of some cop show I think.

5.Absolutely
The return of Madvillain is nice. Pumped for the new Madvillian album hope it is released this year, but back on topic Madlib may have never made a bad it this beat is gritty yet smooyth and fits Doom's style like a glove. Sweet sample of a cop show at the end fits into Dooms supervillain persona well.

6.Rap Ambush
More cop show samples work as an intro into this track. The 2nd of 4 Jake One beats on this album really slick beat too. another short but sweet track Doom says what he has to say and doesnt stick around after he's said it.

7.Lightworks
Another Dilla beat. Too bad Doom didnt work with Dilla before Jay Dee's untimely passing those two coulda made an insane collab album.

8.Batty Boyz
The Batman diss that people took as homophobic. As doom said in an interview he's a supervillain so his rivals arent other rappers but superheros. So if you get the joke its a pretty funny joke he rips Batman and Robin anew one over a frantic fastpaced beat.

9.Angelz featuring Ghostface Killah
The same GhostDoom track that was on the Nature Sounds Compilation 3 1/2 years ago but slightly shorter with a slightly altered beat this time around vocals the same though. Regardless tracks still beyond awesome. Shame Swift & Changable will never see the light of day cuz if this song and the mask where any inducation it would be an awesome album. Oh yeah the Mr. T vocal samples at the end was a fun addition to the song.

10.Cellz
After a long intro of Charles Bukowski reading "Dinosauria, We" we get a hard ass Doom verse over a hard ass somewhat abstract beat. Doom is really back on his lyrically A-game on this album. The 1960's Fantastic Four sample at the end of this track was a welcomed return.

11.Still Dope featuring Empress Stahhr Tha Femcee
Not a fan of this Empress Stahhr Tha Femcee solo track. She saids like a 13 year old boy to me. It just doesnt work for me, sweet beat though but a waste of a sweet beat though.

12.Microwave Mayo
Dense Doom lyrics over a Jake One beat that i think uses an organ so yes this song is awesome.

13.More Rhymin'
another short Doom sayswhat he has to say and is out track over the final Jake One beat on the album

14.That's That
Liked the laid beat beat. People on the internet where complaining when this came out that its a beat from the Special Herbs instrumental series. But is that what instrumentals are for to be rapped over? Doom's off key singing at the end is funny and cool.

15.Supervillainz featuring Kurious, Slug & Mobonix
A posse cut that is under 3 minutes. It's a fun lil schoolyard rapping for shits and giggles posse cut from guys who are talented and good when just fucking around so this is a sweet song, Plus Posdnuos as P-Pain is fuuny. Kurious and Doom rapping together agian is nice. If only Doom and Grimm could make ammends.

16.Bumpy's Message
Literally this is a positive message Bumpy Knuckles left on Doom's answering machine. I hope this means Doom and Knuckles are buddies that would be the bee's knees. God a message from Bumpy but keeping your head up is funny as shit cuz even when he's hasppy Freddie is still grimey as fuck.

17.Thank Yah
Instrumental outro that im almost certain samples a gospel song. no other wayt o end this album.

When this album was first annouced and came out I was expecting Dooms return to the top of underground abstract rap. i forgot like many other did that Doom doesnt do the expected he does what he wants (hence the album bout food and his othe r absurd side projects) so after listening to this album a couple times ive come to apperciate it for what it is a short but sweet album from a man who can rap his ass off and does rap his ass off while also having a ton of fun and never taking himself too (if at all) serious, its an enjoyable album when looked that way. And at this point in Dooms career whenn hes doing promotional spots for upcoming Boondocks episodes and other shit with Adult Swim thats all Doom needs to do.