MOS DEF - a fan of DOOM 

Your favorite rapper's favorite rapper

dont talk about my moms yo

DOOM’s lines sound a lot funnier when it not being delivered in his style 😭. You’re soo hooked onto to his villain persona you forget all the jokes he’s trying to make

"He rhymes as weird as I feel." - Mos Def (on MF DOOM), 2009

Some rappers don't even memorize their own lyrics but Mos Def out here memorizing other rappers lyrics lmao

0:11 Rap Snitch Knishes 0:40 Beef Rapp 3:05 Deep Friends Frenz 5:48 Meat Grinder 6:41 Kookies For those that were wondering Ps. I never expected 1k people to find this helpful 🤙🏾 REST IN POWER DOOM!!

He gave DOOM his flowers while he was here.

7 straight minutes of one of the most respected MCs out there geeking out over his bars. DOOM was a monolith in the rap game. Rest in peace and power

you never realize how many funny lines MF Doom makes until you really talk about it with people hahaha

Does he literally know all those lines on the top his head ? thats the sign of a real fan !

who came back after they heard the news? RIP doom i'm glad Mighty Mos gave you your flowers while you could smell em

“He raps as weird as I feel” is the best description for what makes me a doom fan

I picture doom watching this in his lair and then removing the mask and hibernating in his sleep chamber.

"He rhymes as weird as I feel" yup yup

Usually don’t get attached to MCs passing but this one hurts, easily one of greatest to ever touch a mic..long live DOOM, King Geedorah, Viktor Vaughn and Zev Love X, you will be forever missed..👑

"He rhymes as weird as I feel..." Had to return to this, to hear Mos Def’s love and passion for MF DOOM. Rest In Peace and thank you 🙏

"how you gonna sell crack and rap about it? the whole point of selling crack is its supposed to be a secret" lmao EDIT: RIP to the greatest rapper to ever live MF DOOM

hahahah "I got Madvillany on viynl, I didn't have no record player. I just stared at it like 'I understand'." Mos nailed it lol! exactly what I think every time I see that cover

Yeah this hits DIFFERENT now. Rest in peace.

R.I.P MF DOOM I'm gonna pour out my drink even though there's one beer left.

MF DOOM is a rapper's rapper.

Mos Villainous

My heart is broken while I'm celebrating every bar he ever wrote and spit. Rest In Peace, my Brother.

I would pay to see Mos Def talk about DOOM all day

DOOM overdoses us with those internal rhymes. Even MOS has difficulty reciting such lyrical prowess.

Whats cool about MF Doom is while you listening to him you get so immersed you dont even realize how awesome the shit hes saying is. hes so cool and effortless with it plus his style and character are like naturally that character and like the dude from the skits is really there with him. its really rare to have a artist totally immerse you from the time the song starts till it ends. i love how my favorite artists always seem to like another one of my favorite artists

"there's 4 sides to every story: And if these walls could talk, they're probably still ignore me." one of my abs faves....

Hearing Yasin reciting the lyrics you realise how fucking impeccably witty MF DOOM was. Every sentence was a line of pure fucking genius. His turn of phrase is impeccable. He had in one verse more memorable ryhmes than some rappers proudly brag about having in their entire career.

I come back to this video every few months... It's like a top up of good energy.

the thing about doom is first you have to listen for what he's saying then go back and listen to how he says it

"It would be fun because he rhymes as weird as I feel" - Yasiin Bey R.I.P *MF DOOM*

I didn’t realize how good the Chippendales line was until I saw this

'To all rappers shut up, and while your shutting up put a shirt on at least a button up.' Hahaha. I die on that part every time. And the Chippendales line is hilarious as well.

He speaks the truth! MF Doom is a legend and so is Mos himself

RIP MF DOOM. 2020 had to kick us in the nuts before we left.

2023 gang. This clip is still golden as ever. One of the greatest artists of all time, casually memorizing and reciting lyrics of a mostly unknown. Don't get me wrong, DOOM is also one of the greatest artists of all time, but he was not even close to the same conversation as Mos Def at the time. If this happened today, DOOM would be put on immediately. There just wasn't the means back in 2004ish. This is like J Cole reciting a SoundCloud rapper's lyrics. Just insane.

I think my favirote DOOM line was "No tellin Slap a fan hand down, tellem no yellin"

LOOL lit the dooby till it glowed like a ruby, after that they couldn't find a villain like scooby

This truly proves how much a student of the game Mos Def is.

MOS DEF is very educated in music, not only he loves DOOM, but he just talked about top notch jazz there! Specially Mingus album, great to hear him love The Black Saint and the sinner lady, raw ethereal shit, genius!

I discovered DOOM by watching Adult Swim around the time "The Mouse and The Mask" came out and the commercial played snipet of "Sofa King" and I fell in love. I was 9 years old.

Would love to hear Mos Def do an entire Doom cover album

I love it when rappers really appreciate each others line and craft. It's awesome.

"I understand you." This is the best thing an artist could hear from someone who's committed their work to memory. It's the ultimate validation that the art you make is worth something to humanity.

"Read the signs, 'No feeding the baboons'" Deep Fried Friendz is such a brilliant joint

"I bet a million dollars on DOOM against lil wayne" Out of all the comp he said *Lil Wayne* ... . . .. . DOOM > anybody

Whenever I’m in a bad mood. I always come back to this video because it’s like I’m hanging out with Mos. Always puts a smile on my face when he recites DOOMs witty lyrics.

I don’t know who earns more respect from this clip, the legend DOOM or the genius Mos. It’s like the perfect eulogy.

This is my favourite video on RU-vid

I feel him so much with this. When I listen to DOOM I just shake my head at the ridiculous lines he can pull of. It comes so natural too. Gotta love seeing another artist of this caliber giving props to a peer.

Now he performing doom songs as tribute

Your favorite rappers favorite rapper, rest easy DOOM

Does he ever get that blunt rolled though?

Cant stop watching this man lol

Crazy to see this come full circle with Yasin doing these DOOM shows RIP DOOM

I watched this video on MySpace when I was like 12 I’m 27 now. I listened to my first Doom song shortly before this and hearing one of my favorite rapper Mos Def recite his lyrics made me a fan for fucking life. I’m so saddened to hear about his passing. Doom was always playing in my life. And he always will be. Rest In Peace Doom. ❤️

I like how he just shakes his head at the end. DOOM is just so insane your just at a loss for words.

"Flipped the Humvee, impact was limb numbing, camera man wig back, gunner screaming incoming!" Rap Ambush

When I heard DOOM instant remembered Mos reciting his lyrics. RIP Villain.

This one's gonna hit different now.

I gotta watch this video every few months.

De La Soul: 1 bar, 2 bar, 3 bar.....5..STOP..Pos is gonna rhyme..something strange is gonna happen...hahahahahah!!!

"He rhymes as weird as I feel" that's why we all listenin

This video literally gives me chills. Goosebumps, man. The lyrical genius of Mos Def and MF Doom is almost unconscionable. Real truly recognizes real.

RIP to the greatest we gotta appreciate our legends while they here especially Yasiin

Mos gonna make me go back and listen to the lyrics again.

I’m not gonna lie, this is the actual video that put me on to MF DOOM. Even just listening to him repeat the lines was enough to hook me.

I need about 2 hours of this.

I love how Rap/Hip Hop has a sense of family at the core. That all competition & adversarial relationships have brotherhood & love at the conclusion and result. Bringing out the best in one's own abilities, seeing it without jealousy in those of others and being honest about the greatness of others. A beautiful way of thinking and being. Western Civilization could learn a lot from this little explorered jewel "Rap/Hip Hop". It encompasses all that is life. The good, bad, beautiful and ugly. I love that i was born in the 80's and that I discovered hip hop when it was going through it's larval stages. I wish people really knew what Hip Hop is and weren't so quick to leap to their stereotypes and uniformed conclusions. It lives on still.

WHY NOT COLLAB?

Questlove: It was the Voodoo record-release party for D’Angelo [in 2000], and Mos Def showed up in his kitted-up, chauffeur-driven van with music blasting. He rolled down the window and said to me, “Yo, you gotta get in here.” I tried to convey to him that Mark Ronson and I were DJ-ing the party, but he was like, “No, man. We gotta have a discussion.” I was preparing myself for some kind of deep talk, but he just started preaching the gospel of DOOM. I’m talking a 40-minute monologue, almost something like a Jehovah’s Witness would preach, trying to convert me to a new religion. He was like, “Do you understand the majestic gift that is Operation: Doomsday?” At the time, I had been listening to it with a different set of ears. [I said] “Oh, is that Zev Love X’s project?”Before Mos turned me around, my early thoughts of Operation: Doomsday, and skimming through it, were, It’s post Wu-Tang; the loops are sloppy. Anita Baker and J.J. Fad? C’mon now … I can’t spin this in the club. My initial response was more scoff than whoa. Mos was not going to give up. He memorized that whole album like his life depended on it. He memorized it like my life depended on it. He made me listen to “Rhymes like Dimes” three times over. He was determined to convince me that it was the dopest shit out. He kept breaking it down to me until he finally planted the seed in me.

This video sent me on a journey through his discography man... The best never make it to 50

RIP Doom.. the news hit hard. Your favourite MC's, favourite MC..

Man nothing has humanized Mos Def more for me than this video

I love this. DOOM's delivery is low-key so ppl miss how ill his lines are w/o multiple close listens. Mos really does a great job accentuating the words here, it really hits home just how crazy nice DOOM is. So much complexity, clever wordplay, vocabulary etc etc

Paid like a biker with the best crank/ spray like a high trained sniper in the west bank. Top five lyricist of all time. And when its said and done he will be the greatest of all time.

this is my favorite RU-vid video ever

"He raps as weird as I feel." That is PRECISELY why I'm a DOOM fan. #RIPDOOM #ALLCAPS

Watching an alien mc geek over another alien mc the way I feel over alien mcs always brings me joy

i come back to this every month , and love it even more, each viewing

hits different now, RIP DOOM

The subtleties of the syllables and the meanings and the humor goddamn LOL. "DOOM the great, a lot more confident, came a long way since the days we had to rhyme for rent."

After hearing Doom passed today I immediately thought of this video. R.I.P. MF Doom

Doom greatest of all time period

RIP DOOM. had to come here and watch this video again after I heard the news. One of the greatest to ever do it. Those who know know how amazing he was. It’s a shame more don’t know this mans genius. Miss you already DOOM. Your legend will live forever....”To all rappers: shut up with your shutting up And keep a shirt on, at least a button-up”

Doom, your favourite rapper favourite rapper.

MF DOOM made beats and especially lyrics where you can find everytime something new...its magical and actually unique. We miss you! ❤

One of my favourite videos ever

Had to come back to this one... Rest in paradise DOOM!

Whenever I feel like my love for DOOM is waning, I come back to this clip

Was Here 3/6/23 RIP MF DOOM

That "beef rap" track has always been my favorite DOOM song. Simply AMAZING

This is why Mos Def my fav MC of all time, he respects and learns from other great MC's like DOOM! Man i wish dey wud get together but these two guys are lowkey and hard to get to do new music these days, that's so frustrating!!

I come back to this at least once a week.

I come back to this video every now and then in my dark times in life when I need to see and feel true admiration. Thank you MF DOOM AND THE MIGHT MOS DEF!

Mos DOOM DOOM Def MF Mos

From Zev Love X to Viktor Vaughn, DOOM was the master.

It’s refreshing to see genuine LOVE being given from 1 legend to another! Respect ✊🏿

I’ve come back here a lot over the years just to remind myself that my favorites have favorites

Dude Mos Def is so funny and cool, yet an amazing rapper!