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Formally known as Zev Love X from the early '90s crew K.M.D., MF Doom's 1999 debut full-length Operation Doomsday, on Bobbito's Fondle 'Em Records, was undoubtedly one of the year's finest albums. Strapped with a descriptive and charismatic, multidimensional rhyme style, Doom's lyrical skills put most emcees to shame. As fierce as his verses are, he is also an incredible producer, with an affinity for '80s loops and dirty drum sounds sorely lacking in an increasingly synth-based medium. Interspersed with freaky storybook record snippets, he weaves an intricate web of nonstop sonic magic incomparable to 99 percent of modern hip-hop. Guest spots feature DJ Cucumber Slice, Kurious, MF Grimm, the Monster Island posse, and more. Keep an eye out for his new records, plus the finally released K.M.D. Black Bastards LP from '94. If fresh samples, bangin' beats, and high-caliber lyricism are what you're into, few can do it with more flair and originality than MF Doom.