Dude, you gotta listen to the album Madvillainy. MF DOOM and Madlib collaborating to make one of the best rap records of all time. It'll blow your mind!
I always thought about it as fishscale cocaine. All that glitters ain't fishscale because some people get caught up in the party glamour lifestyle and fishscale is like top cocaine, seen as glamourous and used in parties by celebrities. So, DOOM here would be saying: It might look appealing to go this route and glamourise yourself, sell your artistry, it's not what it's really about and it's dangerous as it leads you down a path of addiction to fame as cocaine does, no matter how "trendy" this one might be.
This is his style among other Alia's different... I suggest from the G.O.A.T. MF DOOM songs That's That, or Gazillion Ear or Fazers or Microwave Mayonnaise video or Kon Karne or Kon Queso. That's enough
You totally got it. Man was a genius, damn-near unparalleled. I feel that chokehold too when he starts rhyming every word and it feels like one breath. Then he lets up and I chuckle every. damn. time.
As a high school English teacher, yes; MF DOOM's songs are definitely like an English lesson, with the complex rhyme scheme, internal rhyme, metaphors, similies, onomatopoiea and allusions. 3:15
Doom is a beast. I'm a 70's baby but there's a young in that I really dig named C-Dot Honcho from the Chi that I dig. Check him out when possible. Not as lyrical but solid
With the mama into rum and bubble gum, I like icream. (My guess) is the sentence is backwards + double meaning. Mama made him wanna drink rum, not bubble gum. But those are ice cream flavours… so he just adds on after the fact that he likes ice cream. Haha so flexible and playful and complex. Mad lib + doom have the best A.D.D energy. I’m not one to break down lyrics seriously, just enjoying the ride.
