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• Operation: Doomsday (1999) is the cult-classic debut album by MF DOOM, a record that redefined underground hip-hop through its eccentric production and comic-book mythology. Emerging from personal tragedy and industry exile, DOOM crafted an alter ego that turned pain into poetry masked, mysterious, and masterfully self-contained. Built from dusty jazz loops, obscure TV samples, and sharp wordplay, the album radiates a raw, DIY charm. Tracks like Doomsday, Rhymes Like Dimes, and Gas Drawls showcase his effortless flow and singular sense of rhythm, turning surreal imagery into street-level wisdom. More than a debut, Operation: Doomsday was a reinvention a statement of independence and creative freedom that inspired a new generation of lyricists and producers. Its lo-fi textures and unpolished edges became part of its legend, an aesthetic that matched DOOMs outsider persona perfectly. Decades later, it stands as one of hip-hops most original and influential records, a timeless reminder of how imagination and authenticity can reshape a genre.

  Reviews

  Operation: Doomsday is one of the most inventive hip-hop debuts ever raw, personal, and endlessly quotable. Pitchfork

  MF DOOM created an entire universe here, mixing humor, heart, and razor-sharp rhymes. The Guardian

  A masterpiece of underground ingenuity strange, soulful, and completely original. AllMusic

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  AllMusic rating: AllMusic users: (532 votes) Read the AllMusic.com review

• Artist: MF DOOM Label: Metal Face Records, Rhymesayers Entertainment Format: LP Units: 2 Country: US Genre: Hip Hop & RnB Style: Conscious

• Side Zero
  A1 The Time We Faced Doom (Skit)
  A2 Doomsday
  A3 Rhymes Like Dimes
  A4 The Finest
  A5 Back In The Days (Skit)
  Side One
  B1 Go With The Flow
  B2 Tick, Tick…
  B3 Red And Gold
  B4 The Hands Of Doom (Skit)
  B5 Who You Think I Am?
  Side Two
  C1 Doom, Are You Awake? (Skit)
  C2 Hey!
  C3 Operation: Greenbacks
  C4 The Mic
  C5 The Mystery Of Doom (Skit)
  Side Three
  D1 Dead Bent
  D2 Gas Drawls
  D3 ?
  D4 Hero V.S. Villain (Epilogue)