Welcome to our first feature, Top 20 Tuesday. On each Tuesday we choose to publish, we'll bring you an unusually upsetting list for you to huff and gruff at. What better way to start than in honor of the late Daniel Dumile.
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As an avid fan of hip-hop, I find it hard to inform others that my MF DOOM phase started later than most, and in an unconventional way, nonetheless. It was summer 2016 (the last golden era of music) and the Avalanches had announced their long-awaited return with the single "Frankie Sinatra."
It was an absolutely unheard of lineup; alternative-indie legends resurrected from the grave alongside goon rapper Danny Brown (who gives DOOM a run for his money on the track) and the Supervillain, who makes a sudden return from retirement. But who actually stays retired in rap music? Just ask Jay-Z, Westside Gunn, Lil Wayne...
"Frankie Sinatra" somehow sent me on an overdue spiral into DOOM's catalog. For those who haven't heard DOOM's albeit small solo discography, listening to Operation Doomsday is opening a nostalgic portal into yesterday. Somehow the skits pulled straight from the ancient Fantastic Four cartoon television series felt like waking up on a Saturday morning.
Which makes the loss of Daniel Dumile that much harder -- somehow he's found a way to nudge himself in with childhood nostalgia and lost innocence. My experience with his music was delayed and short, but altogether intense, like most fans who listen to the Villain.
So here is an arbitrary list that absolutely trivializes the experience of MF DOOM by trying to rank some of his songs above others -- it's damn near impossible. RIP the Villain.
1. "Curls" - Madvillainy (2004)
I don't care what anyone tells you, "All Caps" is iconic, but not even in competition for the best song off of Madvillainy. "Curls" is a desert island song, DOOM at his best, and Madlib trying to prove something.
2. "Rapp Snitch Knishes" - MM... FOOD (2004)
The mystery behind Mr. Fantastik makes this track all the better, but there's plenty of goodness in the music to pull from.
3. "Vaudeville Villain" - Vaudeville Villain (2003)
4. "Doomsday" - Operation Doomsday (1999)
5. "That's That" - Born Like This (2009)
DOOM knows theatrics, and how to go out with a bang. "That's That" is his most lyrically intense rap of his career.
6. "Figaro" - Madvillainy (2004)
7. "Gas Drawls" - Operation Doomsday (1999)
8. "One Beer" - MM... FOOD (2004)
9. "Kon Karne" - MM... FOOD (2004)
10. "Yessir!" - Born Like This (2009)
11. "Never Dead" - Vaudeville Villain (2003)
Vaudeville Villain, released under Dumile's alter-ego Viktor Vaughn, is uniquely dark and unlike DOOM's other work. The beats of the entire project are heavy and sinister, and wholly inviting to first-time listeners. "Never Dead" is the pinnacle of the project.
12. "Lickupon" - Vaudeville Villain (2003)
13. "Anti-Matter" - Take Me To Your Leader (2003)
Take Me To Your Leader often gets overlooked in DOOM's discography, but his production style is as iconic as his voice.
14. "Rhymes Like Dimes" - Operation Doomsday (1999)
15. "Pennyroyal" - Special Herbs Vol. 5&6 (2004)
This instrumental has been sampled again and again, and every time I get chills.
16. "All Caps" - Madvillainy (2004)
...when you spell the man's name!
17. "Fazers" - Take Me To Your Leader (2003)
18. "Dead Bent" - Operation Doomsday (1999)
19. "Kookies" - MM... FOOD (2004)
20. "Gazillion Ear" - Born Like This (2009)
- Ritter
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