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Mm..Food is the fifth studio album by British-American rapper and producer MF Doom, released through Rhymesayers on 16 November, 2004. The title Mm..Food is an anagram of "MF Doom". MF Doom described Mm..Food as a concept album "about the things you find on a picnic, or at a picnic table". The album's titles and lyrics contain references to different foods, some with common metaphors and double entendres in the "street world" and the "nutritional realm". The album cover's art director was Jeff Jank, and painting by Jason Jagel. The original painting included a blunt that was later edited out. Pitchfork's Nick Sylvester called Mm..Food "an attempt to make good on Doom's almost fascist conceit to restore rap's golden age despite its loss of innocence." In 2012, Stereogum named it the best MF Doom album. In 2015, NME named it "one of the 23 maddest and most memorable concept albums."
2004 was a good year, and this was one of the best things about it.
The appetizers and entrees here are expectedly delicious, but it really is the special recipes that shows off what makes DOOM special not as a rapper, but as a unique producer. God I'm so fucking hungry whenever I listen to this.
Very cool, interesting jazz/funk music. The super heroes/villain inserts work well to bins together the concept into a cohesive whole, but are also a bit annoying! Overall I enjoyed it.
Not listed to much DOOM before, but this was great, will listen some more.
Never going to say anything negative about MFD
Rating: 9/10 Best songs: Beef rap, Hoe cakes, Potholderz, Deep fried frenz, Kon karne, One beer, Rap snitch knishes, Vomitspit
Equal parts dumb skits and the best production you’ve ever heard on a hip hop album. I get why the inserts are there but man sometimes I just wanna hear the good shit. Guinnessez and rapp snitch knishes are my favs.
Gotta love MF DOOM and the fact that there are by my count at least 2 of his album included here by submission. I'm hoping one day I find Vaudeville Villain here as well. Seriously, how did none of his work make the book?
I mean I nominated this album so it's only going one way. SUPER! The best MC to ever do it, some of the most ridiculous sample flips (old Fantastic 4 cartoons and Anita Baker... Go on...) and a sense of fun that belies the razor sharp mind operating beneath it.
One of my favorite rap albums and a concept album about food. The title is an anagram. I like the flow of his raps and the usage of samples.
I found that the original list did hiphop / rap dirty and never felt like they really explored the genre. This is a great example. I've never heard of this guy before but it was fantastic. It was fun and different and had some great vibes. Plus it's just a hair under 50 minutes which is absolutely perfect (soooooo many rap albums on the list were way too long). Just sounds so fresh and interesting. Absolutely a great pick and addition. My personal rating: 4/5 My rating relative to the list: 5/5 Should this have been included on the original list? Yes. Strong yes here. This is some great music that deserves to be listened to.
For me, this is Doom's peak. Effortless talent on display through light, almost throwaway topics. Killer sampling, always interesting and humorous.
Always down with some St. DOOM. This is pretty much pure fun.
4 Finally some good use of samples in hip-hop. Not just a shit 5 second loop played for 5 minutes
One of DOOM’s most cohesive and catchy efforts, chock full of hypnotic beats and the ever-playful, witty bars the man was known for. Like most MF efforts, this LP gets a bit too caught up in the meta-narrative for my taste and lets audio samples get in the way of its own creative genius, but once the tracks get rolling it’s hard not to lose yourself in the flow. RIP DOOM, man had so many ideas and tracks left to give the world yet still left such a prolific mark while he was here
Yet another glaring omission from the OG list. MF Doom is one of the best to ever do it, and one of the weirdos who make the genre wonderful. Favorite tracks: "Potholderz", "Rap Snitches Knishes"
MF Doom was one of the linguistically amazing rappers out there. He had an ability to flow over any beat no matter how unique. Food is one of his best albums as he makes a whole concept out of something so simple and still provides the classic doom mind bending rhymes with odd ball skits. There was no one like him. 8.4/10
This isn't too bad. Straddles that fine line between great hip hop and forgettable hip hop. Good flow, but melodies and beats maybe a little lazy. 3/5.
OK, but not his best work in my opinion. 3 stars as the far superior Madvillainy is already on the list.
Great Hip Hop album I agree should be on the list, but personally I don’t think it’s in the same league as madvillainy
Only one beer left
rap snitches telling all their business sit in court and be their own star witness
Mmmmmmmm
As a concept album about... food(?), it doesn't seem to be a whole lot about food. I mean, is OJ even a food? Gumbo is a clever use of wrap and wrapper.
Go in knowing nothing about this album
Fun with a nice story. Rhythmically basic
Quirky, creative and fun. I liked this, thanks for sharing. Fave Songs: Beef Rapp, Deep Fried Frenz, One Beer, Guinnessez, Fillet-O-Rapper
Hip hop alternativo. Ni fu ni fa.
An interesting exercise in rap and storytelling. He has a pretty understated delivery that I like and dense lyrical content. Still there wasn't much here that got me engaged beyond the curiosity of hearing something new. Deep Fried Frenz was the highlight for me.
Is this a joke artist? Because if it is, they have an awful lot of talent. I was intrigued from the moment I opened the album.
This was interesting for sure - and as a fan of Jonny Quest I appreciated the large number of samples from that cartoon. Some of the songs got a little tedious with the same repetitive samples, although that might be less the case if I were to become more familiar with the lyrics I suppose. Not totally my thing, but it was interesting.
Hooray for sampling "Sweet Love" (but it just made me wish it would play "Sweet Love"). All the sampled quotes were fun (Logan's Run, Muppets...) but got a little much by the end. That said, it was distinctive from much of the rest of this project's hip hop, and I like the theme of the album and the persona of MF Doom.
I'm not a big hip hop expert so I usually find any performer generic and this is the case. I wasn't surprised by any beat so I can only rate on that.
Some nice tunes but a little too heavy on the samples.
Not my thing.
Hip hop from. Seems basically fine and obviously better than 50 Cent etc. but not interesting for me. Rating: 2 Playlist track: Rap Snitch Knishes Date listened: 29/11/24
I sadly couldn't get any enjoyment out of this, because I'm still lost on the fact whether MF DOOM is a dangerous evil villain feared by many and if Spider-Man is after him. I think one more 3 minute long skit of 50s cartoon characters talking could have really brought this one together. Also, obligatory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THOUT3vZnSY
Not my cup of tea