MF Doom/Viktor Vaughn "split" 12" Sound Ink (US)

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Track Listing:

A1 – Change The Beat Producer, Mixed By – Written By – M. Lawrence
A2 – Change The Beat (Instrumental) Producer, Mixed By – Written By – M. Lawrence
A3 – Change The Beat (A capella)
B1 – Rae Dawn Producer, Mixed By – Written By – M. Schmitz, N. Gosman
B2 – Rae Dawn (Instrumental) Producer, Mixed By –
B3 – The Drop Producer, Mixed By – Written By – M. McDonald Daniel Dumile (pronounced ; born 9 January 1971) is a British-born American underground artist best known for his "super villain" stage persona and unique lyrics. Daniel Dumile has taken on several in his career, most notably as MF DOOM. He has appeared in several collaborative projects such as (with ), (with ) and (with ).
Early life

Dumile was born in 1971, in , the son of a mother and a father with an older brother Markham Temple, to whom he often gives much credit for many of his accomplishments. He moved with his family to New York and was raised on .

Music career 1988–1993: Career beginnings

As Zev Love X, he formed the group , in 1988 with his younger brother and another MC called Rodan. When Rodan left the group, Zev found another MC to replace Rodan named Onyx the Birthstone Kid. rep Dante Ross learned of KMD through the hip hop group , and signed the group to . Dumile and KMD's recording debut came on 3rd Bass's song "The Gas Face" from , followed in 1991 with KMD's album , which became a minor hit through its singles "Peachfuzz", "Who Me?" and heavy video play on cable TV's and .

Subroc was struck and killed by a car in 1993 while attempting to cross the before the release of their second KMD album, . The group was subsequently dropped from Elektra Records that same week. Before the release, the album was shelved due to its controversial , which featured a cartoon of a stereotypical or character being hung from the . After the death of his brother, Dumile retreated from the hip hop scene from 1994 to 1997, living "damn near homeless, walking the streets of , sleeping on benches. " In the late 1990s, he left and settled in . According to interviews with Dumile, he was also "recovering from his wounds" and swearing revenge "against the industry that so badly deformed him".Black Bastards had become bootlegged at the time, leading to DOOM's rise in the underground hip hop scene.

1997–2001: Operation Doomsday

In 1997, Dumile began freestyling incognito at open-mic events at the in Manhattan, obscuring his face by putting a stocking over his head. He meanwhile had taken on a new identity, MF DOOM, patterned after and wearing a mask similar to that of super-villain , who is depicted rapping on the cover of the 1999 album . The mask is based on a prop mask obtained from the film . He wore this mask while performing and isn't photographed without it, except for very short glimpses in videos such as Viktor Vaughn's "Mr. Clean", "?", and in earlier photos with KMD.

Dumile released three singles on , "Dead Bent", and "Greenbacks" (1997), and "The M.I.C." (1998). In 1999 Fondle 'Em released MF DOOM's first full-length LP, , which included these singles and their b-sides, and additional tracks. Dumile had used the spelling variant "M.F. DOOM" for the singles releases, but thereafter changed this to MF DOOM. Among the collaborators on these tracks were fellow members of the collective (The M.I.C.), for which each artist took on the persona of a monster from the mythos. Dumile went by the alias King Geedorah, a three-headed golden dragon space monster, modeled after , the movie monster who was a three-headed dragon that often battled . Some of his appearances on the LP are as, and are credited to, this persona instead of that of MF DOOM. Dumile would revisit this character later under various name-spellings.

In 2001, he began working with , co-producing 's "" with MikeTheMusicGuy and . In 2002, he appeared on the Sound-Ink's Colapsus collection,on a very hard to find track titled "Monday Nite at Fluid", featuring with production by King Honey, who also produced some tracks for Dumile's album .

Dumile has produced all the instrumentation tracks for his solo releases, with very few exceptions. Beginning in 2001, under the "Metal Fingers" moniker, Dumile began releasing his instrumentals series. Many of these beats can be heard as the instrumentation tracks throughout his body of work. A separate website catalogs for which tracks each instrumental has been used.

2002–2004: Madvillain, King Geedorah and Viktor Vaughn

In 2003, Dumile released the King Geedorah album . Geedorah is credited as producer, but only appears as an MC on four tracks. The majority of vocal tracks feature guest MCs, and the album features several instrumental montages of sampled vocals from old movies and TV shows—a technique employed on most of Dumile's albums. Both and Take Me to Your Leader feature appearances by MF DOOM. Also in 2003, Dumile released the LP under the moniker Viktor Vaughn (another play on Doctor Doom, whose "real name" is Victor von Doom). In 2004 he released a follow-up LP, Venomous Villain (also called VV2). In 2004, the second MF DOOM album was released by -based label .

DOOM's first commercial breakthrough came in 2004, with the album , created with producer under the group name . Released by , the album was a critical and commercial success. MF DOOM was seen by mainstream audiences for the first time as Madvillain received publicity and acclaim in publications such as , , , , and . A video for "All Caps" and a four-date U.S. tour followed the release of Madvillainy. Additional videos for "Rhinestone Cowboy" and "Accordion", both directed by , were released on the DVDs Stones Throw 101 and Stones Throw 102: In Living the True Gods, respectively.

2005–2009: The Mouse and the Mask, Born Like This

Although still an independent artist, MF DOOM took a bigger step towards the mainstream in 2005 with , a collaboration with producer under the group name . The album, released on 11 October 2005 by and , was done in collaboration with 's and featured voice-actors and characters from its programs (mostly ). Danger Doom reached #41 on the Billboard 200. Also in 2005, DOOM made an appearance on "November Has Come", a track on 's 2005 album Demon Days, which reached #6 on the Billboard 200.

DOOM produced tracks for both of 's 2006 albums and , it was also announced that the two were working on a collaboration album - then titled Swift & Changeable. Three tracks have been released since the album was announced, "Angels", which appeared on a compilation in late 2006 (another version appears on DOOM's 2009 album ), "Victory Laps" and "Victory Laps". The song, "Monkey Suite", first appeared on the / compilation , later it appeared on Madvillainy 2 - The Madlib Remix.

On May 30, 2006 Adult Swim released Danger DOOM EP, a digital EP and on July 6 the same year Lex released Danger DOOM Old School EP. The latter includes previously unreleased remixes by Madlib and Danger Mouse. and released an 8" tall Madvillain toy available to coincide with the release of the Chrome Children CD/DVD which featured a clip of a live performance of Madvillain. He continued to work with Adult Swim, doing voice-over work as Sherman the Giraffe on , being the voice for ads and previews and hosting their Christmas Eve 2006 programming.

Following the success of Danger DOOM, he signed a long term agreement with Lex in 2006. With the exception of a handful of guest appearances, there were no DOOM releases between mid-2006 and the release of Born Like This. DOOM's was released on on March 24, 2009. The album was DOOM's first solo album to chart in the USA.

2010–present: Key to the Kuffs

In early 2010, he released the Gazzillion Ear EP on Lex which included the Thom Yorke Remix and two mixes by Jneiro Jarel. A further remix by MADVILLAINZ featuring a voice-mail message from was released online. The release of the Gazzillion Ear EP coincided with DOOM's first ever live performances outside North America. On 5 March 2010, Lex and presented the first DOOM show in London, at in Camden. The event was the first of many DOOM live performances around the world between early 2010 and the present. These shows included the Lex 10th Anniversary show at The Roundhouse with and , performances in Europe with , support for and performances with Jneiro Jarel at 2012. During this period DOOM released some material on labels other than Lex. On 26 May 2010, part of the track Madvillain "Paper Mill" was released a digital single through Adult Swim.Expektoration, a live DOOM album, was released on 14 September 2010 through Gold Dust Media. In mid-2010, DOOM released the mix-tape "DOOM!", a collection of greatest hits, B-sides and rarities, including the theme for the video game featuring Ghostface Killah, and Biochemical Equation featuring the RZA.

Upon completing his European tour, DOOM was refused entry into the United States. Regarding the case, he stated that "there's a lot of legalities and that he was "done with the United States." Following this incident, DOOM settled in the UK and began recording an album with fellow Lex artist , under the moniker . DOOM contributed two exclusive JJ DOOM tracks to the Lex 10th Anniversary compilation album . The tracks were the Doom / / version of "Retarded Fren" and the remix of "Rhymin Slang," They were released digitally in December 2011, and were subsequently released on vinyl on 2012. The JJ DOOM album was released on August 20, 2012, and included guest features from , of , of and , and Boston Fielder. On August 19, 2013, an extended version, titled Key to the Kuffs (Butter Edition) was released, containing a bonus 9-track EP composed of new tracks and remixes.

In February 2013, revealed that he and DOOM were in the process of choosing tracks for their previously announced collaborative album. In August 2013, it was announced that DOOM and would collaborate on a project set to be released via Lex Records. The project was later revealed to be an album, titled NehruvianDOOM, and will be released in 2014.

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