Vaudeville Villain
by MF DOOM
- Type: Album
- Released: September聽16,聽2003
- Label: Sound-Ink, Traffic Entertainment Group
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 56:30
- Community rating: 4.46/5 from 15 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Released under the pseudonym Viktor Vaughn, 'Vaudeville Villain' frames MF DOOM鈥檚 famously intricate lyricism within the conceptual narrative of a younger, more aggressive time-traveling hustler stranded in New York City. The album is sonically distinct in DOOM's discography, as he forgoes producing and instead performs over an eerie, sci-fi-inflected electronic soundscape crafted almost entirely by the Sound-Ink collective. This deliberate production choice shifts focus to the rapper's complex performance and character work, cementing the album as a unique and critically heralded entry in his catalog.
Genres
Descriptors: rap, underground, theatrical, storytelling, witty
Tracklist
- Overture (00:34)
- Vaudeville Villain (02:31)
- Lickupon (02:44)
- The Drop (03:25)
- Lactose and Lecithin (02:34)
- A Dead Mouse (03:55)
- Open Mic Nite, Pt. 1 (feat. Lord Sear, Benn Grimm as Brother Sambuca, Rodan as Dr. Moraue, & Louis Logic as Himself) (04:09)
- Raedawn (03:00)
- Can I Watch? (feat. Apani B as Nikki) (04:27)
- Saliva (02:28)
- A Modern Day Mugging (02:43)
- Open Mic Nite, Pt. 2 (feat. Lord Sear & Hydro) (03:13)
- Never Dead (feat. M. Sayyid as Curis Strifer) (03:27)
- Popsnot (04:39)
- Mr. Clean (02:13)
- G.M.C. (03:33)
- Untitled A.K.A. Change the Beat (Bonus Track) (06:55)
Credits
- D. Dumile - vocals, executive production
- Heat Sensor - production
- King Honey - production
- Max Bill - production
- RJD2 - production
- N. Gosman - engineering, executive production
- Mark Einstmann - mastering
- A. Threadgold - executive production
- M. McDonald - art direction
- Ralph Borland - layout, design
- M. Lawrence - executive gardening