2/17/12: DOOM - Born Like This (2009)

2/17/12: DOOM - Born Like This (2009)

1. Supervillain Intro
2. Gazzillion Ear
3. Ballskin
4. Yessir!
5. Absolutely
6. Rap Ambush
7. Lightworks
8. Batty Boyz
9. Angelz
10. Cellz
11. Still Dope
12. Microwave Mayo
13. More Rhymin'
14. That's That
15. Supervillainz
16. Bumpy's Message
17. Thank Yah

     I first got into MF Doom via his style of production. He has many instrumental / production only  releases that I had listened to and enjoyed before I ever really got into his stuff where he raps. He has a knack for creating a unique environment. His songs sound to me like what hip-hop would sound like if it existed on 1950's and 60's television or if we were all living in a comic book or cartoon. His production involves a large amount of sampling. Lots of samples of people talking or beats from old songs. Samples on this album are incredibly diverse. They span from Creep by TLC to a Jeff Dunham character to a poetry reading by Charles Bukowski to himself.
     The album title is actually from a line in a Charles Bukowski Poem called "Dinosauria, We". He actually goes by the pseudonym DOOM on "Born Like This". His lyrics and flow can be a bit unconventional at times but he has such a distinct enjoyable style and can tend to be as all over the place as his production. I have listened to a couple of his earlier albums and everything seems to be at its sharpest on "Born Like This". (048)