![]() Operation: Doomsday (Fondle ‘Em Records-1999) would be MF Doom’s solo debut. MF Doom was now donning a metal mask, never performing or being photographed without it strapped to his face. Doom, who’s hides his deformed face behind a metal mask. Dumile stated that he felt the industry had scarred him, and building on the idea of masking a scarred appearance, Dumile took the name MF Doom, inspired by the Marvel Comics villain, Dr. While performing at the cafe’s open-mic night, Dumile would mask his face with a stocking. Dumile had also begun to rap again at the famed Nuyorican Poets Café’s, the same artistic hotbed where poets like Saul Williams began to gain momentum. Meanwhile, bootlegged versions of Black Bastards found their way into the far-reaching hands of the underground Hip Hop scene, which began to resurrect the London-born rapper’s name within ragtag Hip Hop circles. ![]() While KMD’s sophomore album would eventually see the light of day, in 1994, Zev Love X was bitter with the music industry and stricken with grief at the loss of his brother. Making matters worse, the label brass shelved Black Bastards, due to its controversial depiction of a Sambo character being lynched on the cover. Later that very same week the stars seemed to align to do what seemed like torment the older Dumile brother, as KMD’s record label, Elektra, dropped KMD. However, before the completion of the album’s recording, Dingilizwe “DJ Subroc” Dumile, was fatally hit by a car. In 1994, KMD sans Onyx the Birthstone Kid, began to record Black Bastards (Sub Verse Music-2001). However, underground audiences certainly took notice of Mr. Hood was slept on in terms of critical acclaim and the mainstream attention other progressive Hip Hop groups were garnering at the time. Brand Nubian, another group associated with the Native Tongues collective, makes an appearance on “Nitty Gritty.” Sadly, Mr. Hood (Elektra-1991) inhabited similar territory as did the Afro-centric Native Tongues movement, characterized by artists like Jungle Brothers, De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest. The group’s involvement with 3rd Bass caught the attention of Elektra Records, who signed the group. Along with a rapper named Onyx the Birthstone Kid, Zev Love X and Subroc formed the group KMD, whose backronyms have been interpreted as “Kausing Much Damage” as well as the logically stretched, “A Positive Kause in a Much Damaged Society.” Zev Love X lent his lyrical talents to the song “Gas Face” from influential Hip Hop group 3rd Bass’ album Cactus Revisited (Def Jam-1990). Dabbling with rap music from a young age, Dumile and his brother Dingilizwe Dumile, took the aliases Zev Love X and DJ Subroc, respectively. Donning a mask to represent the pain his humanity has suffered, the enigmatic MF Doom has been fusing his thought-provoking intellect with references to comics, cartoons and monster movies for close to two decades.īorn in London, England, Daniel Dumile was raised on Long Island, New York. Projecting their hyperbolic ethos on wax, it’s never exactly clear where the “character” ceases and where the actual human being, behind the microphone, picks up again. Rappers are perhaps the modern-day equivalent to super-heroes, super-villains, and anti-heroes.
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