MF DOOM & the Art of Misdirection

[@AnAbsurdExistence]

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[@bigcel42]

Here’s one (misdirection) "Always throws me off when she tells me DADDY….FUNK ME" Next line is a great bar that goes unnoticed too.. "I’m like anywhose/seeds walking all out in the street with out any shoes" FUNK. WHICH THEN LEADS INTO THE LINE… "I guess it’s better than some FUNKY SOCKS" AYO…..this guy is a genius.

[@tonyberculosis-2078]

What's the name of background song at very end

[@benmatthews7867]

I know you would be destroyed by companies if your channel was bigger. But I really appreciate your use of really obscure but good soundtracks. I have no clue if you will see this but I heard the shopkeeper soundtrack from castle crashers around 00:38 and it made me smile. Im not sure if you have gotten a copyright strike in the past, but I just wanted to say thank you for putting in the effort and more specifically having such a diverse taste that a track like that would be put in to this video. Thank you friend :)

[@PonkiConki]

Personally, I feel like ‘Rhinestone Cowboy’ had one of the best lines EVER : ‘Got more soul than a sock with a hole’

[@nicholaslutz5910]

On my work email after my signature I have that in quote 🤣

[@TheKendeHD]

i never got that line

[@TheKendeHD]

more sole right?

[@nicholaslutz5910]

@@TheKendeHD just a double meaning type of line. He’s saying he has more soul than a sock with a hole because a sock with a hole in it……would be showing a lot of your “sole”.

[@nicholaslutz5910]

@@TheKendeHD just a play on soul/sole homophones

[@816aidan]

RIP VILLAIN it's a shame I never had the chance to get scammed by you and you DOOMbots.

[@chrisclouds4182]

I would honestly have loved to gone to one of his doombot shows😅

[@driziiD]

😂

[@kevycoldcuts]

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[@johnny4694]

"Prepared to get hurt and mangled like Kurt Angle, rookie year" is my absolute favorite DOOM line. This is mostly because I'm a massive wrestling fan, but also because of how well the bar flows and how it's delivered. Great Day is definitely one of my favorite DOOM songs. Great video man

[@ddl3718]

My favorite is “How DOOM hold heat and preach non violence, shh he’s bout to start speech c’mon silence” it’s not only applicable to lots of things but his delivery on it is golden, and it kicks off raid perfectly as well.

[@gabrielalonso6412]

@@ddl3718 “ Average emcees is like a tv blooper MF DOOM, he's like DB Cooper”

[@comradejosephstalinoftheus8698]

@407 Takkun "He rock the house like rock 'n' roll, got more sole/soul than a sock with a hole" and "They say the villain been spittin' enough lightning to rock, shock, and boogie down to Brighton, alright then" are some of my favorites just of of Madvillainy.

[@bakhtiyarguseinov9402]

^Rhinestone cowboy is top 3 track on the album 🐐

[@davidtriplett8105]

It's easy as 🥧 3.14

[@ativjoshi1049]

"Slip like Freudian...." was my first 'all time favorite' doom lyric.

[@theglockenspiel]

Another great misdirection is on the track money folder, where Doom says “he flipped it like madlib did an old jazz standard” and then the track cuts away to a jazz sample for 10 seconds

[@seansachs6105]

My favorite one, personally, is the one on Batty Boyz. You have to wait so long for the end of the punchline that it makes me chuckle every time I hear it.

[@drzl]

@@seansachs6105 bic, now can i get my pen back

[@TheLunarSurface]

Wait I don’t get the misdirection, can someone explain it? I’m smooth brained

[@mfboom3055]

@@TheLunarSurface It's a musical misdirection, not a lyrical one. Money Folder is an aggressive, hard-hitting song, so it's very surprising when it suddenly breaks into smooth jazz for 10 seconds.

[@theglockenspiel]

@@TheLunarSurface think of it as like a cutaway in a family guy episode

[@monsterwith21faces92]

DOOM had mastered the art of Miss directions and I love it

[@E-stylz-1967]

You ain't the only one bro.

[@monsterwith21faces92]

@@E-stylz-1967 I knew it Thanks fellow DOOM fan👍🏼

[@louisflanagan4962]

Nice pfp

[@monsterwith21faces92]

@@louisflanagan4962 you have the same one tho😂😂

[@ItsTheJahJah]

DOOM created misdirection 5,000+ years ago and then time traveled to see how it would progress, only to show the world how it’s truly done.

[@joelowdon1615]

Kurt Angle didn't just win a gold medal in 1996; he won a gold medal with A BROKEN FREAKIN' NECK!

[@jakobdee3274]

Wait really?! Howd he break it?

[@faceOD]

@@jakobdee3274 WRASLIN

[@bajenbilly]

Literally hurt and mangled

[@SoCalCris]

It's not a big misdirection but I love the end of Rhymes like Dimes where he says "you thought the song was over." Idk why but it always makes me laugh.

[@Crippling_Depression]

“HAAA WE TRICKED YOU”

[@jerrysmith7487]

Thats not doom but yeah thats funny haha

[@MK-vi2cm]

That's Bobbito from Stretch and Bobbito lol

[@iamsad1966]

MASHED POTATOES

[@natepasion4597]

Apple sauce

[@calvinkress7661]

"Boxers, briefs or fig leaf? I know I wear my boxers so my big- " MF DOOM

[@Gooodmorningdog]

wait what would he be saying if it didn't cut out I've always wondered

[@h44wi14]

@@Gooodmorningdog “Boxers briefs of fig leaf? I know I wear my boxer so my big dick breathes”

[@kingllama-vp2yl]

@C J im pretty sure he was gonna say "dick breathe" cause that makes more sense why he wears boxers

[@haatash]

In Batty Boyz the interlude is the set up for the punchline. DOOM didn't have his pen that's why it was just the instrumental

[@AnAbsurdExistence]

that's a genius and hilarious interpretation, never thought about it like that. My friend also pointed out how the word pen is two letters off from the word penis. 🤣

[@lessvalue9167]

Hilarious 😂😂😂

[@phelelanikhuluse8840]

genius

[@jerk3554]

@@AnAbsurdExistence learning another thing about DOOM music, once again 😅

[@kevycoldcuts]

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[@ran8108]

“Booze” it’s like a triple entendre as it could mean “boos” meaning females when you’re talking hip hop slang or Ebonics. Or “boos” as in being booed (almost like he’s saying this party could use more ‘boos’ like the crowd is vibing to villainy-he’s not getting booed off stage) Or it literally could mean Booze. Talk about misdirection. Every single one of these apply. I didn’t even catch all of it until I thought about it. That’s what I love about doom, I realize different plays on words every few listens. He catches you off guard with a triple entendre in place of the word you may be expecting.

[@sqxndal]

there’s one on rhymes like dimes. At about 3:46 it pauses for a second, then DOOM says “you thought the song was over you thought the song was over we tricked you, we tricked you”

[@arealboreIis]

There was another moment in 'Space Hos' where he was interviewing Judy Jetsons and asked "boxers, briefs or fig leaf?" I forgot what he said after, but he had to cut out the last word because he was "running out of time". Genius.

[@snow_parrots]

There’s actually another one on Great Day before the example in the video. The setup is “but this stuff is like what you might find on movie food”, with the implication that the track is like butter you’d find on popcorn. Instead, the response is “uh, what is jalapeños”, a topping found on nachos, implying heat while also breaking the flow of the song with the pause before the response. I’ve always loved the phrasing of the response as a contestant thinking of an answer on Jeopardy, returning it in the form of a question. Due to the awkward pronunciation on “jalapeños”, I think the line could also create the image of a confused customer reading it off the menu for theatre concessions. Thanks for the video.

[@nathanshawcross9063]

“You thought the song was over, we tricked you”

[@dr3amk1lla58]

I've only just discovered DOOM back in 2016 and that was just MM...Food. I've since discovered more of his music from all his aliases and as such have a much deeper understanding of it all and his style. It has inspired me to try to rhyme off beat as well as other techniques that very few artist like himself can pull off and I'm not half bad. Definitely something I would not have ever even thought of attempting if not for someone so off the wall like DOOM had he never blessed my speakers with such an exquisite style. Gonna continue to write like DOOM is still here cuz he inspires me still everyday that passes, it's like he never left.

[@Troplord]

I like in Kon Karne when he pauses to let the sample say "Love is"

[@AnAbsurdExistence]

love kon karne

[@riqvader318]

That's definitely in my top 10 somewhere after dead bent

[@ddl3718]

“Don’t talk about my moms yo”

[@jarrodc7652]

He also words the verses just like the Sade lyrics from that sample, she says “my love is wider than Victoria lake, higher than the Empire State” after he says “Goin’ back to Cali where the-‘Love is’” Doom says “wider than the Nile, hold power like the great pyramids of Giza and stay leanin like the tower of Pisa” genius

[@MrARhodes]

Barz Simpson - "Give 'em dap/ Dead That..... Wait, You Thought It Was Over... Dingbat?“ 😂☠️🐐

[@notfastenough1726]

“Ignoramuses enlist and sound dumb, found em’ drowned in cows dung, crowns flung” might be my favourite DOOM line off the top of my head. So poetic

[@michaelcox3353]

You know that was one thing a lot of people didn't like about cats like MF DOOM and even dudes like Jay Z. Like if you notice those kind of rapper's songs are so hard to memorize. They either had to many or not enough syllables in a bar. To the regular listener the esthetics might not sound as appealing to the ear, but that flaw makes them unique though. Once you get the hang of it, rap patterns and rhyming on beat is almost hard not to do. Like DOOM would literally change the rhyme mid bar, it's almost like an abstract art. Most emcees rhyme in patterns of 4 and switch the rhyme up every 5th bar four times to make 16 bars in a verse. Good emcees like Pun or Kool G Rap will do a whole 16 with multi syllabic rhymes. DOOM was different though all while making little slick rhyming remarks or cheesy punch lines to catch you off guard. He was spitting off beat, rhyming differently, and was even some what comedic because he's suppose to be the villain of rap. He's kinda poking run at the rap game. He doesn't want the typical rap fan to like his music. He doesn't want his appearance to be any part of his get up either and it's what most rappers base their whole career on. A popular face with star power, but who suck at the actual craft. He didn't even like doing shows and would even have other dudes where the mask and do it for him all because he is suppose to be this super villain of rap. There will be no one else like this guy.

[@jerk3554]

This exactly my thoughts. Mane, DOOM was on a whole other level in lyrical ability.

[@parthrusia7039]

Pun and Big also changed rhyme schemes whenever they want.

[@kerrermanisNL]

"no names" has another great misdirection where the misdirection comes first and then the "tell". This is it: "On the phone he sounded like a real paid (pause)... Then we met in person he was three shades blacker".

[@hhhsp951]

If it wasn't still so short, I'd probably rewatch your video catalogue on a daily basis I love this channel, keep up the good work mon fren

[@thevinyltruffle]

I wish I could show y’all my DOOM poster. It’s on rainbow foil and there were only 50 made. Hand numbered. It cost me $55 and another $65 to frame really nicely. So worth it.

[@NicholasLawsure]

you could post an image on the MFDOOM reddit

[@bypugs]

Let me see

[@Unkle_Genny]

Hell yea, post it to the MF DOOM reddit!

[@landonkeil336]

bro why won’t u show it

[@jacobflower837]

I also feel in addition to making his music more timeless the misdirections solidify his character as a villain because of course he wants you to think you know what he’s going to say next

[@FNoteTheVisionary]

I gotta say, ever since I learned the Art Of Misdirection, from MF DOOM, my pen game has become much more fantastic. I used to think that when you switch your rhyme scheme, it’s because you ran out of rhymes and I treated as a rare occasion in my verses, which now I see made my verses more predictable, but ever since I learned this technique from DOOM, I’ve learned that when you have to switch up the rhymes schemes and say the least expected word, that’s what makes the verse more interesting, I’ve been coming up with some cool stuff. Thanks DOOM, and thanks @Anabsurdexistence ! This video and the whole handbook of DOOM playlist has been super entertaining!

[@Punky51]

Just finished watching, Loved the vid since I didn't know a couple of these miss directions besides the Batty Boyz & the Great Day one. I love these vids since I usually send them to friends or my brothers if I want to get them into DOOM's music. Great Vid Bro. 🤘👍

[@TheWingman43]

One of my favorites is on the mouse and the mask album : "Boxers briefs or fig leaf, as you know he wear boxers so his big... " He leaves off half a sentence and still I know what he was gonna say.

[@Beltesassar_]

English isn’t my first language, so I have no clue what the implied sentence is :(

[@joelesque]

@@Beltesassar_ dick breathe i think?

[@profanepropane]

@@Beltesassar_ it's a reference to a biggie line "wear boxers so my dick can breathe"

[@mikegribanov6105]

@@Beltesassar_ I don't get it either

[@UntitledNameGangIsTouringAmmos]

Woah, I've been using KZbin for a long time so I feel really dumb asking this but how did you the Madvillainy album cover on your username like that? Is it a channel flair like something from reddit? Ive never seen anything like that before.

[@jackyvstheworld]

This is a topic I've wanted to talk or write about for years and never got around to it, so thank you for acting giving this a spotlight because it's my favorite thing abt MF DOOM's music. A track I wanted to bring up was the beat of Hoe Cakes, which shows this misdirection thing isn't purely lyrical. The start of the beat is a very doofy sounding beat box that almost sounds like DOOM is making armpit fart noises. Then the beat transitions from this ridiculous and goofy beat to an incredibly lush and gorgeous instrumental, completely unexpected from the song's introduction. Thank you once again for making a video on this and long live the villain.

[@olivieremery8021]

Thanks for this An Absud Existence!

[@enesballa2217]

"He might need some p-sychiatrist", the word "psychiatrist" has a voiceless "p" and yet he uses that first voiceless "p" because he wanted to say something elseand change mid sentence,technically not a misdirection,but another small detail on the song "Great Day".

[@danielsipes4474]

I love DOOM so much! He is not only my favorite rapper, but my favorite music artist period.

[@The_Inventor561]

R.I.P. MF DOOM, All caps when you spell the man name! 😭🙏🏻

[@samuelfordclark]

the bitches/booze line still amazes me despite how simple it is

[@brianalvarez3252]

I love the misdirections. The absurdity of some of them are just really funny. He' a lyrical magician.

[@AnAbsurdExistence]

that’s a good way of putting it.

[@moresnqp]

this is a great video, replayability is a great part of rap lyrics

[@ahpadt]

No one can fuck with DOOM's rhyming and lyrics.

[@Kxvito]

What does that mean

[@thorn9382]

the youtube algorithm knows too much about me to recommend a guy who's channel is basically just a compilation of the exact media I consume and enjoy the most

[@tompainter7167]

Nice one man always enjoyed those style lines

[@bulbo1378]

props for the smiths reference

[@AnAbsurdExistence]

didn't think anyone would notice that 😳

[@BafemousGoat]

People who get mad at creators for doing what they want are jerks

[@InfractusVir]

Ohhhhh that last verse of Beef Rap! To come in like that and give a burn!

[@Fabian-rs7qj]

Realy like the quality of your videos. Keep up the good production.

[@blinkerito1829]

The AVGN reference was gold

[@chrisclouds4182]

Another thoroughly researched DOOM vid! I'd call these throw off's or send off's but misdirects works too. I've listened to enough of DOOM's music to have heard several of these but never realized it was such a pattern or how intentional he was with it.

[@jordanarnold6783]

Your edits are genuinely fantastic. Just wanted to give props.

[@peterhardie4151]

I like Method Mans "I'm sick, insane, crazy, drivin' Miss Daisy Out her fuckin' mind"

[@johnblaze146]

i heard a great one on a rare doom cut the other day, its not a straight up misdirect, but its subtle and clever and villainous. "its such a shame, the lust for fame crushed his frame, like... whatshisname"

[@DOOMYe__619]

this is gonna be fucking insane without me even seeing it yet

[@ThaRixer]

Great thumbnail and video my man

[@AnAbsurdExistence]

thank you

[@armonilloyd1825]

I love his line "when in Rome go back home and get real dome from a well known crack gnome" I never even seen that shit coming

[@upperlolbruce3378]

really great video, just found your channel, good luck with the future my guy

[@AnAbsurdExistence]

thank you!

[@brandonmccaskey9337]

I love the songs you use in transition and in the background and stuff

[@AnAbsurdExistence]

thanks

[@coltonjenkins5513]

The clip from castle crashers shop caught me off gaurd😅

[@mackswilliams8933]

"One thing this part could use is more... BOOZE" is the bar that got me into DOOM

[@theacmilanfan123]

I high key still wanna hear your thoughts on AoT and the Sopranos

[@narcisoanasui246]

Yea AoT is masterpiece

[@dzamburger]

@@narcisoanasui246 ending was mid

[@nileshchawhan9605]

the entire last verse of Rhinestonne Cowboy. The song ends on the second verse only to hit us with the last. 'Playing the song now because I can listen to it again'

[@jefersonvilaede]

all hail the villain MF DOOM. forever will be in our ears and minds.

[@justing6270]

My favorite doom line is from Gazillion ear when he says "traded three beans for this cow, cheap talkin'". The line alludes to the story of jack and the magic 'beanstalk', which could be made to rhyme with the other lines but instead doom leaves that rhyme to be made in the listener's mind

[@Punky51]

Hyped! 😍 Can't wait to see this!

[@rafedanos3995]

It's the beat he hear it in his sleep sometimes Awesome video!

[@hiddepieper]

bro i would've loved either of the first 2 ideas you had

[@migueljr5315]

You can tell the production quality/editing is getting better. Great vid 👍

[@BigPileVideos]

Can’t wait for this video 🙏

[@BLANKFACE141]

It's crazy. I noticed the cut-offs during the songs but I just thought that's how it was supposed to be. I didn't know they were misdirections.. MF DOOM is a lyrical genius

[@andrewsilva9721]

My favorite is the false ending to Rhinestone Cowboy.

[@Jay-gj2yw]

“They call the super when they need they back- uh, plumbing fixed…” -MF DOOM “One Beer”

[@zachary5412]

I never realized that in dooms technique. Like I’ve listened to great day a thousand times, it’s actually my favorite song by him. And I’ve never once that when he say “spit so many verses sometimes my jaw twitches. One thing this party could use is more” that the next word would be bitches but instead he says booze. But you explaining this to me gives me chills and makes his songs feel like new and like I need to re analyze them

[@DE_BUZZER]

Love the video and great easteregg with pewdiepie when saying „bonus misdirection“ :D

[@quintin610]

4:36 that is 100% an 8-bit version of the smiths. I love it. That made my night, thank you

[@TheRealSteezus]

I just love how the smiths reference came outta nowhere

[@2ToTheDome]

I love that DOOM is he's so smug! Constantly reminds you his style is one of a kind and he's the greatest, all while dissing anyone who touches a mic. (ITS NOT A HOBBY DONT BE SLOPPY). He takes the artform serious and delivers some rhymes that make you rewind, memorize, and dissect. Ill hear a bar from a song ive heard hundreds of time and still find new references or 'punchlines' i didnt notice before, mind-blown. Vaudeville Villian is a masterpiece.

[@kylep.6867]

DOOMS lyrics are going to age like wine for many ages to come.

[@UntitledNameGangIsTouringAmmos]

I think one of the best ones is as his alter ego Viktor Vaughn on "A Dead Mouse". He starts the first verse saying "I only rhyme where the drums is at" And he reinforces this by straight up ending his verse in the middle of a line. The subversion ofcourse comes from you expecting him to finish the entire line but the reason he doesn't is he notices that the drums in the beat cut out. He acknowledges this by going "Oh!" Instead of finishing the line as if he just realized the drums aren't playing anymore.

[@skoveche2k]

Well while we talk about DOOM lets take some time and look back at one of his most underrated songs - Dead Mouse. Now im just gonna cut it to the probably best punchline i heard in industrial rap ever (means battle rap punches dont count). It says ''V sells time to an inmate''. I guess most of DOOM fans get it, but i will break it down just quickly. In jail all you have is time or getting more time means getting longer sentance. Now, to sell time to the one who has nothing else but time is what makes this punch so hard. The metaphor is just untouchable. I doubt anyone will ever beat that one single bar

[@MercurySwordz]

The part in the beginning with the castle crashers music made my day haha.

[@shi-nee7966]

Damn i m amazed especially of that beef rap misdirection i must have heard it like 100 times still never realised DOOM planned it to be like this,,,"waddup..." like he's coming outta nowhere giving a surprise and is like" haha i gotcha "

[@JJGoblin]

Fantastic video man! Loved it

[@escapepacse]

"Absolute power corrupts absolutely if they get the villain surrounded well then....." - MF DOOM's best misdirection imo from the song Absolutely

[@cshoener199]

The deatructo rays a played out gag And the cap & pants suit, lookin like a straight up (dag) From Space Ho’s, is a great example

[@ourcrazyjourney1694]

Appreciate your work sir

[@tristanbuster7245]

That cheesy/jalapeños bar on Great Day still gets me

[@seduyo]

Rhinestone Cowboy also has an instrumental misdirection it’s very cool

[@wiz-side]

The earliest use of DOOM misdirection I could find was in 1994. This was back when DOOM was still going by Zev Love X. He was featured on a track called “Checkmate” by his fellow CM Mob member Earthquake. He spits: “Swish, I’m the suspicious, vicious, X So shit, I’m on a mish to gut this punk like a... You’d probably wish I say like a fish But busta how I front, punk I gut em' like a blunt”

[@picklerick8239]

Here's a fun fact for the fans... DOOM has an album called The Next 1000 years not sure if the family will release it... the music I heard before he passed was MINDNUMBING... DOOM created another classic but I'm not sure if it will see the light of day....

[@dddangelo]

Intro funny af lol. But actually upload whatever you want bro, I’d still watch whatever you upload. Have a good day bro.👍🏽❤️🔥🔥

[@tywaluscontiego1253]

The way he said simple lines like “let her hate, the creep played her” hits different

[@rasClott8ussYA6rain]

batty boyz is my favorite doom song. thank you for putting it in!

[@st.kevinthethirdofficial]

Been watching your videos, love the topics the appreciation you have DOOM is awesome and it’s great to see someone teaching the sacred lessons in a fun way - KF DOOM

[@lostboysinc.]

Would love to see you make more context about other artists like maybe nujabes, dj shadow, etc. Love the context💫💫💫

[@joemoules6960]

"Always threw me off when she told me 'Daddy Funk me'"

[@reasonrevived]

Have always loved and noticed these little details

[@joapwn]

This is beautiful work man

[@salilbhat4240]

Here's another misdirection from one of my favorites DOOM tracks "THAT'S THAT": Rings a tinkerbell, sing for things that's frail as a fingernail Bring a scale, stale ginger lingers There is no way anyone else would have thought anything else than "ginger ale" to finish the last part. But doom comes "stale ginger lingers" and continues in a different direction.

[@feedthemind3626]

Wish you could anylise Lupe fiasco songs like this. It will be worth it and amazing video. RIP DOOM

[@Blase21]

Great video love MF DOOM so I click on anything about him. I love his usage of this misdirection he does and I know you mentioned no names but you missed that there are 3 examples of it from that song. After the example you gave he does a fill in the blank for the words “shit” and “cracka” give it another listen and you’ll hear it. Anyways just had to mention that. Great vid. RIP DOOM

[@EmceeRad]

Rappers talking about wrestlers is awesome, Ric Flair is also a wrestler in case that was missed. Doom and czarface both reference Angle here and there

[@toxictyco7881]

My god I can't believe it took watching the video to get the space ho's "dag" line lmao

[@1uncertaint955]

Btw something to keep in mind is that in order to achieve this kind of misdirection in this style of writing/rap you have to first establish a flow. The hard part isn’t the misdirection but where to place the misdirection. It can’t be too early or too late and it can’t cut off the entire flow of writing. This can be achieved in multiple ways using assonance or consonance amongst a plethora of writing devices. MF DOOM used this to his advantage by making raps that seamlessly travel from one rhyme to another which he could do all day. Trying to get an interruption to fit just enough to not sound too standoffish is what the true challenge is. I noticed this in Rhinestone Cowboy. To already have a dynamic style these misdirections feel like the cherry on top that makes you play it again just for that anticipation. These beautiful punchlines turns these raps into sequences almost. You get carried away in your imagination and then MF DOOM will slam something down to make you start guessing what he’ll say next. Misdirection turns these raps into literature journeys. RIP MF DOOM, one of the only rappers that make me want to read his rhymes like a book.

[@edwardfields5243]

Man had the rap game locked in a cage getting shocked with a pole

[@drzl]

another misdirect: he made other people perform for him on his tours. he's a true villain, he broke the rules of music, rap and what an artist should be.