Underground. It’s been hard to use that term to describe indie rapper MF Doom (Daniel Dumile) since news spread of his collaboration with Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim crew and DJ Dangermouse (whose famously unreleased Grey Album was ranked best of 2004 by the desperately unhip Entertainment Weekly). We needn’t have worried, though. His new album, which hits the ground today, remains clever, original stuff.
This isn’t Dumile’s most experimental record but his flows are no less creative for it. In fact, with beats more accessible than Madvillainy and more laughs than MM..Food, this could be the record that introduces Dumile to the mainstream for the first time since the KMD days. Dangerdoom stands as proof that rap can be cerebral, entertaining, and ready for the masses without ever mentioning a gat or a ho. Bottom-feeding record execs take note.
For the full Doom backstory, see Wikipedia. Tons of recent press and interviews are available via Stones Throw. Find more on the album proper at dangerdoom.com
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