Operation: Doomsday

by MF DOOM

Operation: Doomsday cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 19 October 1999
  • Label: Fondle 'Em
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 2:17:38
  • Community rating: 4.06/5 from 19 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Operation: Doomsday' introduces the supervillain persona of MF DOOM, built entirely on eccentric 80s R&B loops and cartoon sampling. The album is highly playful, abstract, and humorous, redefining the possibilities of underground, lo-fi hip-hop production.

Genres

Descriptors: sampling, rhythmic, conceptual, rap, lo-fi, underground, classic

Tracklist

  1. The Time We Faced Doom (Skit) (2:04)
  2. Doomsday (4:58)
  3. Rhymes Like Dimes (4:18)
  4. The Finest (4:00)
  5. Back in the Days (Skit) (0:45)
  6. Go With the Flow (3:36)
  7. Tick, Tick... (4:04)
  8. Red and Gold (4:42)
  9. The Hands of Doom (Skit) (1:50)
  10. Who You Think I Am? (3:24)
  11. Doom, Are You Awake? (Skit) (1:12)
  12. Hey! (3:46)
  13. Operation: Greenbacks (3:46)
  14. The Mic (3:02)
  15. The Mystery of Doom (Skit) (0:21)
  16. Dead Bent (2:22)
  17. Gas Drawls (3:43)
  18. ? (3:08)
  19. Hero v.s. Villain (Epilogue) (2:58)
  20. Dead Bent - 12" Version (3:16)
  21. Gas Drawls - 12" Version (3:58)
  22. Hey - 12" Version (4:08)
  23. Greenbacks - 12" Version (3:57)
  24. Go With the Flow - 12" Version (3:43)
  25. Go With the Flow - Raw Rhymes (3:43)
  26. I Hear Voices Pt. 1 - 12" Version (2:51)
  27. I Hear Voices Pt. 2 - 12" Version (2:07)
  28. Tick, Tock - 12" Version (4:24)
  29. ? - Extended Raw Rhymes Version (3:46)
  30. Dead Bent - 12" Instrumental Version (3:16)
  31. Gas Drawls - 12" Instrumental Version (2:52)
  32. Hey! - 12" Instrumental Version (3:55)
  33. Greenbacks - 12" Instrumental Version (3:57)
  34. The Mic - 12" Instrumental Version (3:03)
  35. Red and Gold - 12" Instrumental Version (5:07)
  36. I Hear Voices - 12" Instrumental Version (2:54)
  37. Doomsday - Instrumental (4:59)
  38. Rhymes Like Dimes - Instrumental (2:10)
  39. The Finest - Instrumental (4:22)
  40. The Hands of Doom - Instrumental (2:04)
  41. Who You Think I Am - Instrumental (2:10)
  42. ? - Instrumental (2:37)

Credits

  • MF Doom - primary artist, illustration, written-by, producer
  • Lord Scotch 79 - art direction
  • Big Lou - executive-producer
  • Bobbito - executive-producer
  • Daniel Dumile - executive-producer
  • Percy Carey - executive-producer
  • DJ Cucumber Slice - featuring
  • Tommy Gunn - featuring
  • MF Grimm - featuring
  • King Ghidra - featuring
  • Kong - featuring
  • Kwite Def - featuring
  • Megalon - featuring
  • Rodan - featuring
  • X-Ray - featuring
  • Kurious - featuring
  • E. Mason - featuring

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