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Madlib’s sample of The Mothers of Invention’s ‘ Sleeping in a Jar ’ intrigued me to the point of researching and getting into the work of the great Frank Zappa. I also noticed the cheeky references to those very comics in DOOM’s dense lyrics, leading to my interest in the record’s references that I wasn’t yet familiar with. The enveloping sonic landscapes provided by Madlib’s production met DOOM’s maniacal rhymes to create something very close to an auditory version of the comic books I’d been collecting since an early age.

#New mf doom 2016 full

I then went back to the full album and listened to it again, finding that I was able to enjoy it in its entirety. Whatever changed about me between those two listenings remains a mystery suffice to say I enjoyed it quite a bit that time around. After a few months the song that had so vexed me came up again on shuffle, so I gave it another listen. I heard a lot of the subsequent tracks on the record and thought they sounded weird so I rejected them on that simple basis. This reaction is one I could compare to spitting out a piece of food simply because your parents suggested it and you really feel like sticking it to them. I specifically remember being very annoyed by the track ‘ Accordion ’ and its prominent sample of the titular instrument. Like one does when they are recommended something by someone they revere, I gave Madvillainy a listen on the bus ride into school one day.

I saw Tyler the Creator and Earl Sweatshirt, both of whom were very influential on my middle-school-skater-boy self, repeatedly made reference to the work of the masked supervillain in interviews citing him as one of their own greatest influences. I was about thirteen or fourteen when I stumbled into the record by way of my interest in the now-defunct rap collective Odd Future. Memories of my first time listening to Madvillainy came to mind. When I found out, it got me thinking about the impact DOOM has had on my own life. He had died two months prior, on Halloween.

The news of MF DOOM’s passing was announced New Year’s Eve via a statement made by his wife Jasmine. WXCI Pays its Respects to Hip-Hop’s Greatest Supervillain