Friday, March 14, 2008

MF DOOM - Operation: Doomsday [The Samples]



Good luck finding this album in its original pressing! 'Operation: Doomsday' became a favorite of mine some time around 2003 when I discovered DOOM's music. This album has some classics like 'Doomsday', 'Red & Gold' and the infamous 'Hey!' (remember when Talib Kweli said "I got chills when I heard how Doom flipped the Scooby Doo"... it was a reference to 'Hey!'). And really, who else but DOOM could put out an album that went from sampling Yusef Lateef, to Scooby-Doo and then Eric B. & Rakim: back-to-back-to-back! This sample set was really fun to complete, and I have to say it's perhaps the most enjoyable sample playlist of tracks I've ever compiled into a full-length. I know you'll dig this one... Enjoy:

01. 'Kiss of Life' by Sade
• Sampled for 'Doomsday' by MF DOOM
• Produced by MF DOOM
02. 'One Hundred Ways' by James Ingram
• Sampled for 'Rhymes Like Dimes' by MF DOOM
• Produced by MF DOOM
03. 'The Finest' by The SOS Band
• Sampled for 'The Finest' by MF DOOM
• Produced by MF DOOM
04. 'Ain't No Price on Happiness' by The Spinners
• Sampled for 'Go With the Flow' by MF DOOM
• Produced by MF DOOM
05. 'Glass Onion' by The Beatles
• Sampled for 'Tick, Tick' by MF DOOM
• Produced by MF DOOM
06. 'Shootem Up Movies' by The Deele
• Sampled for 'Red & Gold' by MF DOOM
• Produced by MF DOOM
07. 'Eastern Market' by Yusef Lateef
• Sampled for 'Who You Think I Am?' by MF DOOM
• Produced by MF DOOM
08. 'The New Scooby-Doo Movies (Theme Song)'
• Sampled for 'Hey!' by MF DOOM
• Produced by MF DOOM
09. 'Microphone Fiend' by Eric B. & Rakim
• Sampled for 'The Mic' by MF DOOM
• Produced by MF DOOM
10. 'All In the Name of Love' by Atlantic Starr
• Sampled for 'The Mic' by MF DOOM
• Produced by MF DOOM
11. 'Walk On By' by Isaac Hayes
• Sampled for 'Dead Bent' by MF DOOM
• Produced by MF DOOM
12. 'Super Hoe' by Boogie Down Productions
• Sampled for 'Dead Bent' by MF DOOM
• Produced by MF DOOM
13. 'Black Cow' by Steely Dan
• Sampled for 'Gas Drawls' by MF DOOM
• Produced by MF DOOM

MF DOOM - Operation: Doomsday (Samples Mix) by Boom Bap Beatnik on Mixcloud


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