71-539: British-American rapper and record producer Daniel Dumile , also known under several stage names, most notably MF DOOM, released six studio albums , two live albums , three compilation albums , 10 instrumental albums , seven collaborative albums, 14 singles , and 32 music videos in his career. Dumile initially performed under the stage name Zev Love X as a member of the rap group KMD . The group would release their debut studio album Mr. Hood in May 1991. In 1993, just before
142-480: A black nationalist Muslim household as part of the Five-Percent Nation . He said he had no memory of his London childhood and defined himself as a "New York nigga", but remained a British citizen his entire life and never gained American citizenship. He 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
213-516: A jazz -based, hip hop and electronic -influenced quintet made up of alter-egos or fictional musicians played by Madlib. Over the next several years, through several record releases on Stones Throw and other labels, the growing number of pseudonyms and fictional players came to be known as Yesterdays Universe. Madlib was later invited to remix tracks from the Blue Note Records archive in 2003, which he released as Shades of Blue . In addition to
284-458: A 2010 interview with LA Weekly , Madlib stated that Kanye West put five of his beats on hold for the album he was working on at the time. While none of the beats were used, Madlib did take part in the recording sessions for the album, which evolved from Good Ass Job to My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy . He was also rumored to be involved in West's collaboration album with Jay-Z entitled Watch
355-640: A backstory he could reference in his music. The character combines elements from the Marvel Comics supervillain Doctor Doom , Destro , and the Phantom of the Opera ; like Doctor Doom and Phantom, Dumile referred to himself in the third person while in character. His signature mask was similar to that of Doctor Doom, who is depicted rapping on the cover of Dumile's 1999 debut album Operation: Doomsday . Dumile wore
426-478: A black man to second-class citizenship". Dumile sometimes sent stand-ins to perform in the mask, which he saw as a "logical extension" of the concept but angered audiences. Dumile initially claimed that he had lost weight and thus looked and sounded different. At a 2010 show in Toronto, an imposter was booed off stage before being replaced by Dumile. In an interview with The New Yorker , Dumile described himself as
497-565: A brief notice for a 2013 reissue of Take Me to Your Leader , called it "arguably the most cinematic" of Dumile's albums from the turn of the 21st century. 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). NME described the Viktor Vaughn persona as "a time travelling street hustler". Pitchfork named Vaudeville Villain
568-428: A collaboration album late in 2011 with the release of an EP titled Thuggin , which was followed by a second EP titled Shame on June 22, 2012, and a third EP titled Deeper on September 24, 2013. The duo's full-length collaboration album Piñata was released on March 18, 2014, to widespread critical acclaim. The pair, later known as MadGibbs , released a follow-up album titled Bandana on June 28, 2019. In
639-424: A duo known as Jaylib , which released Champion Sound . Madlib then collaborated with rapper MF DOOM , known together as Madvillain , for the album Madvillainy . Though released in 2004, the album was being worked on as early as 2002. However, production was halted when the album was leaked while Madlib was on a trip to Brazil. Madvillainy was produced by using a Boss SP-303 and a turntable. Madvillainy
710-460: A follow-up LP under the Viktor Vaughn moniker. Nathan Rabin noted in The A.V. Club that VV:2 , coming as it did after the commercial and critical success of Madvillainy , represented an unusual career choice for Dumile whereby he went "deeper underground" instead of embracing wider fame. Later in 2004, the second MF Doom album Mm..Food was released by Rhymesayers Entertainment . Pitchfork gave
781-641: A music series called Madlib Medicine Show . The series would ultimately take over two years to complete, culminating with 13 album releases and several vinyl-only EPs spanning hip hop, jazz, remixes, and multi-genre DJ mixtapes. The label has continued to release records outside of the original series. In 2011, Madlib composed the film score for the A Tribe Called Quest documentary film Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest . Madlib also produced "Cadillacs" with Snoop Dogg for his mixtape That's My Work Volume 3 , released on February 27, 2014. Freddie Gibbs and Madlib announced plans for
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#1732877284923852-413: A new identity, MF Doom, with a mask similar to that of Marvel Comics supervillain Doctor Doom . He later adopted a mask based on the one worn by Maximus, the protagonist of the 2000 film Gladiator . Bobbito Garcia 's Fondle 'Em Records released Operation: Doomsday , Dumile's first full-length LP as MF Doom, in 1999. Dumile's collaborators on Operation: Doomsday included fellow members of
923-569: A period of limited output. He observed that Dumile's lyrics and flow—"a focused rasp that's subtly grown slightly more ragged and intense"—were darker than on earlier records. He also highlighted the overtly homophobic "Batty Boyz", a diss track against unnamed rappers. Steve Yates, reviewing the album in The Guardian , likewise saw Born Like This as hearkening back to Dumile's earlier output. Yates felt it presented Dumile at "his scalpel-tongued, scatter-mouthed best". Both Patrin and Yates noted
994-404: A string of releases on Stones Throw centering on Madlib's production work which would continue for a decade. His first solo work, The Unseen , under the guise of Quasimoto , came in 2000. The album was met with critical acclaim and named by Spin as one of the top 20 albums of the year. In 2001, Madlib moved away from hip hop music and began a series of releases from Yesterdays New Quintet,
1065-522: Is scheduled for October 29, 2024. Dumile was married to his wife, Jasmine, for an unknown period until his death in October 2020. They had five children together. In late 2017, his son Malachi died from unspecified causes at the age of 14. Dumile's religious worldview was informed by Islam and the Afrocentrism espoused by African-American Muslims . His parents raised him and his brother as Muslims in
1136-473: Is the founder of the record label Madlib Invazion . His work often incorporates elements of jazz and world music. Otis Lee Jackson Jr. was born on October 24, 1973, in Oxnard, California , to musician parents Otis Jackson, Sr. and Dora Sinesca Jackson. He sampled his first song at 11 years old, sourced from his father's collection. His younger brother is the producer and rapper Michael "Oh No" Jackson . His uncle
1207-577: Is the jazz trumpeter Jon Faddis . He was raised in Oxnard, where he began his music career. In the early 1990s, Madlib formed a loose-knit collective composed of rappers who worked with him in his Oxnard-based Crate Diggas Palace (CDP) studio. This collective was composed primarily of his friends, and became known as CDP. The crew included affiliated artists such as Madlib's younger brother Oh No , Kankick , Dudley Perkins aka Declaime, M.E.D. aka Medaphoar, and others. Madlib's first commercially released music
1278-595: The COVID-19 lockdown , his wife Jasmine was not allowed to visit him in the hospital until the day of his death. His death was unknown to the public for two months until Jasmine announced it on December 31, and the cause of death was not revealed until July 2023. Many musicians paid tribute to Dumile. His 2004 instrumental track "Coffin Nails" was included on U.S. president Joe Biden 's inauguration playlist in January 2021, which
1349-527: The Five-Percent Nation , a religious black nationalist movement influenced by Islam. Dumile's father taught him about pan-African history, including historical figures such as Marcus Garvey and Elijah Muhammad —lessons that he then strove to impart upon his peers. By the early 1990s, Dumile and the other members of KMD identified as a member of the Ansaar Allah Community, later known as
1420-555: The Monsta Island Czars collective, for which each artist took on the persona of a monster from the Godzilla films. 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 , something that became a staple of his music later on. Jon Caramanica , in a review of Operation: Doomsday for Spin , emphasized
1491-510: The Nuwaubian Nation . In their music, the members of KMD professed a religious message based on tenets of Nuwaubianism, which Dumile distinguished from Five-Percent beliefs in an early interview. In the music video for "Peachfuzz", Dumile and the other members of KMD wear kufi caps. By 2000, though he was no longer as strictly observant, Dumile still participated in Nuwaubian events such as
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#17328772849231562-484: The "writer and director" of the character and that he "might send a white dude next ... Whoever plays the character plays the character." In November 2019, during his performance at the Adult Swim Festival, the electronic artist Flying Lotus announced that he would be joined onstage by Dumile. Instead, the masked figure who appeared on stage was revealed as the comedian Hannibal Buress . Dumile's involvement in
1633-576: The EP. However, Madlib added during an interview on June 3, 2019, that if Mac Miller's estate gives him the right to, he will release the EP. On February 8, 2020, a MacLib song was leaked. On March 28, 2023, Madlib revealed in an interview on Sway in the Morning that he was "finishing up" his collaborative effort with the late Miller, and that the rapper's estate was on board with a release. In January 2021, in an interview with The Guardian, Madlib revealed he missed
1704-741: The Mask (2005), with the producer Danger Mouse , released under the name Danger Doom . Though he lived most of his life in the United States, Dumile never gained American citizenship; in 2010, he was denied reentry after returning from an international tour for his sixth and final solo album, Born Like This (2009). He moved to London before settling in Leeds and worked mostly in collaboration with other artists during his final years, releasing albums with Jneiro Jarel (as JJ Doom ), Bishop Nehru ( NehruvianDoom ), and Czarface ( Czarface Meets Metal Face , and
1775-553: The Savior's Day celebration at the Tama-Re compound in Georgia and held a positive opinion of the community. Although Dumile lived in the United States for most of his life, he never gained citizenship and remained solely a British citizen. He acquired a British passport prior to his 2010 European tour, and was refused re-entry to the United States after completing the tour later that year. It
1846-679: The Three Sounds , Bobby Hutcherson , Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers , Horace Silver , Bill Evans , Terry Gibbs , Gary Burton , Donald Byrd , George Duke , Lee Morgan , Shirley Scott , Groove Holmes , Jimmy Smith , Gene Russell , the Art Ensemble of Chicago , Michael White , Cal Tjader , Weather Report , Max Roach , Freddie Hubbard , Cannonball Adderley , Eddie Harris , Milt Jackson , Ron Carter , Rahsaan Roland Kirk , William Fisher , John Coltrane , Gary Bartz , Kool &
1917-530: The Throne , but ultimately was not. West was interviewed as part of the 2014 Stones Throw documentary film Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton , in which he opens up about working with Madlib and wanting more of his beats for future projects. On January 18, 2016, West released the Madlib-produced "No More Parties in L.A." featuring Kendrick Lamar on SoundCloud as part of his GOOD Fridays series. According to reports,
1988-515: The United Kingdom, while Resident Advisor noted its play on Britishisms in tracks like "Guv'nor". NehruvianDoom , Dumile's collaboration with the rapper Bishop Nehru , was released on October 7, 2014. Dumile produced all the tracks on NehruvianDoom , often using beats developed in the Special Herbs series; vocals are primarily Nehru's, with some contributions from Dumile. The album
2059-476: The United States". He spent years living in Yorkshire , and was living in Leeds at the time of his death. In October 2020, Dumile was admitted to St James's University Hospital in Leeds with respiratory problems. On October 31, he died from angioedema , an adverse reaction to blood pressure medication he had recently been prescribed. He had suffered from high blood pressure and kidney disease . Due to
2130-410: The album Take Me to Your Leader under his King Geedorah moniker. In Pitchfork , Mark Martelli described Take Me to Your Leader as close to a concept album , noting how it lays out the "mythos" of the eponymous King Geedorah. Martelli praised the album, particularly tracks such as "One Smart Nigger" which, in his view, were superior to other artists' attempts at political hip hop . Fact , in
2201-421: The album a positive review. Nathan Rabin described it as a "crazy pastiche" but argued that it grew more coherent on repeated listening. Although still an independent artist, Dumile took a bigger step towards the mainstream in 2005 with The Mouse and the Mask , a collaboration with the producer DJ Danger Mouse under the group name Danger Doom . The album, released on October 11, 2005, by Epitaph and Lex ,
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2272-439: The album with Czarface, Dumile's musical output in the final three years of his life was limited to one-off guest appearances on other artists' tracks. Posthumous releases included appearances on two songs for the video game Grand Theft Auto Online : "Lunch Break", with Flying Lotus ; and "The Chocolate Conquistadors", with BadBadNotGood , made for the game's content update The Cayo Perico Heist. Shortly after Dumile's death
2343-448: The album, Swift & Changeable , would be released in 2016, and later posted promotional artwork for the collaboration. It remains unreleased. Dumile's Born Like This was released on Lex Records on March 24, 2009. The album was Dumile's first solo album to chart in the US. In a largely favorable review for Pitchfork , Nate Patrin cast the album as a return to form for Dumile, following
2414-509: The contrast between Dumile's flow as Zev Love X in KMD and his revised approach as a solo artist: "Doom's flow is muddy, nowhere near the sprightly rhymes of KMD's early days, and his thought process is haphazard." Caramanica revisited Operation: Doomsday in The New York Times in 2021, calling it "one of the most idiosyncratic hip-hop albums of the 1990s, and one of the defining documents of
2485-497: The death of member DJ Subroc , Dumile's brother. After a hiatus, Dumile reemerged in the late 1990s. He began performing at open mic events while wearing a metal mask resembling that of the Marvel Comics supervillain Doctor Doom , who is depicted on the cover of his 1999 debut solo album Operation: Doomsday . He adopted the MF Doom persona and rarely made unmasked public appearances thereafter. During Dumile's most prolific period,
2556-426: The early to mid-2000s, he released the acclaimed Mm..Food (2004) as MF Doom, as well as albums released under the pseudonyms King Geedorah and Viktor Vaughn . Madvillainy (2004), recorded with the producer Madlib under the name Madvillain , is often cited as Dumile's magnum opus and is regarded as a landmark album in hip hop. Madvillainy was followed by another acclaimed collaboration, The Mouse and
2627-515: The envelope". In August 2017, Adult Swim announced a Doom compilation, The Missing Notebook Rhymes , that would consist of songs from his upcoming projects and featured appearances on other artists' songs. The Adult Swim website was to release one new song per week over the course of 15 weeks. However, the arrangement was canceled in September after the release of only seven tracks. In February 2018, Dumile and Czarface released "Nautical Depth",
2698-571: The first single from their collaborative album Czarface Meets Metal Face . The album was released on March 30, 2018. In a lukewarm review for Pitchfork , Mehan Jayasuriya compared verses by Open Mike Eagle favorably to Dumile's, but noted that Dumile's contribution to "Nautical Depth" exhibited his "once razor-sharp lyricism". Ben Beaumont-Thomas, in The Guardian , was more positive, noting Dumile's "stoner surrealism" in "Captain Crunch". Aside from
2769-697: The following years, including The Mouse and The Mask with Danger Mouse in 2005. In 2009, he released his sixth and final solo studio album, Born Like This , under the pseudonym Doom (stylized in all caps). From this point until his death in 2020, Dumile exclusively released collaborative works, including NehruvianDoom with Bishop Nehru in 2014 and three other studio projects. (BadBadNotGood featuring MF DOOM) Daniel Dumile Daniel Dumile (born Dumile Daniel Thompson ; / ˈ d uː m ə l eɪ / DOO -mə-lay ; July 13, 1971 – October 31, 2020), also known by his stage name MF Doom or simply Doom (both stylized in all caps ),
2840-550: The independent hip-hop explosion of that decade". Cyril Cordor, in a review for AllMusic , described Operation: Doomsday as Dumile's "rawest" lyrical effort. In 2001, Dumile began releasing his Special Herbs instrumentals series under the pseudonym Metal Fingers. In a review of a 2011 box set containing ten volumes of the Special Herbs series, Pitchfork observed that the instrumentals stand on their own without vocal tracks: "most of these tracks sound plenty 'finished' even in rhyme-less form". In 2003, Dumile released
2911-476: The influence of Charles Bukowski on Born Like This : the first line of Bukowski's poem "Dinosauria, We" gives the album its title. In early 2010, Dumile released the EP Gazzillion Ear on Lex, a compilation of remixes of "Gazzillion Ear" from Born Like This, including a remix by Thom Yorke and two mixes by Jneiro Jarel . A further remix by Madvillain featuring a voicemail message from Kanye West
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2982-525: The jazz-influenced group Yesterdays New Quintet. Jackson gained wider recognition for his collaboration with MF DOOM under the name Madvillain, producing the critically acclaimed album Madvillainy (2004). He was also credited for his work on " The Unseen " (2000) under his alter ego Quasimoto . As a producer, Jackson has worked on numerous critically acclaimed projects. He produced the entirety of Freddie Gibbs' Piñata (2014) and Bandana (2019), both of which received widespread critical acclaim. Madlib
3053-478: The last verse on "The Gas Face"; according to Pete Nice 's verse on the track, Dumile created the phrase. 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
3124-491: The mask while performing, and would not be photographed without it, except for short glimpses in videos and in earlier photos with KMD. Later versions of the mask were based on a prop from the 2000 film Gladiator . Academic Hershini Bhana Young argued that, by appropriating the Doctor Doom mask, Dumile "positions himself as enemy, not only of the music industry but also of dominant constructions of identity that relegate him as
3195-547: The mid-90s. According to Dumile, he was "recovering from his wounds" and vowing revenge "against the industry that so badly deformed him". Black Bastards had been bootlegged by that time, but was not officially released until 2000. 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 turned this into
3266-416: The most influential producers in modern hip hop and alternative hip hop. His frequent collaborators include MF DOOM (as Madvillain ), J Dilla (as Jaylib ), Freddie Gibbs (as MadGibbs ), Talib Kweli , and Erykah Badu . Raised in Oxnard, California, Jackson began his career in music production in the early 1990s. He gained prominence as a member of the hip hop collective Lootpack and later formed
3337-560: The name Dumile) among friends and family. Under the name Zev Love X, 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. A&R representative Dante Ross learned of KMD through the hip hop group 3rd Bass and signed them 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. Hood . Dumile performed
3408-400: The nerdy without a heavy cloak of irony". In the same year, Dumile appeared on the second Gorillaz album, Demon Days . Dumile produced tracks for both of Ghostface Killah 's 2006 albums Fishscale and More Fish . In February 2013, Ghostface Killah said that he and Dumile were in the process of choosing tracks for a collaborative album. In 2015, Ghostface Killah announced that
3479-709: The opportunity to join forces with Kendrick Lamar on his 2015 album, To Pimp a Butterfly . On April 23, 2021, fellow rapper Logic released "Mars Only pt. 3," a collaboration between him and Madlib, on his YouTube channel under the name Madgic. During an interview on Chrome Children , Madlib stated that his most significant musical influences include Miles Davis , Sun Ra , and David Axelrod . On his song "Jazz Cats, Part 1" from his album The Unseen (2000), he gave an extensive overview of his jazz influences. Aside from Davis and Ra who are noted earlier, he named George Benson , Hampton Hawes , Steve Kuhn , George Cables , Cedar Walton , Herbie Hancock , Gene Harris and
3550-467: The possibility of future collaborations with Madlib via Twitter thanking him for sending over six beat CDs. Following Mac Miller 's death, Chicago producer Thelonious Martin claimed on February 20, 2019, that Mac Miller and Madlib were reportedly working on an album together, called MacLib. Madlib addressed this statement on March 19, 2019, stating that he had recorded an EP with Mac Miller between 2015 and 2017, but that there were no plans of releasing
3621-507: The posthumous Super What? ). On Halloween 2020, he died in a Leeds hospital from angioedema following a reaction to a blood pressure medication . After his death, Variety described him as one of hip hop's "most celebrated, unpredictable and enigmatic figures". Daniel Dumile was born Dumile Daniel Thompson in the Hounslow district of London on July 13, 1971, the son of a Trinidadian mother and Zimbabwean father. He later said that he
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#17328772849233692-412: The prank was not confirmed. Dumile was celebrated in independent hip hop. After his death, the producer Flying Lotus wrote of Madvillainy : "All u ever needed in hip-hop was this record. Sorted. Done. Give it to the fucking aliens." The English musician Thom Yorke , who twice collaborated with Dumile, wrote: "He was a massive inspiration to so many of us, changed things... For me the way he put words
3763-495: 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 . 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 2003, he would release his second and third studio albums, Take Me to Your Leader , under
3834-567: The remixes, the album contained newly recorded interpretations of Blue Note originals, many of which were credited to members of Yesterdays New Quintet. Beginning with the 2007 album The Funky Side of Life by Yesterdays New Quintet spin-off group Sound Directions, the Yesterdays Universe also began incorporating additional session musicians who were not pseudonyms of Madlib. Returning to hip hop music in 2003, Madlib announced two collaborative projects. He joined hip hop producer J Dilla in
3905-662: The stage name King Geedorah, and Vaudeville Villain under the name Viktor Vaughn. Dumile's first commercial breakthrough came in March 2004, with the album Madvillainy , released with producer Madlib under the group name Madvillain . The album peaked at number 179 on the US Billboard 200 . 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. He would continue to release collaborative albums in
3976-519: The track originated from the recording sessions for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy in 2010. West also recited a few lines from the track in the Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton interview. "No More Parties in LA" appears on his seventh album, which underwent several name changes: So Help Me God , SWISH , and Waves , before finally being released as The Life of Pablo on February 12, 2016. West also hinted at
4047-509: The week's best new album and highlighted its lyricism, writing that Dumile was one of the best writers in rap. Dumile's breakthrough came in 2004 with the album Madvillainy , created with producer Madlib under the group name Madvillain . They recorded the album in a series of sessions over two years before a commercial release on March 23, 2004. Madvillainy was a critical and commercial success, and has since become known as Dumile's masterpiece. Also in 2004, Dumile released VV:2 ,
4118-471: Was "loose and conversational, but delivered with technical precision", and his use of rhyme and meter eclipsed that of Big Pun and Eminem . Dumile's production work frequently incorporated samples and quotations from film. A review of Special Herbs volumes 5 and 6 in CMJ New Music Monthly compared Dumile's beats to " soul jazz ". Dumile created the MF Doom character as an alter ego with
4189-431: Was Nehru's major label debut. The limitations of Nehru's artistic achievement on the album were stressed by critics due to his relative youth (he was still in his teens when the album was produced) and the album's briefness, lasting just over 30 minutes. Dumile's contributions were also seen as limited: Pitchfork wrote that he often seemed on "autopilot", and XXL suggested that neither he nor Nehru were able to "push
4260-540: Was a British-American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Noted for his intricate wordplay, signature metal mask, and " supervillain " stage persona, he became a major figure of underground hip hop and alternative hip hop in the 2000s. Born in London and raised in Long Beach, New York , Dumile began his career in 1988 as a member of the trio KMD , performing as Zev Love X . The group disbanded in 1993 after
4331-684: Was announced, Flying Lotus revealed that they had been working on an EP. Having been completed in early 2020 but later delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic , Dumile's second collaborative album with Czarface and first posthumous release, Super What? , was released in May 2021. Dumile's lyrics are known for wordplay . Bradley and DuBois, describing Dumile as "among the most enigmatic figures in hip-hop", wrote that Dumile's "raspy baritone weaves an intricate web of allusions drawn from comic books and metaphysics along with seeming nonsense and non sequiturs". According to an obituary in The Ringer , his flow
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#17328772849234402-412: Was conceived in the United States, where his parents lived, and happened to be born in London because his mother was visiting family there. He had four younger siblings, including fellow rapper DJ Subroc (1973–1993), with whom he formed the rap group KMD until Subroc was struck and killed by a car at the age of 19. As a child, Dumile moved with his family to Long Beach, New York , where he grew up in
4473-400: Was criticized by fans of Dumile as Biden was the vice president in 2010 when Dumile was refused re-entry to the United States. Madlib Otis Lee Jackson, Jr. (born October 24, 1973), known professionally as Madlib , is an American record producer, DJ, multi-instrumentalist, and rapper. Critically acclaimed for his eclectic and sample-heavy production style, he is regarded as one of
4544-456: Was developed in collaboration with Cartoon Network 's Adult Swim and featured voice actors and characters from its programs (mostly Aqua Teen Hunger Force ). The Mouse and the Mask reached #41 on the Billboard 200 . Critic Chris Vognar, discussing the role of comedy in hip hop, argued that "Doom and Danger exemplify an absurdist strain in recent independent hip-hop, a willingness to embrace
4615-477: 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. After 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 ; he had moved to Georgia in
4686-968: Was highly anticipated and well-received, topping many critics' year-end lists. The 2005 Quasimoto album The Further Adventures of Lord Quas met with warm reception and continued the Quasimoto tradition of using vocal samples from Melvin Van Peebles , who is credited on the album liner notes as a collaborator. Throughout the rest of the decade Madlib continued to release jazz material simultaneously with his hip hop work: Perseverance with Percee P , Liberation with Talib Kweli , Sujinho with Ivan Conti of Azymuth , his own instrumental hip hop series Beat Konducta , In Search of Stoney Jackson with Strong Arm Steady , O. J. Simpson with Guilty Simpson , and production work for artists such as Erykah Badu and De La Soul . In 2010, Madlib announced his own imprint called Madlib Invazion , formed to release
4757-505: Was often shocking in its genius, using stream of consciousness in a way I'd never heard before." Stereogum , reviewing Operation: Doomsday on its 20th anniversary, noted Dumile's "formative" influence on younger rappers. El-P of Run the Jewels described him as a "writer's writer", while Q-Tip called him "your favorite rapper's favorite rapper". A biography by S.H. Fernando, The Chronicles of Doom: Unraveling Rap's Masked Iconoclast ,
4828-491: Was only his second international tour, and he had previously avoided leaving the United States; he had believed he would be able to secure re-entry based on his long-term residency and family connections. The denial of re-entry forced him apart from his wife and children, and for nearly two years, he saw them only via video calls or during their brief visits to the United Kingdom. They were reunited when his family moved to London in 2012, after which he declared himself "done with
4899-503: Was production for the rap group Tha Alkaholiks in 1993. He went on to record music of his own with the group Lootpack . Their 12-inch EP Psyche Move was released by Madlib's father in 1995 on a label also called Crate Diggas Palace. This record caught the attention of Peanut Butter Wolf , founder of the Stones Throw Records label, who signed the group in 1998. Lootpack's 1999 debut album Soundpieces: Da Antidote ushered in
4970-621: Was refused re-entry into the United States. He settled in the UK in 2010. Key to the Kuffs , an album Dumile made in collaboration with the producer Jneiro Jarel as JJ Doom , was released on August 20, 2012, and included guest features from Damon Albarn , Beth Gibbons of Portishead, Khujo Goodie of Goodie Mob and Dungeon Family , and Boston Fielder. Reviews of Key to the Kuffs in Pitchfork and Fact emphasized its references to Dumile's "exile" in
5041-628: Was released online. The EP coincided with Dumile's first performances outside North America. On March 5, 2010, Lex and Sónar presented the first Doom show in London, at the Roundhouse in Camden. Expektoration , Dumile's second live album, was released on September 14, 2010, through Gold Dust. In a review of Expektoration , Pitchfork noted that Dumile's vocal performance was more energetic than on his recordings, which it characterized as "laidback" by comparison. After completing his European tour, Dumile
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