I kinda made it a mish-mash of all the villains together, and my last name is Dumile, so everyone used to call me Doom anyway. Doom in there, even a little Destro from GI Joe. The classic villain with the mask- Phantom of the Opera-style. Doom.Įxplaining the character to the Wire, Doom said, "The MF Doom character is really a combination of all villains throughout time. Following a return to the stage, where he rapped behind a stocking mask at New York's Nuyorican Poets Café, the once dubbed Zev Love X began to reinvent himself as the villainous MF (which stands for Metal Face) Doom, based loosely on the origin of Marvel Comics super villain Dr. It was also during this break that Doom began to create his numerous alter egos, hatching a plan to keep his face hidden from the public eye. When asked by the Wire what he did from 1994 to 1998, Doom said he spent time raising his son, buying equipment, and putting together a new record on a very small budget. In a review on the All Music Guide, the racially charged subject matter was deemed "violent."įollowing Elektra's decision to shelve Black Bastards, Doom put KMD to rest, and disappeared from the rap game for a good four years. The album was never officially released until 2001, because of controversy over the cover art. In 1993, DJ Subroc was hit by a car and killed, right near the completion of KMD's second album, Black Bastards. Hood "combined lighthearted humor with divisive political rhetoric, but the overall sentiment was one of youthful positivity." The record, however, didn't catch on. Fun times, you know? Adolescence-that teenage time." According to the All Music Guide, Mr. Me in my mom's crib doing beats cuttin' hair for extra cash trading records and what not. Doom described the album as, "Just really workin' in the crib. (3rd Bass' MC Serch) thought that was funny so we just used it as the title of the song, and wrote three different stories where that would play into."Ī few years after that mainstream collaboration, KMD finally issued their debut album for Elektra records, 1991's Mr. Like when somebody catches you off guard. So I came up with the term "gas face"-it's just that face you make when you shocked or surprised. He told the that," We used to joke around a lot. Calling himself Zev Love X, Doom first surfaced on the 3rd Bass hit "The Gas Face." According to Doom, the idea of the gas face was all him. I was into everybody." Soon, through the work of early Long Island act JVC Force, and more well-known acts like Public Enemy, EPMD and De La Soul, Doom started to experiment with recording and demoing raps, and along with his younger brother DJ Subroc and rapper Onyx, he formed the group KMD in the mid-1980s. Nowadays, kids don't really read no more like they used to. We had comics, then we went right into the video games. I don't really collect no more but back then? That's the age of Atari. When the asked Doom if he was a comic book collector as a kid, Doom said, "Yeah, no doubt. As a kid, the London-born, Long Island-raised Dumile was transfixed by the fantasy worlds of comic books and video games. The evolution of MF Doom began long before Daniel Dumile (Doom's real name) started producing his own beats and rhymes. Coming up from the same scene that birthed acts like 3rd Bass and Brand Nubian, MF Doom has issued countless albums and participated in numerous collaborations under different pseudonyms, and has established a sound and mystique that is heavily influenced by comic books and other sci-fi phenomenon. īehind a metallic mask that hides his face from the public, underground hip-hop producer and rapper MF Doom has managed to eschew pop culture's fixation with physical attractiveness, and has been able to make adventurous and experimental records that have fans focusing specifically on the music. Addresses: Record company-Rhymesayers, website. Born Daniel Dumile in early 1970s, in London, England children: two.
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