Watch the Madvillain video for "Accordion"

Since it's MF DOOM's birthday, here's a short clip of his Madlib collaboration "Accordion" shot at chez Stones Throw back in 2004. 

Dangermouse reconnects with Black Thought for Cheat Codes album

Check out "Belize" feat. MF DOOM off the new Cheat Codes album from Dangermouse and Black Thought. 

The Pro-Teens vs. MF DOOM

Melbourne's Pro-Teens just knocked out a swell instro versions of "Doomsday" and the Madvillain gem "Curls" for a tribute 7". 

Here's the scoop...

Melbourne (Naarm), Australia’s enigmatic instrumental soul group The Pro-Teens emerge from mystery once again to pay tribute to the late great MF DOOM, reimagining two iconic cuts from the deep catalogue of the infamous Metal Fingered Villain. 

Doomsday, the title track from MF DOOM’s seminal debut album Operation: Doomsday, is reimagined as a floaty, coasting synthesizer-topped funk burner. Featuring vocalist ‘Polly The Invincible Pearl’ replicating Pebbles The Invisible Girl’s iconic Sade-inspired hook, The Pro-Teens warp DOOM’s instantly recognisable beat into a tasteful groover in the spirit of 70s soul. 

Curls is taken from MF DOOM’s timeless 2004 collaboration with Madlib, ‘Madvillainy’. Widely heralded as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time, The Pro-Teens felt that it was crucial to pay homage to this shining gem in MF DOOM’s storied catalogue. In their version, the original Brazilian sample is reconstructed with marimba, two guitars, angular organ tones and The Pro-Teens trademark boom-bap drum feels. The track fades out on a completely original addition to the piece; The Pro-Teens insert an outro that sounds like it could be an outtake or unused sample from Madlib and DOOM’s original effort. 

Bandleader Hudson Whitlock describes: ​​“As the sessions went on, the Pro-Teens traversed lots of ground with the arrangements and productions. This diversity of tones, moods, feels and arrangements was an intentional act to mirror the diversity within DOOM's own diverse musical vocabulary. We wanted to fluctuate between putting their own spin on DOOM's classic tunes as well as staying true to the original source.” 

Drawing from players within the College Of Knowledge family, The Pro-Teens now have 4 outstanding LPs to their name, including 2020’s triumphant Snooch Dodd & The Pro-Teens – I Flip My Life Every Time I Fly, the breakout release that attracted a worldwide reissue on Mr Bongo and earned BBC 6 Music’s Album Of The Day. 

The Pro-Teens - Doomsday b/w Curls will be available digitally and on 7” vinyl via College Of Knowledge Records on July 29th, distributed by College Of Knowledge (AUS) and Kudos Records (ROW). Get a copy of  The Pro-Teens Doomsday/Curls tribute single via Bandcamp right here. Listen to both tracks and the original DOOM joints below. 

These recordings were created on the sovereign land of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation. The Pro-Teens pay their respects to their elders past and present. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land. 

Midweek Mixdown: Breakin' Bread's New Music Show

Here's Skeg & Steve The Sleeve's fab 2 hour guided tour of recent 45 releases including two joints from MF Doom (RIP). 

Breakin' Bread's Skeg and Steve The Sleeve present the best new music and reissues from recent weeks. From soul to funk to disco to hip hop and back again via breaks and beats. Check it out on Mixcloud right here. Tracklist below. 

TRACKLIST 

Sapria - Strain 

Mitzi - I’ll Do More 

Delores Fuller - One More Chance Lord 

The Soulmates - People We Got To Do Better 

Jackie Stoudemire - Flying High 

Hiatus Kaiyote ft. Arthur Verocai - Get Sun 

Lito Barrientos Y Su Orquestra - Cumbia En Do Menor 

Jo Ann Hamilton & The Fingier Collective - I Love Without A Love 

PM Warson - Don’t Hold Me Down 

The Bamboos - Power Without Greed

Black Market Brass - Sagat Theme 

The Winston Brothers - Boiling Pot 

Smokin Shades Of Black - Grease Wheels 

Galt McDermott - Coffee Cold 

The Alchemist - Loose Change (Instrumental) 

Evidence - Sharks Smell Blood 

CZARFACE & MF DOOM - Break In The Action 

Your Old Droog ft. MF DOOM - Dropout Boogie 

The Avalanches - Tonight May Have To Last Me All My Life (Edan Remix) 

Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band - Raise It Up 

Altered Tapes - The Breakdown (Easy goes to Memphis) 

Chaka Khan - It Aint All Good (Daytoner Remix) 

Steve Miller Band - Westchester Eagle (Jim Sharp Mix) 

Paul Older - Bye Sun

Palace - Rude Movements (Kenny Dope O’Gutta Remix) 

Patchouli Brothers - Lead Astray 

The Fantastics - Hey Mister (Art Of Tones Mix) 

Love Drop - We’ve Got To Get Our Shit Together 

Jahari Massamba Unit - Merde (Basse-cour) 

Soul Supreme - Raid 

Emma-Jean Thackray - Our People 

The Allergies - Move On Baby 

Jimi Tenor - Mysterion 

Vanessa Kendricks - 90% Of Me 

Jeb Loy Nichols with Cold Diamond & Mink – Can't Cheat The Dance

Mato - Summer Madness

R.I.P. MF DOOM

Remembering MF DOOM – who reportedly transitioned on Oct. 31 – with a 3rd Bass appearance in 1990 and other clips. 

LINKS 

Rolling Stone – MF DOOM, Ellusive Bard of Hip-Hop, Dead at 49

The New Yorker – The Mask of Doom (2009) by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The House List – MF DOOM interview with Peter Agoston

Watch Wilma Archer's video for "Last Sniff" feat. MF Doom

"Last Sniff" featuring MF Doom is off Wilma 'Slime' Archer's debut album A Western Circular out April 3rd on Domino.

Tuxedo gets unlikely assist from MF Doom on "Dreaming in the Daytime"

Tuxedo's collaboration with MF Doom "Dreaming in the Daytime" is off their new album III. Tuxedo plays the Mod Club with DJ John Kong on Aug 9th. 

Happy Birthday Cannonball Adderley!

The remix of Czarface & MF Doom's Ka-Bang is based on a sample of Cannonball Adderley's Hummin' flipped by Prince Paul for 3rd Bass. 

B-Side Wins Again: DOOMSTARKS

Check out Madlib's remix of the MF Doom & Ghostface Killah collabo "Victory Laps" on Nature Sounds. 

DJ Muggs & MF Doom unveil Death Wish b/w Assassination Day single

Muggs & Doom's "Death Wish" features Freddie Gibbs with Kool G. Rap on "Assassination Day" – listen below. 

MF Doom & Madlib return w/ new single and figure!

Madvillain figure with Avalanche 7-inch by MF Doom & Madlib is due in Feb, 2017. Hear Avalanche below. 

The new figure was conceived and created by the same team behind the Madvillain figure by Kid Robot, including James Reitano, illustrator/animator/director of “All Caps.” Reitano also illustrated the figure’s box and the 7” jacket and labels. The figure was designed and sculpted by Charlie Becker then manufactured by Blitzway, the South Korean toy manufacturer who manufactured the J Dilla figures, on behalf of Madlib Invazion.

The figure is 8-inches tall and stands freely at 8-inches deep with one arm which articulates. It comes in a custom designed box by James Reitano that can be disassembled as a diorama for the figure. The figure comes with a clamshell case inside the box. The 7” record is inserted into a custom space in the clamshell. Pre-order from Rappcats right here.

Madlib & Doom 45 track list:
A1. Avalanche
B1. Avalanche (Instrumental)

One For The Weekend: MF Doom & Busta Rhymes

The track "In The Streets" feat. MF Doom is off the new Busta Rhymes mixtape The Return Of The Dragon. 

Earl Sweatshirt @ The Phoenix, Sunday

Nardwuar gets the lowdown on Earl Sweatshirt's influential poet father Keorapetse Kgositsile below. 

MF Doom spits fire with reanimated Cannibal Ox

Cannibal Ox's long awaited Blade Of The Ronin is out March 3. Check the whumpin' Iron Rose w/ MF Doom. 

Early MF Doom footage w/KMD unearthed

Pre-mask Zev Luv X and brother Subroc rock the Hard To The Left party 10/12/90

MF Doom Vs. Clutchy Hopkins

To deal with the disappointing news that the much anticipated MF Doom show with Mos Def and D-Sisive originally scheduled for the Kool Haus tonight has been postponed until February 25, I've been listening back to some of my favourite Doom recordings. One in particular that's quite enjoyable but largely overlooked is MF Doom Meets Clutchy Hopkins from 2006. It's actually a promo CD-R remix set given away free with initial copies of The Life Of Clutchy Hopkins (Crate Digler) album for which producer Rich Rok dropped a few choice Doom acapellas onto some blunted beats provided by the enigma that is "Clutchy Hopkins" and the Misled Children crew.

Initially the quasi mash-up project was no big deal but with the rise in Doom's popularity and the elaborate marketing campaign to manufacture a media buzz surrounding Clutchy Hopkins – rumoured to be either an alias for Madlib, Cut Chemist, Money Mark, "two chubby So. California art students" or a cave-dwelling hermit who fabricates his own instruments – the MF Doom Meets Clutchy Hopkins recording has become a sought-after item on the collectors market prompting a recent recirculation on vinyl. As well, a number of digital versions have appeared on bulletin boards and leak sites, serving to thwart the bootlegging process (see links).
Since the original release didn't come tagged with any titles, I've included a track listing below based on the source material.


MF Doom Meets Clutchy Hopkins
1 Change The Beat from Viktor Vaughn's album Vaudeville Villain
2 My Favorite Ladies from MF Doom's My Favourite Ladies / All Outta Ale 12"
3 Melody from Blendcrafters' Melody (Remix) 12"
4 Impending Doom from Daedelus' album Exquisite Corpse; mixed with track 9 from The Life of Clutchy Hopkins   
5 Vomitspit from MF Doom's album MM..Food
6 Air from Dabrye's album Two/Three; mixed with track 12 from The Life of Clutchy Hopkins

Who Is Clutchy Hopkins? Part I


Who Is Clutchy Hopkins? Part II



Clutchy Hopkins: Northwest Sigtings



LINKS
MF Doom myspace http://www.myspace.com/mfdoom
Clutchy Hopkins myspace http://www.myspace.com/whoisclutchyhopkins
                              blog http://clutchyhopkins.blogspot.com
                              fan site http://www.clutchyhopkins.com
Ubiquity Records www.ubiquityrecords.com
MF Doom Meets Clutchy Hopkins