the legacy of MF DOOM four years after his passing

[@amanarya7206]

When I think of DOOM, I still feel the loss. But his beats and his words bring me such incredible joy. Like when i'm with my friends every couple weekks I'll have a conversation which is like 'remember when he said read the signs no feeding the baboons, seeing as they got your back bleeding from the stab wounds.' And they definitely remember because i've brought it up before.

[@davidshmavid5]

That line from deep fried friendz is bananas, I love that shit so much

[@philiptaylor8223]

As a hip hop head from the UK I was always proud of DOOM, and found it really weird that he'd been living in Leeds for a while without me ever hearing about it. He was a genius.

[@drybizcuit1914]

I'd rather lay in the cut collect cash pay, Only tnt I see is gilligans castaway.

[@13amproduction]

King Geedorah taught me that musically speaking, hip hop can be anything. I'll never quite be able to articulate how hard it hit when I heard those samples from the beloved Godzilla movies of my childhood.

[@princegobi5992]

God that album is too good

[@Bottyization]

Hip hop that could soundtrack a 1970s martial arts film

[@SKOTxFREE]

You know what I can’t forget about DOOMS passing? It was the imstragram post of October 31st with the pic of him throwing his mask out the back of a car. I just remember it just feeling really off from other posts I’d seen from Doom and that day I went out and bought the Venomous Villain Vinyl on eBay. My initial Feeling was that Doom was retiring from rhyming, So I wanted to buy VV2 before the price skyrocketed. Then December 31st hit and the news Doom passed away got out and I was just in a daze really. I didn’t even really process it for a few days but man what a loss for me personally because From KMD back in my sophomore year in High School until now Doom was like a brother in my head not just from his music but I used to always Say Zev seemed like the kind of dude I would vibe with. Same with Subroc who lowkey, Subrocs mission was and is to this day my Fave song off Mr Hood, though that whole album was a masterpiece in my eyes. But my Doom vinyl will Never leave my collection. Ever. long live DOOM!

[@Treem0re]

One of my favorite hip hop anything I've ever seen live (mostly go to other types of shows) was watching you open up for AJJ and the beautiful MF DOOM tribute you did I was in awe and so happy to celebrate DOOM's music and impact on everybody in a live setting

[@cjjones258]

My first time hearing DOOM was his guest feature on Gorillaz November Has Come... been a fan ever since. R.I.P. METAL FINGERS

[@johnwerner69]

My grandma got me that album! Changed my life

[@Yetithehuman]

This is such a beautiful answer to someone grieving an artist. MF DOOM will always be a legend to us. And so will you!

[@emceeunderdogrising]

I was working at Tower Records when he dropped Madvillainy. It was the only album I had on my recommended section the entire time I worked there. Not a lot of people knew about him back then. Expert levels of character building. He had a way of expressing comedy and tragedy that was super unique.

[@petethedutch]

This video made me go back to an old Vox video you did an interview for on how rappers construct rhymes. I was a Madvillain fan at that point, but hadn't gotten to Doom's other stuff. Seeing you talk so passionately about his flow and writing style made me seek out more of his stuff and pay attention to the intricacies of his pen. Thank you, Mike. And the Previous Industries album last year was dope.

[@open_mike_eagle]

thank you man!

[@KingKarnivore]

The feeling of loosing something unique, irreplaceable. I got the same feeling when Ka died I was like, damn, irremediable... especially in such a dusk of a world... Man... black people die young...

[@princegobi5992]

The good truly die young, not to mention our people with our visionaries and martyrs. Hard to accept.

[@jacobcasel8874]

It’s also quite depressing that his death was likely the result of poor and inattentive medical care, something i’ve become accustomed to since moving to the uk. Not that it’s any better in the states, but the fact that the hospital had to release a statement about their negligence says a lot. It just makes me sad that we lost a one of a kind artist to an institution that, since the start of austerity, has been the cause of so much unnecessary pain and death. I think the sociological term is necropolitics

[@Doomer253]

Thinking of DOOM makes me grateful. Glad we all got to experience the villain while he was here.

[@SevenQRTRS]

The first time I caught my son vibing to music was a joint off of Special Herbs. DOOM already meant so much to me and now that my 1 year old loves him too he just is so much more special

[@open_mike_eagle]

thats beautiful

[@caitmonroe9349]

I grew up really sheltered in a place that only got AM radio, so I got exposed to new music mostly through friends I met as an adult. I first listed to MF DOOM when my boyfriend (who knows and loves hip hop deeply) found out that he had died. We listened to 3 of his albums on a long drive, and it hit me like nothing else had. I loved it immediately: the theatricality, the bars where you could hints of him laughing to himself, the sheer variety of it. I wish so badly that I could have known his music and seen him perform just once before he was gone

[@EricKoonitsky-s1d]

The Food Drive Tour DVD that came with the Deluxe Edition of MM..FOOD is the closest substitute I've been able to find. Lots of live performances and backstage stuff. I'd imagine it's easier to find online than ever before but I could be completely wrong about that.

[@larryknicks]

I was listening to the tribute tracks when the year started. Aesop Rock, Homeboy Sandman, and Open Mike Eagle expressed what a lot of people felt New Years Day 2021 and still feel like now. Peace to the supervillain ☮️

[@amanarya7206]

Lupe also dropped one that's pretty sweet. Westside gunn did a nice tribute on Hermes 8 side b. And the camp flog gnaw set Tyler organized with madlib and erykah badu is wonderful

[@raven_g6667]

Mos Def?

[@larryknicks]

@@raven_g6667 Microwave Mayonnaise

[@unknowngeek777]

Mike you’re exactly right about having to create to mourn. I had to make a beat that I could imagine DOOM rapping over but with my own spin the day after I learned of his passing. You’re not alone in how you feel

[@walto]

That ode to doom you dropped really helped me move on from that uniquely empty feeling a lot of us had at the time. Much love

[@buckfastbjork6968]

I’ve been reading the new DOOM biography by S.H. Fernando JR. Phenomenal read eoth so much insight into the man, the artist and the villain. Discovering DOOM was an acid head actually makes too much sense when you think about his writing style and the esoteric connections he would make in his lyrics. Truly one of the greatest if not THE greatest to ever do it RIP DOOM

[@123jenmike]

I remember reading this news on December 31st 2020, when it was announced that on Oct 31st he died. So it’ll be 5 years since he passed this year. It’s really surreal to think about.

[@13amproduction]

I read that post on social media a number of times before the heavy truth finally sunk in that he was gone.

[@princegobi5992]

@@13amproductionit was crushing and so surreal like it came out of nowhere

[@gooselover42069]

Hard to believe its been already been 4 years since his passing, I was just watching the old Yasiin Bey interview yesterday. I listen to For DOOM most days still...its just cathartic. Thank you for your continued contributions Mr. Eagle.

[@tacosavings9751]

I always thought a good analog in rock music to Dumile's work would be a group like Ween...who are fantastically eclectic, extremely weird and often treated as a joke by people who casually engage with their work. Like you never know what you were gonna get with something Dumile put out, but you knew you were gonna get something that was probably really great. And when you lose an artist like that, it's not like you're never gonna get another unique versatile talented guy again, but you're never getting THAT particular voice ever again. Which is always worth mourning in whatever form that expression takes. But I tend to lean more with Mike's perspective here...all the things that make someone culturally relevant are a gateway to the kind of fans who will like his music. It might annoy older fans, but younger people don't have that baggage. They're just super psyched that the cool meme guy made music they like.

[@tjkrueger2655]

When you said you could hear the rawness and singularity of his vision, from the production to the vocals and mixing, etc in his early songs, you put words to why it felt so new, and so great. Like you, like Jim Heine, it felt like one of the biggest blows in a line of big losses in hip hop and music in general. Part of me hopes he just okie doked us and is chillin in the Bahamas somewhere with one more beer

[@yourboibigbrain7353]

No one does it quite like DOOM, one of the best modern poets and artists period

[@robdielemans9189]

DOOM's and John Balance's (Coil) demise truly hit me and took me a while to process it.

[@snailcorepistolwhippits9488]

I wish they should have kept the original Hellraiser score that Coil composed. Such an Unsettling piece of music.

[@princegobi5992]

You’d probably make a great mixtape

[@robdielemans9189]

@@princegobi5992 Have gander: kzbin.info/aero/PLigLiCn0MVK1J8AXIP9g8zAzz9CYmyttg

[@str8upndown856]

“Feeling like something beautiful is gone in the world now….” is exactly how I felt the day Ras G left…. Peace to DOOM & G…. 🔊

[@open_mike_eagle]

Oh Rassss!

[@NiazRaki]

DOOM's legacy lives on...

[@e66iu]

MF DOOM is one of the very few rappers that I have met in the flesh. VERY nice guy. I mentioned that I made beats and he said, "Yeah? That's dope, me too." and he dapped me up. I have touched the METAL FINGERS OF DOOM. LONG LIVE DOOM!!

[@nikhilkrishnakumar]

For DOOM was your "Oh Captain, my Captain"

[@always_serpico]

I still get depressed when I remember DOOM is no longer here. I’ll be listening to his albums and don’t remember it right away. I’ll have a realization and it’s immediately followed by a feeling of nausea. There will never be another creative like him.

[@heyflood-tm9xn]

I paid to see DOOM during the rock the bells tour when he was sending out imposters. Best concert move EVER. So funny. I wasn't mad at all. Still got to see Nas Wu Tang Jedi mind Tricks Immortal Tech.

[@open_mike_eagle]

man I was super pissed when I paid to go to a fake DOOM show

[@Big_Raf_TV]

DOOM was my guy!! As a fan, and as an aspiring emcee who really looked up to him, it really hit me hard. I feel like I haven't been able to rap since he passed. He was just amazing at what he did.

[@scorber23]

just copped the OP DOOMSDAY 6Lp Legacy edition silver vinyl/book boxset .. still have my original Fondle 'Em 'CD' from 1999 and the significance of DOOM'S formula is still being discovered and cherished 25 years later! 🔥🔥🔥 Rest In Peace DUMILE 🙏 ABSOLUTELY LEGENDARY

[@JakeBodenhamer]

I still remember watching that Vox interview you did talking about DOOM, that video really got me into the technical side of the genre.

[@TheCinnyBun]

I think the issue with the "This is MF DOOM" memes is just an unfortunate byproduct of current day internet culture and isn't specific to doom himself. Keep in mind the people who are making these memes are young. The way a lot of people who are younger (and "chronically online so to speak) people talk about/enjoy things is usually caked in MANY layers of irony. To somebody from the outside looking in it can seem antagonistic (and there's definitely a conversation to be had about that) but that's also part of the way the nihilistic mind of the online zoomer shows appreciation for things. I feel like your point about the different ways people enjoy his music hits right at the heart of why these memes are shared and I've seen firsthand people discover and love his artistry through them. I also think the point about memes being thought terminating cliches is definitely spot on but it's important to remember that they're cornerstone of internet culture and 9/10 times are made with love.

[@TheCinnyBun]

for a lot of people like me it's just a way to have a laugh about an artist we love and isn't around to make us laugh today 😕

[@1verge1]

DOOM loss was the 1st one for me where i felt like it was someone i grew up with. Being from the same era and area, buying the mr hood tape in the early 90s, then being a stretch n bob listener/taper and og fatbeats shopper, being at possibly his first live show as DOOM at Nuyoricans in 96 or 97, to hearing the madvillain leak from another student at the audio school i went to.. just feels like i lost a buddy i never met

[@SupranormalNightside]

What makes this art form, this genre truly one of a kind, is the ability of ppl like DOOM, Mix Master Mike, Edan, Mos, etc to layer new ideas on ideas on ideas. I think when DOOM passed we lost a chunk of the soul of true hip hop. And it’s lonely being left in this world of minimalist, capitalist emcees who care nothing about pushing the art form to new frontiers.

[@liquidladdy]

Not only DOOM but nearly every M.I.C. member passing away hurts so damn much. Thank god their music is timeless.

[@tomweather8887]

The roach is never dead.

[@kaedatiger]

I first heard DOOM around 2014. Very lucky for me that I have someone in my life with great music taste to influence me. I love the sampling in MF DOOM so much, all those clips mixed with the beat, and the fact that he's an S-tier poet on top of it, definitely in my top 5 for life.

[@johnwerner69]

I thought i had finally gotten over it but this video made me tear up

[@kontradyction]

A regular at one of my jobs knew DOOM well when they were young and was the driving force behind getting a street named after him in Long Island. We were literally just talking about this, at random, a week ago.

[@aramon892]

Everybody check out the new Kurious on Metal Face Records. Return of Mr. Fantastik, mentions my area in SC, wild stuff.

[@open_mike_eagle]

good call. that album is great. we spun it on stream

[@SKOTxFREE]

@@aramon892 yep already acquired Sir. 🫡

[@13amproduction]

On my way

[@treaisland]

Dude copies DOOM's style very convincingly.

[@SKOTxFREE]

@@treaisland who Kurious? Naw man Kurious sounds different but you know they was from the same Crew Konstipated Monkeys right?

[@senseofjustice0218]

Still hits hard knowing Doom is gone and that tribute track you did was an awesome way to pay respect to a rap legend.

[@unclassedmedia]

him and ras g passing really shook my relationship with hip-hop, like the OP I feel like I've missed what I was looking for in the genre since then.

[@nikolademitri731]

DOOM was essential for me getting into hiphop more. I used to like hip hop enough as something to just have on when “partying” or as something to not get too caught up in, back in high school, which was the height of the bling era in the early 2000s, but I didn’t get into it much as a serious art until DOOM.. I definitely dug OutKast, as far as popular hiphop on the radio went, and later got really big into them, but it was ‘Mm.. Food’ that first really struck me as something elevated from the bling stuff that most of my friends played. Exploring all his different aliases back like 2005-06 after high school opened up a whole world to me, and I liked the “unserious” lyrics in DOOM a lot, and liked the clips of Spider-Man cartoons.. That was frankly a lot more appealing to me than “unserious” bling lyrics. DOOM’s brand of “unserious”, if that’s what someone wants to call it, was fun, funny, and just clever. Literally, the only actual popular, on the radio artists that stood the rest of time for me was OutKast, like I said. DOOM’s name is gonna be remembered and celebrated 20 years from now, while 90% of the stuff I was hearing in the 2000s growing up isn’t even gonna be in the conversation.

[@MrSuperGamerz]

I wasnt able to begin to process DOOM's passing until For DOOM. Thank you

[@patbaer]

Thank you Mike

[@open_mike_eagle]

thank you Pat

[@axelnavarrete3947]

I still remember buying madvilliany and dangerdoom cd's at a best buy. Not knowing what it was, but something about that madvilliany album cover was so mysterious to me. The days i would pop in the madvilliany cd and read along to lyrics, not knowing what he was saying. The perplex lyrics really captivated me. His music was like a friend to me, and when i heard he passed away, that truly messed me up. Clearly, the man was a one of kind, and there would never be another one like him. I just don't get the same magic from any newer hip hop artist. This is why it's been difficult to really get into newer artists. I dont know if i'm in the wrong to think this way. DOOM will forever be my favorite, and as cliche as it sounds, every time i hear his music. I hear something different. Open Mike Eagle, love the content, man. I share your pain as well. I often think about that nas song "hip hop is dead." Maybe what hip hop used to be is dead. What hip hop(rap) is now. I can't say i like it very much, but what can you do. Everything changes.

[@princegobi5992]

When I first found out I couldn’t even listen to doomsday without breaking down. He transformed the way I listened to music and the things I appreciated in its composition. Never be the same.

[@marmelodicraconteur]

"whoever ain't get it ain't supposed to"

[@stevescotthiphop]

Doom is a true legend. No matter how you feel about him, no one will ever come close to replicating his style I discovered all of the artists you mentioned around '05, adult swim/mouse and the mask era. Changed my life

[@snailcorepistolwhippits9488]

I saw a "This is MF Doom" meme and it was actually a battle rap parody featuring condiments in the fridge. It wasnt doom at all, it was obviously a parody of DIZASTER, it was made by Illmaculate. Complete ignorance of anything hip hop related. Those memes bother me too.

[@lifeisbriefWatanabe]

MF was a tolkienesque stroll through the streets. Ageless. Almost all of the greatest artists of all time, explain adult morals to teenagers.

[@zwood6694]

Honestly crazy because I have felt the same exact way since. When I first saw the news online, even though I never even met the guy it felt like someone in my orbit had passed. Life in a lot of ways has sucked for me since then

[@dannyavila910]

DOOM is a true original who elevated the art form.

[@forrilla8714]

Every Halloween it’s doom still even now I get a lil sad

[@lyleabrahams]

We share the same history with musical taste of the 90s and discovering DOOM... even down to Peach Fuzz and Gas Face. I listen to him like hes still here... and I still havent taken the time out to properly mourn his passing. I just stay creative in my fields of art with his legacy and approach to creating dwelling in the dark corridors of my mind.

[@kharyrobertson3579]

Dang, hearing you talk about how you felt when Doom passed reminded me of how I felt when Nip passed. RIP to the great ones, gone but not forgotten.

[@open_mike_eagle]

rip Nip

[@retayuan123]

As a fan of Doom, I'm grateful to hear how an artist can be a fan from a more personal perspective.

[@sircliffordmalcolmjac5870]

Those musical itch scratching moments can be magical!! Im a metalhead, but im also a giant hip hop fan and have been since i was a kid!! This is off topic but i remember when like nu metal and suff was big in the late 90s early 2000s and thats what was what you heard for that kinda music, especially where im from!! I liked it but it always left me flat!! I remember when i first heard In Flames and that resolved something in my head!! Those are amazing moments!! Doom was a BMF and like people say when you lose a loved one, all you can really do is try to remember those amazing times and keep their memory alive!! I hope Jim can find his happiness again!! Just keep listening and doing the things you love!! RIP DOOM!!💪💪🤟🤟 Edit: elegy is a good word for it!! Also, music is very personal for a lot of people but i think hip hop can kindof be the most personal!! Theres a lot of very personal and very serious things that are talked about, especially with DOOM too, so i can see how people can feel like its one of their best friends or at least an important voice to them personally who passed in a situation like this!! DOOM is timeless!!😎😎💪💪

[@brudamo9203]

Monsta Island Czars feels like a freestyling album

[@alexanderellis2763]

I'd love if you made more vidoes talking about DOOM!

[@AdamHigginsMusic]

Amen, and the greatest to ever do it. Also RIP to the extremely under-rated X-Ray from Monsta Island Czars who just passed away last week. He handled 90% of the production that Doom didnt on the Monsta Island Czars LP and that LP still sounds like its from another planet.

[@open_mike_eagle]

oh shit I had no idea. damn RIP

[@undeterminedalius]

There’s only one beer left….

[@sayerovrhymez4321]

Much love

[@sonictrain1]

I thought opm aint like nothing really, but mf doom being his fave makes believe the rapper's rapper narative so much more

[@MojoeWhirligig]

I want to hear that Ghost/DOOM so bad.

[@dharmavision7]

I first heard "GMC" by Viktor Vaughn. The samples were noisy, disjointed and abstract. His flow shifts and changes. DOOM hooked me into this strange world of sad mc's, baby mommas, metaphysics, f'd up friends, felony robberies and food. RIP Villian.

[@breeconklin2142]

After MF DOOM died, I remember wanting to get my next tattoo as a tribute to one of my faves. I remember Mike helping me decide where the perfect spot for it to be. Gonna be buried with MF DOOM on my leg.

[@retayuan123]

Also, For Doom is one of my favorite songs of all time

[@YoutubeAccount-u9z]

Broooo I was just thinking this the other day: Doom would absolutely fake his own death.

[@Supernovahot]

who are laterix and quantum??

[@open_mike_eagle]

you being for real?

[@Supernovahot]

@ yooo Open Mike I searched em but couldn’t find em, any songs you’d recommend?

[@open_mike_eagle]

@@Supernovahot all good. didnt know if you were trolling. its Latyrx and their label was called Quannum projects. Blackalicious, Pigeon John and others were on the label

[@dr4track1]

If you have never listened pls do. They changed my outlook on hip hop at the time. Lateef and lyrics born , Dj shadow . And as mike mentioned freestyle fellowship , hieroglyphics, murs , grouch etc.. imo modern rap flows literally come from what those cats were doing at the time. Mikah 9 still the craziest flows and P.E.A.C.E Just my opinion tho. It was the 90 s , was coming from underground NY stuff like co flow , early rawkus, wu tang before the fame, all the white label stuff. Weekend trips to the flea markets to pickup records out in the "suburbs" of Paris. Crazy times for me. Learned to rap imitating those dudes. Surprised but not surprised Anticon never comes up. That was later tho. Take care.

[@noahjackson7626]

DOOM is the gooooaaat... the goooaaat

[@Billchuck007]

I really enjoy CSWTAR and your tribute to him on that album. Also really love the czarface meets metalface album that includes Phantoms thst you are featured on

[@open_mike_eagle]

that Czarface feature was a legit dream come true

[@Billchuck007]

@open_mike_eagle On ForDOOM i figured you were referencing 'Phantoms' and 'Police Myself' when you mention rolling with your heroes. It was unclear how closely you worked together for those songs, but it was clear how much it meant to you.

[@JourneyTHRVTime]

More than anything else, the pain of losing this brilliant man comes from the fact that his death was preventable. Due to a horrifying combination of factors laid out very well in this video (kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJOafXube6yojLMsi=ZjuyIFNclhLnFzJK), DOOM was essentially condemned to negligent homicide by the British healthcare system. This man bore the loss of his kin, his citizenship, and ultimately his life because he lived in a callous world that doesn’t give a fuck about the poor. I’m sad that my favorite rapper died, but more than that, I’m enraged when I think about the way his life was taken from him.

[@alexanderellis2763]

Anyone have current info on DOOM's rhymebooks? I heard his estate was trying to get them back from Egon?

[@dr4track1]

Interesting listening to u , the way u relate stuff resonates with me . Missed an opportunity in the early 2000s to move to Cali with a few underground cats from Canada to stay with anticon. Remember talking to some cats from hiero , sage francis and buck 65 about the touring schedules and the general work ethic and decided the risk was too much for a white kid from Canada. Became a cook and went to sound engineering school instead. I think maybe EL p is an example of indy sucess. Maybe even in a bigger way if u consider running a label. I slept on Doom at first actually . Took me a couple albums deep to get his flows. Plus i loved KMD first and Doom felt a bit different tbh. Great video Rap like this and other stuff u mentioned quite litterally saved my life and created a center for me that saw me.thru spouts of criminal behavior, drug addiction and mental health issues. Havent found substance like that in hip hop since then. Except for cats like urself , bus driver, blu and a couple others.

[@riddlorecvemipre]

Doom is one the best to ever do it.

[@fuzzydunlop4513]

4 years already? fuck

[@treaisland]

I first heard of this guy on a track with DOOM and Czarface...

[@aeugenegray]

That was a shit new years for sure

[@open_mike_eagle]

truly the worst

[@aeugenegray]

@open_mike_eagle the ultimate villain

[@buckfastbjork6968]

I remember spending the leas up to the countdown just drinking wine and listening to DOOM after hearing the news and then after countdown going to my pals and being given palinka and getting craaaaazy drunk

[@Treataod]

My first DOOM project was MM FOOD (in 2011-13 iirc) via looking up the sample for Odd Toddlers by Tyler the Creator. I was enamored for like 3-4 years after going down his entire discography.

[@UnlockYaChakras]

I feel the same way about Aesop. Both scratch that lyrical itch for me in a way that's almost ethereal. ✌️

[@jaybaum2911]

I'd like to say hi It's Sci.Fly the odd Merlin That's quick to whip up a script like Rod Serling

[@mikenoface]

I tell all my rap loving homies to listen to Open Mike Eagle. Word of mouth. etc. People who enjoy them rappity raps. 🤘

[@johnr8645]

I guess what I want to really say about the meme is, its people just amplifying that they don't understand his lyricism.

[@open_mike_eagle]

I think thats true but I think the intent of it is to be dismissive

[@YoutubeAccount-u9z]

Boost boost boost boost!!!!

[@ferguscollins8511]

I just bought The Chronicles of DOOM biography and waiting for it to arrive. Is it something that gives a good insight into DOOM?

[@open_mike_eagle]

I haven't read it but I hear great things about it

[@drinkwater3453]

Therapeutic

[@johnr8645]

With DOOM memes it distills his style into stacking a bunch of nonsense filler rhymes. It discredits the creativity and layered nature of what he wrote. You need the whole stanza or verse to provide context to his work.

[@da1onlynickvicious]

I remember picking up doomsday and I pushed that shit on my whole crew and extended associates lmao it when you heard it you just wanted to share that shit! I was lucky enough to be the first in my circle

[@christophermeyer3115]

Call me schizophrenic but your description of DOOM makes me realize how similar he is to Ween

[@open_mike_eagle]

im very here for this

[@amanarya7206]

Have you rapped about him since?

[@open_mike_eagle]

not that I remember but I rap a lot so I could be wrong

[@DangerAmbrose]

Doom faked his death.

[@el.blanco552]

I love doom and I also do think it sucks that he passed but the way your fans ask questions sounds so pretentious even if they’re not trying to sound that way lol. Find it hard to talk about even four years later? Bro.

[@princegobi5992]

How does the way someone expresses the fact they are still mourning for one of their favorite artists as “hard to talk about” so offending of your sensibilities you call it pretentious? You might not interact with art or music the same way they might, maybe think a little bit before you comment.

[@NoahRodriguezShow]

Yeah, I fuckin' do find it hard to talk about. Call a cop about it

[@MrHeathzilla]

You described a similar version of how I came to love MF DOOM in '97 or '98, and I also consider him the GOAT. The sort of off-kilter-but-boosted-by-godlike-creativity of the production, and as you said, like many great writers do, writing the rhymes that entertained him. Weirdly, I came upon DOOM, Blackalicious/Quannum, Hieroglyphics, Project Blowed etc. on the Emusic service, IIRC, where you could get a free TMBG fleece I you signed up. The project TMBG put there was one of my least favorite releases of theirs, but I will always be grateful for them leading me to the place I discovered MF DOOM, Gift of Gab, Del, etc. ---FanonAndOn

[@open_mike_eagle]

oh man I love that Long Tall Weekend album ha

[@MrHeathzilla]

@@open_mike_eagleleast favorite still means loved when it comes to TMBG. But revisiting the tracks that were specifically that album - it contains the better version of Edith Head, Dark and Metric, Reprehensible, Lullaby to Nightmares… it’s actually better than I remembered. Got too damn tied up with Solesides Greatest Bumps and DOOMSDAY! Also my bad this was 1999 . Means the first show of theirs I ever went to was on the Long Tall Weekend tour and they were en fuego on that tour. I’ll have to revisit the album 😊

[@RobertMunro-wb6jb]

Tommy Gunn RIP !!! One of dooms best friends and member of monster island czar’s passed away last week !!! A TRUE THUGiNG MC 🫡☮️

[@open_mike_eagle]

just found this out earlier today. RIP

[@RobertMunro-wb6jb]

Definitely sad news !