![]() ![]() ![]() The album, released on October 11, 2005, by Epitaph and Lex, was developed in collaboration with Cartoon Network's Adult Swim and featured voice actors and characters from its programs (mostly Aqua Teen Hunger Force). 2005–2009: Danger Doom, Born Like This, and Ghostface collaborationĪlthough still an independent artist, Dumile took a bigger step towards the mainstream in 2005 with The Mouse and the Mask, a collaboration with producer DJ Danger Mouse under the group name Danger Doom. Also in 2004, Dumile released VV:2, a follow-up LP under the Viktor Vaughn moniker. Later in 2004, the second MF Doom album Mm.Food was released by Rhymesayers Entertainment. Madvillainy was a critical and commercial success, and has since become known as Dumile's masterpiece. They recorded the album in a series of sessions over two years before a commercial release on March 23, 2004. Later in 2003, Dumile released the LP Vaudeville Villain under the moniker Viktor Vaughn (another play on Doctor Doom, who is also known as Victor von Doom).ĭumile's breakthrough came in 2004 with the album Madvillainy, created with producer Madlib under the group name Madvillain. In 2003, Dumile released the album Take Me to Your Leader under his King Geedorah moniker. 2002–2004: King Geedorah, Viktor Vaughn, and Madvillainy In 2001, Dumile began releasing his Special Herbs instrumentals series under the pseudonym Metal Fingers. ![]() Dumile went by the alias "King Geedorah", a three-headed golden dragon space monster modeled after King Ghidorah. The album's productions sampled cartoons including Fantastic Four. Dumile's collaborators on Operation: Doomsday included fellow members of the Monsta Island Czars collective, for which each artist took on the persona of a monster from the Godzilla films. In 1997 or 1998, Dumile began freestyling incognito at open-mic events at the Nuyorican Poets Café in Manhattan, obscuring his face by putting tights over his head. He had taken on a new identity, MF Doom, with a mask similar to that of Marvel Comics supervillain Doctor Doom.īobbito Garcia's Fondle 'Em Records released Operation: Doomsday, Dumile's first full-length LP as MF Doom, in 1999. 1997–2001: Operation: Doomsday and production work Black Bastards had been bootlegged by that time, but was not officially released until 2000. On April 23, 1993, just before the release of the second KMD album, Black Bastards, Subroc was struck by a car and killed while crossing the Long Island Expressway. Dumile completed the album alone over the course of several months, and it was announced with a release date of May 3, 1994. KMD was dropped by Elektra and the album went unreleased due to its controversial cover art, which featured a cartoon of a stereotypical pickaninny or sambo character being hanged.Īfter his brother's death, Dumile retreated from the hip hop scene from 1994 to 1997, living "damn near homeless, walking the streets of Manhattan, sleeping on benches". In the late 1990s, he settled in Atlanta. According to interviews with Dumile, he was "recovering from his wounds" and swearing revenge "against the industry that so badly deformed him". Career 1988–1997: KMD, Subroc's death, and hiatusĪs Zev Love X (an alias of MF DOOM), Dumile formed the hip hop group KMD in 1988 with his younger brother DJ Subroc and Rodan, who was later replaced by Onyx the Birthstone Kid, and they were eventually signed to Elektra Records. Their recording debut came on 3rd Bass's song "The Gas Face" on The Cactus Album, followed in 1991 by their debut album Mr. MF DOOM was born in Hounslow, London, the son of a Trinidadian mother and Zimbabwean father. According to Dumile, he was conceived in the United States, and happened to be born in London because his mother was visiting family. As a child, Dumile moved with his family to Long Island, New York he grew up in Long Beach, New York. He said he had no memory of his London childhood and his parents had no affiliation with British culture. However, he remained a British citizen, never gaining American citizenship.ĭumile began DJing during the summer after third grade. As a child, he was a fan and collector of comic books and earned the nickname "Doom" (a phonetic play on the name Dumile) among friends and family. Noted for his intricate wordplay, signature metal mask, and "supervillain" stage persona, Dumile became a major figure of underground hip hop and alternative hip hop in the 2000s Early life ![]() Daniel Dumile, best known by his stage name MF DOOM or simply DOOM, was a British-American rapper and record producer. ![]()
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