In 2009, he released his sixth and final solo studio album, Born Like This, under the pseudonym DOOM. He would continue to release collaborative albums in the following years, including The Mouse and The Mask with Danger Mouse in 2005. In August of that year, he released the next Viktor Vaughn album, VV:2, which was followed by his fifth studio album Mm.Food in November. The album peaked at number 179 on the US Billboard 200. In 2003, he would release his second and third studio albums: Take Me to Your Leader, under the stage name King Geedorah, and Vaudeville Villain under the name Viktor Vaughn.ĭoom's first commercial breakthrough came in March 2004, with the album Madvillainy, released with producer Madlib under the group name Madvillain. Ten years after the release of Madlib and DOOMs mind meld of an album, Jeff Weiss traces the history of Madvillain and details how these two mystifying artists came together for a rap classic.
In September 1999, Dumile would release his debut studio album Operation: Doomsday under a new stage name, MF Doom, wearing a mask similar to that of Marvel Comics super-villain Doctor Doom. In 1993, just before the release of the second KMD album Black Bastards, Dumile's brother and fellow KMD member Subroc was struck by a car and killed, and that same week the group was dropped from Elektra Records. The group would release their debut studio album Mr. Madvillainy (2004), recorded with producer Madlib under the name Madvillain, is often cited as Dumiles magnum opus and is regarded as a landmark album in hip hop. I still couldn’t tell you my favorite from the album but this has to be a contender. ĭumile initially performed under the stage name Zev Love X as a member of the rap group KMD. In addition to the critically acclaimed Mm.Food (2004) under the MF Doom moniker, he released solo albums including one under the pseudonym King Geedorah and two as Viktor Vaughn. The Madvillainy album that he did with Madlib was a stunning piece of art and trying to pick the best MF DOOM songs from that album is a huge challenge by itself. In 2005, he collaborated with hitmaking producer Danger Mouse as Danger Doom their album, The Mouse and the Mask, became a mainstream hit. British-American rapper and record producer Daniel Dumile, also known under several stage names, most notably MF DOOM (stylized in all caps), released six studio albums, two live albums, three compilation albums, 10 instrumental albums, seven collaborative albums, 14 singles, and 31 music videos in his career. He released classics Madvillainy, Take Me to Your Leader and Vaudeville Villain under different aliases within a 10-month period in 20.
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