Operation: Doomsday
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Operation: Doomsday is the debut solo album
by hip hop
artist Daniel Dumile, under his MF DOOM
alias, marking Dumile's return to the hip hop scene after KMD
's demise. It was released as CD & 2/LP on Fondle 'Em Records
in January of 1999, and reissued by Sub Verse Records in 2001 with a slightly altered track listing.
Despite being reissued, the CD went out of print sometime between 2003 and 2004, quickly becoming an expensive collector's item, while the LP stayed in print for much longer.
The album was released on iTunes
in May 2007 and widely re-released on MF Doom's Metal Face Records on October 7, 2008.
It was announced on December 16 that Operation: Doomsday was being reissued in 2011. The reissue will have a new cover designed by Jason Jagel, who did the art for Mm.. Food. It was reported that there were licensing issues with the original artwork that caused problems with reissuing. Stones Throw Records
stated that DOOM was working on a track-listing for the reissue .
Solo album
A solo album, in popular music, is an album headlined by a current or former member of a band. A solo album may feature simply one person performing all instruments, but typically features the work of other collaborators; rather, it may be made with different collaborators than the artist is...
by hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
artist Daniel Dumile, under his MF DOOM
MF Doom
Daniel Dumile is a hip hop artist who has taken on several stage names in his career, most notably MF DOOM, where the "MF" stands for metal face, and for tracks he has produced, metal fingers...
alias, marking Dumile's return to the hip hop scene after KMD
KMD
KMD was an American hip hop trio in the early 1990s, best known for launching the career of acclaimed rapper and producer MF DOOM, who at the time was known as Zev Love X. Other members of the group were Rodan and DJ Subroc–Zev Love X's younger brother...
's demise. It was released as CD & 2/LP on Fondle 'Em Records
Fondle 'Em Records
Fondle ‘Em Records was a record label based in New York City, New York. It was founded and owned by Robert “Bobbito” Garcia from 1995 to 2001. Bobbito formed the label after realizing that the many unsigned rappers making guest appearances on “The Stretch Armstrong/Bobbito Show,” a program Bobbito...
in January of 1999, and reissued by Sub Verse Records in 2001 with a slightly altered track listing.
Despite being reissued, the CD went out of print sometime between 2003 and 2004, quickly becoming an expensive collector's item, while the LP stayed in print for much longer.
The album was released on iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
in May 2007 and widely re-released on MF Doom's Metal Face Records on October 7, 2008.
It was announced on December 16 that Operation: Doomsday was being reissued in 2011. The reissue will have a new cover designed by Jason Jagel, who did the art for Mm.. Food. It was reported that there were licensing issues with the original artwork that caused problems with reissuing. Stones Throw Records
Stones Throw Records
Stones Throw Records is an independent hip hop record label based in Los Angeles, California. It was started in 1996 by DJ/Producer Peanut Butter Wolf in part to release the music he made with Charizma who was killed at the age of 20....
stated that DOOM was working on a track-listing for the reissue .
Track listing
- "The Time We Faced Doom (Skit)" – 2:04
- "Doomsday" – 4:58
- Featuring Pebbles The Invisible Girl
- "Rhymes Like Dimes" – 4:18
- Featuring DJ Cucumber SliceBobbito GarciaRobert "Bobbito" García , also known as Kool Bob Love and formerly known as DJ Cucumberslice, Bobbito The Barber, Make It Happen, Boogie Bob, Soul Food Bob, and Bag of Tricks, is a Puerto Rican DJ, writer, entrepreneur, streetball player/coach/announcer, sneaker connoisseur, and member of the Rock...
- Featuring DJ Cucumber Slice
- "The Finest" – 4:01
- Featuring Tommy Gunn
- "Back in the Days (Skit)" – 0:45
- "Go With the Flow" – 3:36
- "Tick, Tick..." – 4:04
- Featuring MF Grimm
- "Red & Gold" – 4:42
- "The Hands of Doom (Skit)" – 1:50
- Produced by DJ SubrocDJ SubrocDJ Subroc was a hip hop artist and a member of KMD, Constipated Monkey and Monsta Island Czars. His first group, KMD was formed by him along with his brother Zev Love X and Jade 1 who would later be known as Rodan, but later replaced by Onyx the Birthstone Kid. His first release was the LP, Mr....
- Produced by DJ Subroc
- "Who You Think I Am?" – 3:24
- Featuring King Caesar, Rodan, Megalon, Kamackeris & Kong
- "Doom, Are You Awake? (Skit)" – 1:12
- "Hey!" – 3:46
- "Operation: Greenbacks" – 3:46
- Featuring Megalon
- "The M.I.C." – 3:02
- Featuring Pebbles The Invisible Girl
- "The Mystery of Doom (Skit)" – 0:21
- "Dead Bent" – 2:22
- "Gas Drawls" – 3:43
- "?" – 3:09
- Featuring Kurious JorgeKurious JorgeJorge Alvarez, better known as Kurious, is an East Coast underground hip hop artist.-Biography:Kurious is of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent, and grew up in a Upper Westside neighborhood called Manhattan Valley In NYC . He debuted in 1991 on Powerule's "Young Stars from Nowhere". He then appeared on...
- Featuring Kurious Jorge
- "Hero vs. Villain (Epilogue)" – 2:55
- Featuring E. Mason
- Replaced by "I Hear Voices, Part 1" on the 2001 remastered edition
Samples
- "The Time We Faced Doom (Skit)" contains a sample from "No Stranger To Love", by Roy AyersRoy AyersRoy Ayers is an American funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped pioneer jazz-funk .- Biography :Ayers...
. - "Doomsday" contains samples from "Kiss of Life" by SadeSade (band)Sade is a British smooth jazz band that formed in 1983, named for Nigerian lead singer Sade Adu. Their music features elements of R&B, soul, jazz, and soft rock....
and "Poetry" by Boogie Down ProductionsBoogie Down ProductionsBoogie Down Productions was a hip hop group that was originally composed of KRS-One, D-Nice, and DJ Scott La Rock. DJ Scott La Rock was murdered on August 27, 1987, months after the release of BDP's debut album, Criminal Minded. The name of the group, Boogie Down, derives from a nickname for the...
. - "Rhymes Like Dimes'" contains a sample from "One Hundred Ways" by James IngramJames IngramJames Ingram is an American soul musician. He is best known as a vocalist. He is also a self-taught musician who plays piano, guitar, bass, drums and keyboards...
and utilizes the instrumental "Monosodium Glutamate" by MF DOOMMF DoomDaniel Dumile is a hip hop artist who has taken on several stage names in his career, most notably MF DOOM, where the "MF" stands for metal face, and for tracks he has produced, metal fingers...
, later used on "Metal Fingers Presents... Special Herbs Vol. 1". - "The Finest" contains a sample from "The Finest" by The SOS BandThe SOS BandThe SOS Band is an American musical ensemble, founded in Atlanta, Georgia in 1977. Originally known as Santa Monica, the 'SOS' initialism in the band's name stands for Sounds of Success.-History:...
. - "Red and Gold" contains a sample from "Shootem Up Movies" by The DeeleThe DeeleThe Deele is an American 80s R&B band from Cincinnati, Ohio, originally consisting of Indianapolis native Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds along with Antonio "L.A." Reid, Carlos "Satin" Greene, Darnell "Dee" Bristol, Stanley Burke, and Kevin "Kayo" Roberson...
. - "Go With The Flow" contains a sample from "Aint' No Price on Happiness" by The Spinners.
- "Tick, Tick..." contains a sample from the "Glass OnionGlass Onion"Glass Onion" is a song by The Beatles from their 1968 double-album The Beatles primarily written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. This is the first track on the White Album to feature Ringo Starr on drums...
" by The BeatlesThe BeatlesThe Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
. - "Gas Drawls" contains a sample from "Black Cow" by Steely DanSteely DanSteely Dan is an American rock band; its core members are Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. The band's popularity peaked in the late 1970s, with the release of seven albums blending elements of jazz, rock, funk, R&B, and pop...
. - "Who You Think I Am?" contains a sample from "Eastern Market" by Yusef LateefYusef LateefDr. Yusef Lateef is an American Grammy Award-winning jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and a spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community after his conversion to the Ahmadiyya sect of Islam in 1950.Although Lateef's main instruments are the tenor saxophone and flute, he is known for...
and "It's A New Day" by Skull SnapsSkull SnapsSkull Snaps was a funk group that released one eponymous album on the small GSF label in 1973 before disappearing. It was, in fact, the group originally known as the Diplomats, which released numerous singles between 1963 and 1970 with some success.... - "Hey!" contains a sample from the opening theme to "Scooby-DooScooby-DooScooby-Doo is an American media franchise based around several animated television series and related works produced from 1969 to the present day. The original series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, was created for Hanna-Barbera Productions by writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears in 1969...
". - "The M.I.C." contains a sample from "Microphone Fiend" by Eric B. & RakimEric B. & RakimEric B. & Rakim were a hip-hop duo composed of DJ Eric Barrier and MC Rakim .Hailing from Long Island, New York, the pair are generally considered by hip hop enthusiasts to be one of the most influential and innovative groups in the genre...
and "All in the Name of Love" by Atlantic StarrAtlantic StarrAtlantic Starr was a 1980s R&B band. Among their biggest hits were "Always" and "Secret Lovers."- History :The group was started in 1976 in White Plains, New York by trumpeter Duke Jones , drummer Porter Carroll Jr., bassist Clifford Archer, percussionist and flautist Joseph Phillips, and three... - "Dead Bent" contains a sample from "Walk On By" by Isaac HayesIsaac HayesIsaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American songwriter, musician, singer and actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the...
, "Always" by Atlantic StarrAtlantic StarrAtlantic Starr was a 1980s R&B band. Among their biggest hits were "Always" and "Secret Lovers."- History :The group was started in 1976 in White Plains, New York by trumpeter Duke Jones , drummer Porter Carroll Jr., bassist Clifford Archer, percussionist and flautist Joseph Phillips, and three...
and "Super Hoe" by Boogie Down ProductionsBoogie Down ProductionsBoogie Down Productions was a hip hop group that was originally composed of KRS-One, D-Nice, and DJ Scott La Rock. DJ Scott La Rock was murdered on August 27, 1987, months after the release of BDP's debut album, Criminal Minded. The name of the group, Boogie Down, derives from a nickname for the...
. - "I Hear Voices Pt.1" contains a sample from "For Love (I Come Your Friend)" by George DukeGeorge DukeGeorge Duke is a multi-faceted American musician, known as a keyboard pioneer, composer, singer and producer in both jazz and popular mainstream musical genres. He has worked with numerous acclaimed artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and professor of music...
. - "?" contains a sample from "Vykki" by Isaac HayesIsaac HayesIsaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American songwriter, musician, singer and actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the...
. - "Greenbacks" contains a sample from "I Need Your Lovin'" by Teena MarieTeena MarieMary Christine Brockert, better known by her stage name Teena Marie, was an American singer, songwriter and producer...