MF Doom
Operation Doomsday
Ask any true hip-hop fan and he can tell you exactly where and when he first heard MF Doom's Operation Doomsday. Against seeming insurmountable odds, the album - bootlegged mercilessly, floating in and out of print on various labels since its release in 1999 gained mythical status amongst music aficionados of all backgrounds as one of the landmark releases of the past decade. At its core, one man, a microphone, an MPC 2000 and a Roland VS 1680. By the time of Operation Doomsday's recording, DOOM was a transformed man: a veteran of hip hop's aging new school reinvented as the masked, abstract wordsmith of the NOW. His pointed wit, subtly subversive lyrics and stream-of-conscious flow over adventurous sample-based production created the yard stick by which rappers in the coming decade would measure themselves. Now Doom's own Metal Face Records will release Operation Doomsday as a special remastered and expanded two-disc set, featuring a 32-page lyric book and a complete collection of alternate versions, B-sides and instrumental. San Francisco-based artist Jason Jagel, who provided the painting for DOOM's MM...Food , was enlisted to create both an updated version of the album's iconic comic-book style cover art especially for this release. The entire set was produced under the watchful eyes of Doom himself. Expanded and deluxe, this is the complete Operation Doomsday experience.
Tracklist
Disc: 1
1. The Time We Faced Doom (Skit)
2. Doomsday
3. Rhymes Like Dimes (Feat. Cucumber Slice)
4. The Finest (Feat. Tommy Gunn)
5. Back In The Days (Skit)
6. Go With The Flow
7. Tick, Tick... (Feat. MF Grimm)
8. Red And Gold (Feat. King Ghidra)
9. The Hands Of Doom (Skit)
10. Who You Think I Am (Feat. King Ceasar, Rodan, Megalon, Kamakiras & Kong)
11. Doom, Are You Awake (Skit)
12. Hey!
13. Operation Greenbacks (Feat. Megalon & King Ghidra)
14. The Mic
15. The Mystery Of Doom (Skit)
16. Dead Bent
17. Gas Drawls
18. ? (Feat. Kurious)
19. Hero vs. Villain (epilogue) (Featuring E. Mason)Disc: 2
1. Dead Bent (Orig. 12" Version)
2. Gas Drawls (Orig. 12" Version)
3. Hey! (Orig 12" Version)
4. Greenbacks (Orig.12" Version)
5. Go With The Flow Feat. Sci.Fly (Orig. 12" Version)
6. Go With The Flow (Raw Rhymes)
7. I Hear Voices Pt. 1 (Orig. 12" Clean Version)
8. I Hear Voices Pt. 2 Feat. MF Grimm (Orig. 12" Clean Version)
9. Tick, Tick (Orig. 12" Main Mix Version)
10. ? (Extended Raw Rhymes Version)
11. Dead Bent (Orig. 12" Instr. Version)
12. Gas Drawls (Orig. 12" Instr. Version)
13. Hey! (Orig. 12" Instr. Version)
14. Greenbacks (Orig. 12" Instr. Version)
15. The Mic (Orig. 12" Instr, Version)
16. Red and Gold (Orig. 12" Instr. Version)
17. I Hear Voices (Orig.12" Instr. Version)
18. Doomsday (Instr.)
19. Rhymes Like Dimes (Instr.)
20. The Finest (Instr.)
21. The Hands of Doom (Instr.)
22. Who You Think I Am (Instr.)
23. ? (Instr.)