Operation: Doomsday

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Operation: Doomsday
Studio album by MF DOOM
Released	January 1999
Recorded	1998
Genre	Hip hop
Length	58:44
Label	Fondle 'Em Records
Producer	MF DOOM, DJ Subroc
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (B+) link RapReviews.com link
MF DOOM chronology
Operation: Doomsday (1999) MF EP (2000)

Operation: Doomsday is the debut solo album by hip hop artist Daniel Dumile under his MF DOOM alias, marking Dumile's return to the hip hop scene after KMD's demise. It was released as CD & 2/LP on Fondle 'Em Records in January of 1999, and reissued by Sub Verse Records in 2001 with a slightly altered track listing.^[1]

Despite being reissued, the CD went out of print sometime between 2003 and 2004, quickly becoming an expensive collector's item, while the LP stayed in print for much longer.

The album was rereleased on iTunes in May 2007.

[edit] Track listing

1. "The Time We Faced Doom (Skit)" – 2:04
2. "Doomsday" – 4:58
3. "Rhymes Like Dimes" – 4:19
   • Featuring DJ Cucumber Slice
4. "The Finest" – 4:00
   • Featuring Tommy Gunn
5. "Back in the Days (Skit)" – 0:45
6. "Go With the Flow" – 3:36
7. "Tick, Tick..." – 4:04
   • Featuring MF Grimm
8. "Red & Gold" – 4:42
   • Featuring King Geedorah
9. "The Hands Of Doom" – 1:51
   • Produced by DJ Subroc
10. "Who You Think I Am?" – 3:24
    • Featuring King Caesar, Rodan, Megalon, Kamackeris & Kong
11. "Doom, Are You Awake? (Skit)" – 1:12
12. "Hey!" – 3:46
13. "Greenbacks" – 3:48
    • Featuring Megalon & King Geedorah
14. "The M.I.C." – 3:03
15. "The Mystery Of Doom (Skit)" – 0:24
16. "Dead Bent" – 2:22
17. "Gas Drawls" – 3:45
18. "?" – 3:30
    • Featuring Kurious Jorge
19. "Hero vs. Villain (Epilogue)" – 3:02 (replaced by "I Hear Voices, Part 1" in the 2001 remastered edition)

[edit] Samples

• "Doomsday" contains a sample from "Kiss of Life" by Sade.
• "Rhymes Like Dimes'" contains a sample from "One Hundred Ways" by James Ingram.
• "The Finest" contains a sample from "The Finest" by the The SOS Band.
• "Red and Gold" contains a sample from "Shootem Up Movies" by The Deele.
• "Go With The Flow" contains a sample from "Aint' No Price on Happiness" by The Spinners (U.S. band).
• "Tick, Tick" contains a sample from "Glass Onion" by The Beatles.
• "Gas Drawls" contains a sample from "Black Cow" by Steely Dan.
• "Who You Think I Am?" contains a sample from "Eastern Market" by Yusef Lateef
• "Hey!" contains a sample from "Scooby Doo".
• "The Mic" contains a sample from "Microphone Fiend" by Eric B. & Rakim and "All in the Name of Love" by Atlantic Starr
• "Dead Bent" contains a sample from "Walk On By" by Isaac Hayes and "Super Hoe" by Boogie Down Productions.

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