Doom: Born Like This - Album Review

>After making a notable album with DJ Dangermouse that got good exposure because of an affiliation with Catoon Networks Adult Swim program, as well as a strong body of work that seemed endless in previous years, KMD member MF Doom stopped making CD's. He supposedly had collaborative albums with Dangermouse, Madvillian and Ghostface Killah coming in the future. His production was widely circulated on Wu-Tang records and Talib Kweli said he wanted to sign him. That was 2005, in 2009 MF reemerged as just Doom with the album born like this.

This album is produced by Jake One, J Dilla, Madlib and Doom, short and sweet, that makes a good producers crew. The album kicks off with "Gazillion Air" which features Doom rhyming straight through a crazy Dilla beat that immediately made it my new favorite songs. Good things continue with Ballskin, which is cool, but cuts off way to short at a 1:30.

The album moves on to Yessir featuring Raekwon. I think he's really trying to get his name back out in the circles. He's been on songs with Lil' Wayne, Wyclef, The Game and Outkast, he's probably trying to plug that Cuban Linx 2 is comming out to a wider audience now that it's not on Aftermath and it's probably not going to get promoted well. It's good if you aren't tired of the UFO sample. "Absolutely" is a sad song that’s not bad if you want to get introspective with Doom.

"Rap ambush" and "Lightworks" both start off sounding good but are under 2 minutes. Maybe this is some kind of budget album that actually took all of Dooms best work, even if it wasn't finished. Maybe that would explain why they put "Batty Boys" on the album with Lyrics that aren't even that entertaining if you liked bashing homosexuals and a sample called from a play called “Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity”. Still Dope is a worthy of its title, but it’s not Doom, instead “Empress Sharhh” rhymes this one. Then the next 3 songs are too short, “Supervisions” is too much, “Bumpy’s message” is rapper Freddie Foxx giving Doom his props, and “Thank you” ends the album on a decent but not fulfilling note. This album has good songs but most are too short with only four clocking in at over 3 minutes on a 17 track album. Born Like this will leave you unfulfilled, but impressed. 3.5\5