An easy 5, probably my favourite rapper of all time or at least most important because he introduced me to a whole new world of music. He’s fallen off a cliff in the last decade but that late 90s to mid 2000s run is absolutely untouchable, with Madvillainy being my favourite rap album of all time. I love how the majority of the songs are around the 2/3 minute mark which gives it almost a punk energy, but also just the sheer range of samples and lyrics that creates a mini cinematic universe across one album.
My favourite track however wasn’t on the album, but on the Adult Swim mixtape from around the same time, though he did perform it the one time I saw him live which I marked out for:
I had completely forgotten about the track being discussed above, which is ironic because BORN LIKE THIS was actually that album that got me into DOOM. I font think I really noticed it at the time because I dismissed it as one of the weaker tracks and I quickly moved onto the rest of his discography. Listening back to it now, yeah its pretty disgusting and indefensible even as a performative piece.
