![]() “Benzie Box” features Cee-Lo Green, who renders a perfectly placed chorus between Doom’s bars “Old School” has Talib Kweli doing his usual and “The Mask” pits Ghostface Killah with Doom to create the ever intimidating DOOMSTARKS. Thrown on The Mouse and the Mask to fill the spaces around Danger Mouse and MF Doom are select MCs and the many voices of Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. These songs are just a few examples of Danger Mouse’s range, and as precise and straightforward as they seem to be, there’s still something mysterious lurking behind each cut. And “Crosshairs” is a head-nodding burst of chiseling violins and plunking bass stabs. “Old School”, which features Talib Kweli, takes the roaring trumpets from Keith Mansfield’s “Funky Fanfare” and rolls it into a breakbeat backdrop. Now this goes without saying that Danger Mouse carries his weight behind the production. The inspiration behind Doom’s material on this record is light and comedic, but beyond the humor stands an MC still developing an already alluring sound. The front-end of the record see’s Doom taking shots at his former friend MF Grimm (“El Chupa Nibre”), teasing possible DOOMSTARKS sound (“The Mask”) and picks on the rap game while alluding to the procedure of Wudu (“Benzie Box”). Despite Danger Doom being a collaborative effort with Danger Mouse, most of The Mouse and the Mask prevails because of Doom’s ability to re-hash his signature style while bringing in new and exciting sounds. This is precisely why The Mouse and the Mask stands as one of Doom’s best pieces. This has always been Daniel Dumile’s style-no matter what alter-ego he takes up-and for that, it’s entertaining to listen to his outrageous approach to humor while at the same time defacing the real man behind the mask. ![]() Madvillain gem “Strange Ways” is a perfect example, and because it’s shrouded in Doom’s familiar slant rhyme style, noticing the fleshy contradictions of the drug trade and war themes is difficult. See, if MF Doom is going to be remembered for one thing, it’ll be his ability to mix and mash compounding rhymes while infusing a tour-de-force look into hip-hop history. ![]() I’d like to think that MF Doom’s most brilliant and mind-inducing material is the stuff that gets screwy and unorthodox, yet pertains to certain manic genius thinking.
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