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From: "Ken Odeluga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>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.
i wasnt dissing mf doom at all. i was just saying that i think if
he was putting out his new stuff now during the time that KMD was
popular in the golden age of hiphop it wouldnt stand out like it
does now. mf doom is one of the few hiphop artists i always check
out, we get all his stuff in at the hiphop record store i work at.
him, kev brown, 9th wonder and little brother, and a very select
few others are the only people i bother to listen to every release
by. i liked the vikter vaughn and the madvillan (though it was too
short IMO) but his first LP operation doomsday was far superior.
tom
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