King Geedorah (aka MF Doom) – Take Me To Your Leader
Using the same lo-fi, direct-from-the-VCR dubbing he used on Doomsday, MF Doom aka King Geedorah sketches out the mythos of King Geedorah over the course of Take Me to Your Leader, drafting an outline of the rubbery behemoth's exploits (it doesn't quite qualify as a concept album), then uses it as a guide to piece together some of the most jaw-droppingly, neck-twistingly, brain-meltingly inspired cuts this side of Q-Bert's Wave Twisters.
"Monster Zero" is the epicenter of that approach, a cut-n-paste narration of Geedorah's arrival on planet Earth via visitors from the future, backed by a languid soul loop and distorted, bizarrely syncopated snares; the monster in question - a mutated, irradiated, three-headed fucker who once terrorized the inhabitants of Planet X - is invoked throughout Take Me to Your Leader, and a few of the guest emcees hide behind the monikers of other Godzilla friends and foes to cement the theme.
Take Me to Your Leader will excite you in a way most hip-hop projects just aren't able. It's not straining for credibility nor putting effort into being revelatory, it just is. MF says: "You should listen to the album for what it is and not expect it to be like the average 'rap' stuff you're probably used to... a blend of ill lyrics and instrumentals. To me, it's way iller than any of the wack shit out now." (Pitchfork)
2 x Vinyl, Reissue, 180g, Gatefold. Red vinyl edition.
Tracklist:
A1 Fazers
A2 Fastlane
A3 Krazy World
A4 The Final Hour
B1 Monster Zero
B2 Next Levels
C1 No Snakes Alive
C2 Anti-Matter
C3 Take Me To Your Leader
C4 Lockjaw
D1 I Wonder
D2 One Smart Nigger
D3 The Fine Print
Using the same lo-fi, direct-from-the-VCR dubbing he used on Doomsday, MF Doom aka King Geedorah sketches out the mythos of King Geedorah over the course of Take Me to Your Leader, drafting an outline of the rubbery behemoth's exploits (it doesn't quite qualify as a concept album), then uses it as a guide to piece together some of the most jaw-droppingly, neck-twistingly, brain-meltingly inspired cuts this side of Q-Bert's Wave Twisters.
"Monster Zero" is the epicenter of that approach, a cut-n-paste narration of Geedorah's arrival on planet Earth via visitors from the future, backed by a languid soul loop and distorted, bizarrely syncopated snares; the monster in question - a mutated, irradiated, three-headed fucker who once terrorized the inhabitants of Planet X - is invoked throughout Take Me to Your Leader, and a few of the guest emcees hide behind the monikers of other Godzilla friends and foes to cement the theme.
Take Me to Your Leader will excite you in a way most hip-hop projects just aren't able. It's not straining for credibility nor putting effort into being revelatory, it just is. MF says: "You should listen to the album for what it is and not expect it to be like the average 'rap' stuff you're probably used to... a blend of ill lyrics and instrumentals. To me, it's way iller than any of the wack shit out now." (Pitchfork)
2 x Vinyl, Reissue, 180g, Gatefold. Red vinyl edition.
Tracklist:
A1 Fazers
A2 Fastlane
A3 Krazy World
A4 The Final Hour
B1 Monster Zero
B2 Next Levels
C1 No Snakes Alive
C2 Anti-Matter
C3 Take Me To Your Leader
C4 Lockjaw
D1 I Wonder
D2 One Smart Nigger
D3 The Fine Print
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