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After KMD (his first group)’s 1994 sophomore album Bl_ck B_st_rds was shelved by Elektra in 1994 and his blood brother Subroc (one half of the sibling rap duo) passed away, surviving frontman Zev Love X mutated into the MC Avenger known as MF Doom and the Rap world is better for it. This 19-cut deep album is ridiculously dope, in a bizarro Ol’ Dirty Bastard kind of way. Doom sounds either high or drunk on most of the tracks, his self-produced beats are gritty, and his rhyme styles are almost indecipherable. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn arguably the best track, “Rhymes Like Dimes,” Doom weaves some pointed lyrics through his abstract wordplay, spitting ‘only in America could you find a way to earn a healthy buck \/ And still keep your attitude on self-destruct.’ Who You Think I Am? features MF Doom's crew M.onster I.sland C.zars, while on “?” he trades hot verses with former Columbia artist Kurious Jorge. Doom’s avant-garde ghetto-rhyme philosophies take even more intentionally weird twists on “Tick, Tick...” where he and guest MC MF Grimm’s flows warble over a rhythm track whose tempo speeds up and slows down continually. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2LP - The double gatefold LP housed in the original cover art comes as a Metallic Silver pressing with Purple accents (record one) and Metallic Silver pressing with Green accents (record two), while the LPs housed in the variant cover by Jason Jagel are pressed on Gold Nugget with Red Splatter vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTape - The cassette editions are also available with the original and variant artwork. The shell included with the original artwork is metallic silver with purple text. 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