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Dense, bright, and packed with ideas, Vaudeville Villain is Dumile at his absolute best.
This> Madvillainy
While Madvillainy feels like a comic book this one feels like I'm at a dive bar on slam poetry night. The bar smells of sawdust and is dimly lit. All the tables have a candle on them and the barkeep is bald and gruff. The tables all face the stage at the back of the room, and a hooded figure walks up to the microphone. He starts saying his poem. It's about death and destruction and other edgy things.
"this sucks" you think to yourself.
Suddenly, he stops. He ... read more
While Madvillainy feels like a comic book this one feels like I'm at a dive bar on slam poetry night. The bar smells of sawdust and is dimly lit. All the tables have a candle on them and the barkeep is bald and gruff. The tables all face the stage at the back of the room, and a hooded figure walks up to the microphone. He starts saying his poem. It's about death and destruction and other edgy things.
"this sucks" you think to yourself.
Suddenly, he stops. He ... read more
I thought it was MF DOOM before, then thought it was someone else, got really confused, went to this site, and then realized it is MF DOOM. Ok.
I have never been a huge DOOM fan, but I gave this a chance. Glad I did. Really fantastic album front to back. I can’t add a lot that other people haven’t said better. It’s overall just really solid
EDIT: Open Mic Nite pt. 2 and A Dead Mouse grew off me a lil bit, still a powerhouse of an album. And still my fav DOOM
FIRST 100 FOR A HIP-HOP ALBUM!¿?¡?!!!?¿!!¡?¿
I've said this in an older review, precisely DOOM's Born Like This, and I'll say it again: MF DOOM is already an incredible poet, songwriter and rapper, but he still is an artist that relies also very heavily on aesthetic, at times more than technical ability. This isn't essentially a bad thing, ... read more
FIRST 100 FOR A HIP-HOP ALBUM!¿?¡?!!!?¿!!¡?¿
I've said this in an older review, precisely DOOM's Born Like This, and I'll say it again: MF DOOM is already an incredible poet, songwriter and rapper, but he still is an artist that relies also very heavily on aesthetic, at times more than technical ability. This isn't essentially a bad thing, ... read more
Vaudeville Villain is probably MF Doom's darkest release yet, and it's still just as good as everything else I've heard from him. I can't say that I love this as much as most people here do, but it's still a great outing nonetheless.
Doom's lyrics and performance is easily one of the best I've heard from him yet. His flows here are definitely what really makes this album stand out as one of his best works yet and really elevated a lot of these songs to the point where I fell in love with them. ... read more
Doom's lyrics and performance is easily one of the best I've heard from him yet. His flows here are definitely what really makes this album stand out as one of his best works yet and really elevated a lot of these songs to the point where I fell in love with them. ... read more
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Track List
- Overture
- Vaudeville Villain
- Lickupon
- The Drop
- Lactose and Lecithin
- A Dead Mouse
- Open Mic Nite, Pt. 1
- Raedawn
- Let Me Watch
- Saliva
- Modern Day Mugging
- Open Mic Nite, Pt. 2
- Never Dead
- Popsnot
- Mr. Clean
- G.M.C.
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11mo
few songs give me a sound kick in the face as soon as they start as vaudeville villain does. what a great record.
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Added on: June 17, 2013