| Operation: Doomsday | |
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 Studio album by MF DOOM | |
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Released |
April 20, 1999 |
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Recorded |
March 1997 - February 1998 |
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Studio |
MF Grimm's Basement |
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Genre |
East Coast hip hop, Underground hip hop, Jazz rap, Conscious hip hop. Alternative hip hop |
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Length |
57:58 |
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Label |
Metal Face Records / Fondle 'Em Records |
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Producer |
MF Doom (exec.), X-Ray Da Mindbenda (co.), Bobbito (exec.), Ill Clown (co.), Big Lou (co.), MF Grimm (exec.) |
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Next |
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Operation: Doomsday is the debut solo studio album by British-American hip hop musician MF DOOM, It was released on April 20, 1999 via Fondle 'Em Records. Recording sessions took place at MF Grimm's Basement in New York City from March 1997 to February 1998. Production was handled entirely by MF Doom himself, with co-production by X-Ray Da Mindbenda, Ill Clown and Big Lou. It includes guest appearances by Pebbles the Invisible Girl, Doom's alias King Geedorah and Monsta Island Czars members: Kong, Kwite Def, Megalon, X-Ray, Rodan, MF Grimm and Kurious. It marks his return to the hip hop scene after the disestablishment of his former group KMD in 1993. The album is produced entirely by DOOM himself.
Operation: Doomsday released the four singles: "Hey!", "Gas Drawls", "Dead Bent" and "?".
Track listing[]
All songs produced by MF DOOM.
| No. | Title | Performer(s) | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Time We Faced Doom" | - | 2:04 |
| 2. | "Doomsday" | MF DOOM | 4:58 |
| 3. | "Rhymes Like Dimes" | MF DOOM | 4:18 |
| 4. | "The Finest" | MF DOOM, Tommy Gunn | 4:01 |
| 5. | "Back in the Days" | - | 0:45 |
| 6. | "Go with the Flow" | MF DOOM | 3:36 |
| 7. | "Tick, Tick..." | MF DOOM, MF Grimm | 4:04 |
| 8. | "Red and Gold" | MF DOOM, King Geedorah | 4:42 |
| 9. | "The Hands of Doom" | - | 1:50 |
| 10. | "Who You Think I Am?" | MF DOOM, X-Ray, Rodan, Megalon, K.D., King Geedorah, Kong | 3:24 |
| 11. | "Doom, Are You Awake?" | - | 1:12 |
| 12. | "Hey!" | MF DOOM | 3:46 |
| 13. | "Operation: Greenbacks" | MF DOOM, Megalon | 3:46 |
| 14. | "The Mic" | MF DOOM | 3:02 |
| 15. | "The Mystery of Doom" | - | 0:21 |
| 16. | "Dead Bent" | MF DOOM | 2:22 |
| 17. | "Gas Drawls" | MF DOOM | 3:43 |
| 18. | "?" | MF DOOM, Kurious | 3:33 |
| 19. | "Hero vs. Villain (Epilogue)" | MF DOOM, E. Mason | 3:33 |
Credits[]
- Everybody wrote they own rhymes & did they own cuts.
- Illustration: MF DOOM
- Art Direction: SCOTCH 79
Album liner notes[]
DOOM would like to thank everybody.
REST IN PEACE-
The grand wizard D.J. SUBROC
K. NIT & J. BLACK
Samples[]
The Time We Faced Doom (Skit)
- "No Stranger to Love / Want You" by Roy Ayers
- "The Article" from Wildstyle
Doomsday
- "Poetry" by Boogie Down Productions
- "Kiss of Life" by Sade
Rhymes Like Dimes
- "One Hundred Ways" by Quincy Jones feat. James Ingram
The Finest
- "The Finest" by The S.O.S. Band feat. Alexander O'Neal
Go With the Flow
- "Truly Yours" by Kool G Rap & DJ Polo
- "Ain't No Price on Happiness" by The Spinners
Tick, Tick...
- "Glass Onion" by The Beatles
Red & Gold
- "Shoot 'Em Up Movies" by The Deele
The Hands of Doom (Skit)
- "There Was a Time" by Dee Felice Trio
- "Got to Get a Knutt" by The New Birth
Who You Think I Am?
- "It's a New Day" by Skull Snaps
- "Eastern Market" by Yusef Lateef
Hey!
- "Theme Music" from The New Scooby-Doo Movies
- "Mona Lisa" by Slick Rick
Operation: Greenbacks
- "Our Day Will Come" by Isaac Hayes
- "I Need Your Lovin'" by Teena Marie
The MIC
- "Microphone Fiend" by Eric B. & Rakim
- "All In the Name of Love" by Atlantic Starr
Dead Bent
- "Walk on By" by Isaac Hayes
- "Super Hoe" by Boogie Down Productions
- "Always" by Atlantic Starr
Gas Drawls
- "Black Cow" by Steely Dan
- "Get Out of My Life Woman" by Q65
?
- "Catch the Beat" by T-Ski Valley
- "Vykkii by Isaac Hayes Movement
Hero vs. Villain (Epilogue)
- "Come Dancing" by Jeff Beck