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Name | DOOM |
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Background | solo_singer |
Alias | DOOM, King Geedorah, Metal Face, Metal Fingers, Viktor Vaughn, Zev Love X |
Born | January 09, 1971 London, United Kingdom |
Born as | Daniel Dumile |
Origin | Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S. |
Genre | East Coast hip hop |
Instrument | Vocals, sampler, synthesizer, drum machine, Pro Tools |
Occupation | Rapper, hip hop producer |
Associated acts | Danger Doom, Madlib, Ghostface Killah, J Dilla, KMD, Madvillain, MF Grimm, Count Bass D |
Years active | 1988–19931997–present |
Label | Elektra (1988–1993)Sub Verse (1997–2003)Fondle 'Em (1997–2001)Metal Face (1997–present) Big Dada (2003–present)Naturesounds (2003–present) Rhymesayers (2003–present)Stones Throw (2004–present)Lex (2005–present) |
Url | Official website |
As Zev Love X, he formed the group KMD in 1988 with his younger brother DJ Subroc and another MC called Onyx the Birthstone Kid.
Dumile and KMD's recorded debut came on 3rd Bass's song "The Gas Face" from The Cactus Album," In the late 1990s, he left New York City and settled in Atlanta. According to interviews with Dumile, he was also "recovering from his wounds" and swearing revenge "against the industry that so badly deformed him."
In 2002, he appeared on the Sound-Ink's Colapsus collection,on a very hard to find track titled "Monday Nite at Fluid" featuring Kurious with production by King Honey, who also produced some tracks for Dumile's album Vaudeville Villain. Doom also made an appearance in "November Has Come", a track on Gorillaz's 2005 album Demon Days, which reached #6 on the Billboard 200.
With few exceptions Dumile produces the instrumentation tracks for his solo releases.
Also in 2003, Dumile released the LP Vaudeville Villain 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).
And, in 2004, the second MF Doom album MM.. Food was released by the Minnesota-based label Rhymesayers Entertainment.
who together are known as DANGERDOOM.]]
Though still an independent artist, MF Doom took a bigger step towards the mainstream in 2005 with The Mouse and the Mask, a collaboration with producer DJ Danger Mouse under the group name Danger Doom. The album, released on October 11, 2005 by Epitaph, was done in collaboration with Cartoon Network's Adult Swim and featured voice-actors and characters from its programs (mostly Aqua Teen Hunger Force). Danger Doom reached #41 on the Billboard 200. In 2006 Doom hosted the Adult Swim Christmas special and he could be seen in between shows, usually talking about what was up next, and making jokes.
Despite no new Doom releases in 2006, Kidrobot and Stones Throw released an 8" tall Madvillain toy available to coincide with the release of the Chrome Children CD/DVD (hosted by Peanut Butter Wolf) which featured a DVD performance of Madvillain and several other Stones Throw artists. Doom also continued to work with Adult Swim doing voice-over work as Sherman the Giraffe on Perfect Hair Forever, being the voice for The Boondocks ads and previews and hosting their Christmas Eve 2006 programming.
In late January 2009, Lex records confirmed Doom's new album title to be Born Like This, and that the "MF" would be dropped from his name, now just "DOOM". The album was released worldwide on March 24, 2009. As a teaser, the track "Ballskin" was posted on Doom's Myspace page on January 13, 2009. Snippets of the entire album were made available for streaming on Doom's Myspace on the album's release date. The title for the album was inspired by the poem "Dinosauria, We" by 1970s and 1980s poet Charles Bukowski. Doom samples a performance of the poem by Bukowski on the track "Cellz". Previously, Doom used a Bukowski sample for a vocal interlude on 2004's "All Outta Ale. "Thom Yorke of Radiohead remixed the track "Gazillion Ear" which is available as an iTunes-only bonus track. June 26, 2009 Kurious released II which featured Doom on the song "Benetton".
On August 26, 2010, Nature Sounds addressed the long delayed Swift & Changeable album with the statement: "DOOM is still working on the album and Ghost has recently gone back to do a few new songs too. So far all the production is by DOOM. Really its up to DOOM & Ghost to decide when the album is done... not us. we want it out as quickly as [the fans] do."
DOOM has been chosen by Portishead to perform at the ATP I'll Be Your Mirror festival that they will curate in July 2011 at London's Alexandra Palace.
DOOM has also released a statement that he is collaborating with Thom Yorke.
; as Viktor Vaughn
; as King Geedorah
Danger Doom (with Danger Mouse)
Dilla Ghost Doom (with J Dilla and Ghostface Killah)
MA DOOM (with Masta Ace)
; as Metal Fingers
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