Music: Dangerdoom - The Mask and the Mouse

When we heard about this collaboration between rapping rhyme lyricist MF Doom and mashup maestro Dangermouse, we were salivating in anticipation -- our ears were drooling, boyo!

So when we finally got our paws on Dangerdoom (The Mask and the Mouse), we were ready for some truly original hip-hop. Something not mainstream, but not backpack either.

Dangerdoom lives up expectations. We've been bopping along to the collabo album to and from work everyday this past week -- its that good. But that's what we expect from these guys.

Dangermouse gained global acclaim for the bootleg Grey Album, a startling and skillful mashup of Jay Z's The Black Album and the Beatles' White album. Since then he's gone on to a series of A-list projects, including the recent new album by the Damon Albarn supergroup Gorillaz, "Demon Days."

Then there's Doom, the legendary, mysterious and fiercely independent Chicago rhymemaster who hides his face and identity with his signature metal mask. Brilliant stuff.

Essential Links

Metacritic Reviews of Dangerdoom - The Mouse and the Mask
Dangerdoom Official Website

Posted by Ray Chan at November 11, 2005 01:08 PM