"Where do you rank Vaudeville Villain among DOOM albums?"
It's probably tied with Madvillain as my favorite DOOM lp, but I rarely see it mentioned around here. Do people not like the beats? The Vaughn character?
1. "RE: Where do you rank Vaudeville Villain among DOOM albums?" In response to Reply # 0
Out of the albums I have heard thoroughly, my ranking order goes like this
8. Venomous Villain (as Viktor Vaughn) (2004) 7. Born Like This (as DOOM) (2009) 6. The Mouse and the Mask (with Danger Mouse as DANGERDOOM) (2005) 5. Vaudeville Villain (as Viktor Vaughn) (2003) 4. Mm.. Food (2004) 3. Take Me to Your Leader (as King Geedorah) (2003) 2. Madvillainy (with Madlib as Madvillain) (2004) 1. Operation: Doomsday (1999)
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4. "it's my least favorite besides Keys, but he is spitting his ass off " In response to Reply # 0 Wed Aug-27-14 03:04 PM by astralblak
and yes it's the beats Great 1. Villainy 2. OP DOOMSday 3. Take Me to Your Leader very Good 4. Mm... Food and Mouse and Mask (tie) 6. Born Like This 7. Venomous Villain EP (that shit is nice, yall trippin) aight 8. Vaudeville Villain 9. Keys to the Kuffs
10. "RE: i do fam. really clunky / ploppy boom-bap" In response to Reply # 7
I may be projecting here, but perhaps a re-listen is in order because it seriously boggles my mind that anyone could prefer VV2 to the original.
I mean, the second one should probably not even be included in a list of "DOOM" albums, he didn't do the beats and contributed less than 9 minutes of fairly uninspired rapping.
So if you prefer that to Vaudeville, either you find those beats to be amongst the worst ever (which is what you seem to be saying) or perhaps, a re-listen might cause you to elevate it at least up to mediocre or something.
I think the album is great but understand others differ...just, placing it behind VV2 is truly mindblowing. Sort of like if someone you generally find to be a thoughtful music listener put World Party over Still Standing, or Red Gone Wild over Dare Iz a Darkside.
11. "somewhere in the middle probably." In response to Reply # 0
Doomsday & Madvillain are classics i think. And i personally like MmFood & Born Like This. I could probably swap Vaudeville & TMTYL at 5 & 6. its dope i just personally enjoy those more.