Born Like This (2009) DOOM's most recent solo album. I felt it was a tad bit overlooked. While not being the critic pleasing debut that Operation:DD was or the triumphant return that was Mm.Food Born Like This is still a solid album. Nothing amazing but far far from bad. Daniel Dumile (/ ˈ d uː m iː l eɪ / DOOM-ee-lay; born January 9, 1971), better known by several stage names, most notably MF Doom (stylized as MF DOOM), is a British rapper, songwriter, and record producer best known for his 'super villain' stage persona and rhyme-dense, humorous lyrical style. Who knew that MF DOOM was English? Maybe everybody but me. Anyway Born Like This was the sixth studio album from the legendary rapper and keeps up the quality of his work found in albums like Madvillainy which have since passed into legend status. Daniel Dumile ('doom-ee-lay') is a British born American hip-hop artist who has taken on several stage names in his career, most famously MF DOOM (standing.

Where else are you going to get your own DOOM mask?

It’s no secret that LEX Records know how to do vinyl. Earlier this year, the label enlisted Turner-Prize winning artist Keith Tyson to oversee the artwork on Nevermen’s self-titled debut, complete with triple gatefold, perspex sleeve and lilac vinyl.

Teased for some time now, we couldn’t wait to get our hands on their latest reissue – a deluxe repress of MF DOOM’s 2009 LP Born Like This.

The Villain’s most recent solo LP, Born Like This features a typically all-star cast of collaborators from Ghostface and Raekwon to cult poet Charles Bukowski, with production by Dilla, Madlib and Jake One.

But then again, that’s nothing new. This vinyl edition though deserves closer inspection. Designed by London-based artist collective ehquestionmark – the DIY “letter funk” outfit who also saw to the DOOM x Danger Mouse collaboration Dangerdoom – the print heads out there will know what it means when we say Born Like This comes with a full embossed and debossed, spot-glossed, foil-blocked sleeve.

For everyone else, just know that Born Like This also comes with a pop-out double-sided DOOM mask, one side classic metal, the other ancient sandstone.

Check out the release in detail below and order your copy here.

Born Like This

Born Like This is the sixth studio album by British-American rapper/producer MF DOOM. It was released under the pseudonym 'DOOM' on March 24, 2009 through Lex Records. It debuted at number 52 on the Billboard 200 chart, having sold 10,895 copies as of March 29, 2009.^[1] In addition to tracks produced by MF Doom, the album includes production by frequent collaborator Madlib, as well as J Dilla. The album title is borrowed from Charles Bukowski's poem 'Dinosauria, We,' which employs it as a cadence. A reading of the poem by Bukowski himself is in the beginning part of the track 'Cellz.'^[2]

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Critical reception[edit]

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At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Born Like This received an average score of 77% based on 21 reviews, indicating 'generally favorable reviews'.^[3]

Born Like This ranked at number 4 on The Skinny's '2009: A Year in Records' list.^[14]Pitchfork included it in their best albums of 2009, placing it at number 48.^[15]

Track listing[edit]

Sample Credits and Additional Notes

• ”Gazzillion Ear” samples “Trouble” (performed) by Brenton Wood and “Theme from Midnight Express” by Giorgio Moroder.
• Instrumental track for ”Gazzillion Ear” is also based on “Dig It” and “Phantom of the Synths”, both by J Dilla.^[16]
• ”Yessir!” samples “UFO” by ESG.
• ”Absolutely” samples a Horn section from “Creep” by TLC.^[17]
• ”Absolutely” uses a vocal sample from “Sun Goddess” by Ramsey Lewis.^[17]
• ”Lightworks” samples “Lightworks” by Raymond Scott.
• Instrumental track for ”Lightworks” is also based on J Dilla’s version of “Lightworks”, from the album Donuts.^[16]
• ”Angelz” recorded in 2006.^[11][12]
• ”Cellz” samples “Dinosora, We” by Charles Bukowski.
• ”That's That” samples “Princess Gika” by Galt MacDermot.
• ”That's That” contains dialog excerpts from the film “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”, performed by Christopher Lloyd.^[10]

Personnel[edit]

• Mr. Chop – additional instruments (1, 10, 15–16)
• Paloma Faith (aka “Cat-Girl”) – additional vocals (1–2, 9)
• G Koop – keyboards, guitar, bass played by (3, 6, 12–13)
• Posdnuos (aka P-Pain) – additional vocals (1, 15)
• Prince Paul (aka Filthy Pablo) – additional vocals (15)
• Raekwon – additional vocals (9)

Charts[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Paine, Jake (April 1, 2009). 'Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 3/29/2009'. HipHopDX. Archived from the original on April 23, 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
2. ^“Dinosauria, We” by Charles BukowskiArchived June 11, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ ^ab'Critic Reviews for Born Like This'. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
4. ^Forget, Tom. 'DOOM / MF Doom – Born like This'. AllMusic. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
5. ^Rabin, Nathan (March 31, 2009). 'DOOM: Born Like This'. The A.V. Club. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
6. ^Kivel, Adam (April 3, 2009). 'MF DOOM – Born Like This'. Consequence of Sound. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
7. ^Slater, Luke (April 2, 2009). 'DOOM – BORN LIKE THIS'. Drowned in Sound. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
8. ^J-23 (March 26, 2009). 'DOOM – BORN LIKE THIS'. HipHopDX. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
9. ^Yates, Steve (March 14, 2009). 'DOOM, Born Like This'. The Observer. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
10. ^ ^abEmerson, Austin (March 24, 2012). 'DOOM: Born Like This'. Paste. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
11. ^ ^abPatrin, Nate (April 6, 2009). 'DOOM: Born Like This'. Pitchfork. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
12. ^ ^abMcBee, Wilson (March 23, 2009). 'DOOM – Born Like This'. Slant Magazine. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
13. ^Meredith, Ben. 'Doom :: Born Like This'. URB. Archived from the original on May 31, 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
14. ^'2009: A Year in Records (#2–10)'. The Skinny. December 7, 2009. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
15. ^'The Top 50 Albums of 2009 (1/5)'. Pitchfork. December 17, 2009. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
16. ^ ^abKenner, Rob. “J Dilla...The Afterlife”. Complex. 7 February 2016. http://www.complex.com/music/2016/02/j-dilla-essentials-guide-the-afterlife/posthumous-tracks
17. ^ ^abAbduSalaam, Ismael. “MF Doom: Born Like This...”. All HipHop. 31 March 2009. https://allhiphop.com/2009/03/31/mf-doom-born-like-this-album-review/
18. ^'MF Doom – Chart history – Billboard 200'. Billboard. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
19. ^'MF Doom – Chart history – Independent Albums'. Billboard. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
20. ^'MF Doom – Chart history – Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums'. Billboard. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
21. ^'MF Doom – Chart history – Rap Albums'. Billboard. Retrieved January 22, 2017.

External links[edit]

Lex Records

• Born Like This at Discogs (list of releases)

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