Ok, Tom, I hear what you're saying about MF Doom's MCing style. I've heard someone else say something similar (and they actually like this stuff.) There is a certain flatness to his expression and I think I agree, it's not his greatest strength (which is quite a minus given that he's a rapper!). I feel the quirkiness and even creepiness of some of his lyrics go some way to making up for this though. And I disagree with you about his 'beatmaker' status. If you mean by that production, and general 'swinginess', I think he's up there amongst the best right now. His songs are tight and also he's not afraid to push the boundaries in terms of the texture and sounds he uses. It's still quite rare to hear straight-up-in-the-mix synths in Hip Hop (granted there are a lot of samples of course, but it's not all sampled, I think).
You might want to have a listen to the Viktor Vaughn LP too if you haven't already, which is just as good as the Madvillain LP I think, although perhaps darker and not so quickly accessible. I should say that next to most afficionados, I know next to jack about Hip Hop, but I'd like to think I've still got a point in the above. Cheers, k >-----Original Message----- >From: Thomas D. Cox, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 12:41 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: (313) for the Madlib fans > > >---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- >From: "J.T." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>ken, i will stomp a mudhole...!! hehehe >>no, my opinion is dumb, i don't really go for jazzy hiphop much >these days anymore so whatever. i thought it was done to >perfection a long time ago i guess, now it all just sounds like >more of the same...it would take some really different, out there >jazzy stuff to grab me. (like quasimoto did). > >yeah that quasimoto album was madlib's best stuff, by far. i love >that record. > >>and mf doom sounds kinda generic mc to me, but ahh whatever... > >i was just saying this to my friend the other day: i like mf doom, >but i dont love him. mainly because i feel like if hiphop didnt >suck now, he wouldnt be anything special. he would just be a >moderately interesting average emcee and beatmaker. he's elevated >because everything else sucks so crazily bad anymore. > >tom > >________________________________________________________________ >andythepooh.com > > > > > >
