Mm.. Food

Mm.. Food
Studio album by MF DOOM
Released November 16, 2004
Recorded 2002-2004
Genre Underground hip hop
Length 48:49
Label Rhymesayers Entertainment
Producer

Metal Fingers
Count Bass D (#3)
Madlib (#4)
PNS (#12)

MF Doom chronology
Venomous Villain
(2004)
Mm.. Food
(2004)
The Mouse and the Mask
(2005)
Mm.. LeftOvers
Bonus disc
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllHipHop.com link
Allmusic link
Okayplayer(9.5/10) link
HipHopDX.com link
MVRemix(7.5/10) link
RapReviews.com(8/10) link
Pitchfork Media(7.5/10) link
Robert Christgau link
Tiny Mix Tapes[2]

Mm.. Food is the fifth studio album by British-American emcee/producer MF DOOM. His second full-length album released under the MF DOOM moniker, it was released on November 16, 2004 under Rhymesayers Entertainment.

Overview

MM.. FOOD is an anagram of MF DOOM. Throughout the album, DOOM employs many food-related samples, and many of his lyrical themes are based on food metaphors. It contains several songs which were recorded as early as 2002, some previously released on singles, and a track ("One Beer") previously released under the name Madvillain and released on another label earlier in the same year.

The original cover art was painted by Jason Jagel and designed by Jeff Jank. The paintings contain scenes of MF DOOM eating breakfast, mixing chemicals in a forest, and people tied to trees. A bonus disc entitled Mm..LeftOvers was released by Rhymesayers and Hiphopsite.com to promote the album. The album was re-released on 24 July 2007 on Rhymesayers Entertainment. The re-release comes with a bonus DVD, Tour Poster, and a chocolate-scented Mm.. Food sticker.

Many of the samples DOOM uses on this album are taken from vintage episodes of Fantastic Four, Spider-Man and Superman. In One Beer DOOM samples Huit Octobre by Cortex. An example of this extensive use of sampling can be found in the intro of Beef Rapp.

Track listing

(Note: The 2007 vinyl edition was mastered with tracks 3 and 4 switched (with an unusually long silence after track 2), meaning One Beer ends Side 1 and Potholderz starts Side 2, even though the jacket and center labels are printed with the correct track listing.)

# Title Time Guest Performers Producers
1 Beef Rapp 4:39 MF Doom
2 Hoe Cakes 3:54 MF Doom
3 Potholderz 3:20 Count Bass D Count Bass D
4 One Beer 4:18 Madlib
5 Deep Fried Frenz 4:59 MF Doom
6 Poo-Putt Platter 1:13 MF Doom
7 Fillet-O-Rapper 1:03 MF Doom
8 Gumbo 0:49 MF Doom
9 Fig Leaf Bi-Carbonate 3:19 MF Doom
10 Kon Karne 2:51 MF Doom
11 Guinnesses 4:41 Empress Stahhr & 4ize MF Doom
12 Kon Queso 4:00 PNS
13 Rapp Snitch Knishes 2:52 Mr. Fantastik MF Doom
14 Vomitspit 2:48 MF Doom
15 Kookies 4:02 MF Doom

Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
US Billboard Top Independent Albums 17
US Billboard Top Heatseekers Albums 9

References

  1. "Critic Reviews for MM..Food". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  2. MF Doom - MM Food | Music Review. Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved on 2014-05-12.
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