Pure Hip Hop

Legends Never Die. MF DOOM Is a Legend.

The masked man passed away, but he's still alive in our hearth and in our ears. He is an eternal man. He does great things, he will never die.

Daniel Dumile, best known by his stage name MF. He was a British-American rapper and record producer. Noted for his intricate wordplay, signature metal mask, and "supervillain" stage persona, Dumile became a major figure of underground hip hop during the 2000s. 

If you're wondering what does MF stand for in MF Doom:

The "MF" stands for "Metal Face. On acclaimed albums like "Operation: Doomsday" and "Madvillainy," a collaboration with the producer Madlib, Doom created his own hip-hop universe of alter egos, inside jokes, and free-association rhymes.

Born in London, at a young age Daniel moved with his family to Long Island, New York. He began his musical career in 1988 as a member of the trio KMD, performing under the name, Zev Love X, with his younger brother, DJ Subroc, and another MC called, Rodan. After hearing about the group from 3rd Bass, A&R Dante Ross signed KMD to Elektra Records and their recording debut arrived on 3rd Bass’s song “The Gas Face” from "The Cactus Album". Their debut album Mr. Hood was released in 1991 and attained modest success with the singles “Peachfuzz” and “Who Me?” KMD disbanded in 1993.

After taking a hiatus from music, Dumile re-emerged in 1998, when he began performing at public appearances while wearing a mask. He adopted the MF Doom persona and rarely made unmasked open mic events thereafter.

MF DOOM regularly collaborated with other producers and rappers, most notably Madlib, under the moniker Madvillain. The duo's 2004 album Madvillainy received widespread critical acclaim upon its release and has been cited as DOOM’s magnum opus and a landmark album in hip hop.

DOOM’s first commercial breakthrough came in 2004, with the album Madvillainy, created with producer Madlib under the group name Madvillain. It has since become known as a MF DOOM masterpiece.

Dumile's lyrics are known for wordplay, and his productions frequently incorporated samples and quotations from film, Bradley and DuBois, describing Dumile as "among the most enigmatic figures in hip-hop", wrote that Dumile's "raspy baritone weaves an intricate web of allusions drawn from comic books and metaphysics along with seeming nonsense and non-sequiturs".According to an obituary in The Ringer, "his flow was loose and conversational, but delivered with technical precision", and his usage of rhyme and meter eclipsed that of Big Pun and Eminem. 

His lines dripped black humor and stoner-friendly cultural references, but the mind assembling them was wicked sharp, stacking up multiple rhymes like Super Mario power-ups, and fond of meta-textual intrigue.

The way Dumile underplays the effort he puts into his work is interesting (“I wrote this note around New Year’s / Off a couple shots and a few beers / But who cares? / Enough about me, it’s about the beats”) moments before cutting a block of pure braggadocio (“A rhyming cannibal who’s dressed to kill / It’s cynical / Whether it’s animal, vegetable or mineral / It’s a miracle how he get so lyrical / And proceed to move the crowd like a old negro spiritual”) that is a proof of the very skills it is praising.

Mf Doom was one of the scene's "most celebrated, unpredictable and enigmatic figures. His body and spirit go away, his legacy will stay alive forever. legends never die. MF DOOM was a legend.