 | Tracklist:
1. Viktormizor (Intro)
2. Back End
3. Fall Back/Titty Fat
4. Doom On Vik
5. Rap Game (Manchild & Iz-Real)
6. Dope Skill (F/ Carl Kavorkian)
7. Doper Skiller (F/ Kool Keith)
8. Haberdashery (Interlude)
9. Ode To Road Rage
10. Bloody Chain (F/ Poison Pen)
11. Strange New Day
12. Pop Quiz (Remix)
Release Date: 2004 | |
|
|
| Summary: One of MF DOOM's most inaccessible album, but once you get through multiple listens, you will realize it is also one of his most complete albums too. |
1 of 1 thought this review was well written
At first he sounds like a mumbling bumbling fool, but upon multiple listens, you realize this sluring man has quite a few things to say, and says them in quite interesting and bizarre ways. This man goes under multiple aliases, MF Doom, Vicktor Vaughn, King Geedorah, DOOM, just about everything under the sun. Among those persona’s, Vicktor Vaughn stands out as the darkest, most hidden, and secretive, and makes album experiences enjoyable for the most part. Venomous Villian stays true to this, however, it contains certain elements that make it, by far, DOOM’s most inaccessible and complicated effort yet.
“Viktormized (Intro)” starts things off with a mess of all the vocal samples used on the album back by a beat that sounds like a fuzzy electronic beat that sounds like the perfect super villain theme. This perfectly leads to the rest of the album, which is mostly dominated by electronica-inspired instrumentals that drive and draw themselves into different, more interesting directions. “Fall Back-Titty Fat” starts off with a keyboard-laden beat that sounds like robot elevator music, but builds up the an off-kilter reggae-esqe acoustic backing, but then leads to a instrumental climax, with classical-like violins and bass with twinkling and dangling of effects and a fairly quick drum beat. Instrumentally, the highlight is “Doom On Vik”, a track with a simplistic back track, but it allows for the electronics to flush around with weeing and wahing around.
However much you don’t approve of MF DOOM, you have to admit he’s got some damn good ideas out there. “Ode To Road Rage” is about exactly what the title says, and is quite a nice track, while “Bloody Chain” takes the murder of a girl from two different views, her man and the murderer (who sounds like a concoction of Young Buck and Ghostface Killah). However, for every really great idea, there are some of the most mediocre ideas that DOOM has come up with yet. “R.A.P. G.A.M.E.” is the weakest group collaboration that DOOM has participated, and while DOOM isn’t exactly the weakest link (in fact he’s the highlight), he just sounds way too lazy even by his standards. “Dope Skill” sounds like it would be better in the hands of a more energetic rapper like ODB or Busta Rhymes (albeit his old stuff, not Back On My B.S. era), but I guess it’s okay.
The only other flaw is the load of interludes, and the only one worth listening to is “Doom On Vik”, the others, such as the useless “Haberdashery”, which should have been a part of the last song anyway, and same goes for “Strange New Day”. But hey, who can fault DOOM for making music his own way, it sounds good enough anyway. Venemous Villain is DOOM’s most obscure and inaccessible release yet, and takes multiple listens to get used to the feel of most of it. However, once you get into it, it sounds like one of Doom’s more complete albums, and with that, you should feel at least a bit satisfied.
|
| Recent reviews by this author | | | |
Album Rating: 3.5
i'm never ever going to be inspired as i used to review or even comment, but i will probably do this a bit more occasionally.
Digging: Kool G. Rap - 4, 5, 6 | | |
Its pretty obvious you are no longer inspired. The review reads like a jumbled track-by-track describing generic aspects of these songs; track by track reviews (I know thats a pretty unofficial phrase but bear with me) in my opinion read far better when you have a substantial paragraph or two for each track. Short reviews like this are more suited for summarizations. Your grammar isn't as good as it used to be and it seems like you were impatient in getting this review up and rushed. I think you should re-write this, the album deserves better.
| | |
inspiration or lack of herein
Digging: Smog - A River Ain't Too Much Too Love
| | |
Genius.
| | |
GZA
| | | Album Rating: 3.5
hmmm kk i see what you are saying, i guess i've moved away from reviewing.
| | |
Well its not like you aren't capable. And reviewing is a very widespread form of writing, you'll encounter it in journalism, non-fiction, documentation, any kind of critical analysis and elsewhere.
| | |
love his viktor vaughan stuff, but i do think vaudeville villain is a stronger album. this one has some good tracks too, especially dope skill, ode to road rage (one of my faves) and bloody chain.
Digging: Om - Conference of the Birds
| | | Album Rating: 4
I actually really like Pop Quiz too, but Doper Skiller, Ode to Road Rage and Back End are all fantastic cuts.
Digging: Glassjaw - Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About | | |
|
Stumble
Digg
Twitter
Del.icio.us