I love all the little details of his philosophy hidden in the editing of this. You can see "DOOM" scanning through some interesting stuff that I think is pretty relevant to understanding a lot of the meaning in his words. Notably, he enters the store to The Catcher in the Rye, passes by Fables Of Abundance: A Cultural History Of Advertising In America, Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms, browses a section of Marxist philosophy, a section on economic theory (with a book about finding patterns dead center in the frame), a section with books pertaining to Christianity, military history, colonization, and finally settles on The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer. That last one, The Canterbury Tales, is important because it ties all the previous ones together. It's a collection of tales told by characters of differing socio-economic status which is a critique upon society, classism, moral relativism, religion, and the liminal feeling of being somewhere you don't belong. In this video, we see a thread of DOOM's entire rap career which acts as a microcosm of the greater whole of his beliefs. This man was so far beyond his time that he may not even have been of this world. Rest In Power DOOM.
@@oesiusdeus9157 THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY THAT'S WHAT HE WAS DOING MOCKING THEM... BECAUSE I BELIEVE AFTER THAT KMD FIASCO HE KNEW THAT"THEY"HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH SUB PASSING BUT HE WENT BEYOND MADNESS AND REMAINED AN OPPOSITION
DOOM about to binge on booze stops, reflects, and realizes he's just a curious mind in need of nourishment, not debauchery. So he goes to the bookshop and finds peace
Real knowledge, true identity. critque on surveilance, you think you're looking at me, but who even am i? he's tying to find himself, and i think the store symbolizes vain pleasues and vices. even the library too because the books are just as addictive and can lead you down the wong path just as well. especially philosophy. some would intepret that he's found "peace" I think in the end he still hasn't found his identity, and he's just become an obsever. which doesn't seem like much, but to be real, we don't know anything. the least we can know is that we're here, and we're experiencing things. And nothing we expeience can be attributed to ourselves, which is why the face masks reflects everything back, and he remains identity-less.
@@kiavaxxaskew Nope, the reflection is realising the things we believe is just a projection kf how we took information, so instead of taking bullshit, he changed to books and that, he is a reflection of how he feels about the universe, we all are
I love the meaning behind this video. Doom walks into a convenience store... the epitome of consumerism and modern culture, but cheap thrills, porn, food and booze don't excite him anymore, he refuses to take them in. Instead, his mask turns into a mirror, a device that reflect things back. And what does he do with it? He walks into a bookstore. He reflects back the culture that he assimilates. Doom's rap is a reflection of his own superior erudition.
@@bulumknomagongwa7667 What a weird thing to comment. how do you know they know what invader zim is? Why is that disrespectful? Invader Zim isnt really a villain, to humans he is but in the context of the show dib is the antagonist
R.i.P to a Ledgend That brought raw hip hop to the ears of a 90's child who grew up uncovering hidden gems in the underground hip hop community like I was mining for gold Bless your heart M.F Much love for all love you shared with us !!
The lust that sold the story, grodier than Mr. Crowley For those embarrassed to know holier than thou Imoli habits Paris to the Gobi, bring 'em up to speed slowly On the low key, Kindles is phony D Tastes stale - see the words in shades of grayscale Right there in black-and-white, protected by chain mail Today's the day made your way to see your sister’n’um Took my little mens with her, told her loved 'em, kisseded him These oversensitive youngins is on some new stuff Can't sit still and focus, the time it take to do enough From the mean streets of the "Can I get a dollar, dude?" Above measure, the singular pleasure of solitude It's your poison, if you so choose, absorb it Veins to the brain, shoot off into orbit How you know octagon? Or much less tetragrammaton? To get the good stuff, you gotta get out to the Amazon With any luck, your mic could score locally Keep it on the hush when you speakin' on it vocally Then you gotta be on the in, a known member I think I still owe him little somethin' since November, whatever Who need credit when cash speak? Get it - sweatin', sittin' on his package since last week We all got weaknesses, even the functionin' dead Some will end up fudgin' numbers, buggin' and lunchin' instead Netflix in the head Second best trick to get chicks into bed
"These oversensitive youngins is on some new stuff, can't sit still and focus the time it takes to do enough / From the mean streets of can I get a dollar dude, above measure - the singular pleasure of solitude / Is your poison, if you so choose to absorb it, veins to the brain, it's your way to orbit...."
Been running this song since it came out. Atleast once every hour. Answer to the Rhythm , more headed then a crook , only way to find it : spit it in a hook.
“Today’s the day, made his way to see his sister'n'um Took my little mens with her, told him loved him.. kisseded him” The fact Doom had to see his son die is tragic. I can’t imagine how much that fucked him up.
One thing I say about Doom is he's an original..! I personally digg his body of works and not many can match his word play and his ability to adapt to a plethora of unusual tempos sounds & rhythms.... #Variety #Art #Freedom
Everybody is talking about the second part instrumental, but I really love the one at the beginning. Can some one help me with finding the instrumental version?
FreestyleFletcher I see you comment on a bunch of DOOM videos lmao... A wise man once said "It's ugly, like look at you It's a damn shame Just remember ALL CAPS when you spell the man name." -MF DOOM This was aimed for people like yourself, sir.
Obviously I know that, i've been listening to DOOM for close to 10 years...If you missed the fact that he has a mirror as a mask in this video i'd recommend watching it again
MirrorFace DOOM
perf
"the villain is me the villain is you the villain is me"- DOOM on Vik.
the mirror is actually a reference to Sun Ras movie Space is the Place
thats brilliant
MIRRORMOOD
You could tell DOOM was well read from his dense lyricism. Moral of the story is feed yourself with literary content if you want to be a lyricist.
I love all the little details of his philosophy hidden in the editing of this. You can see "DOOM" scanning through some interesting stuff that I think is pretty relevant to understanding a lot of the meaning in his words. Notably, he enters the store to The Catcher in the Rye, passes by Fables Of Abundance: A Cultural History Of Advertising In America, Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms, browses a section of Marxist philosophy, a section on economic theory (with a book about finding patterns dead center in the frame), a section with books pertaining to Christianity, military history, colonization, and finally settles on The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer.
That last one, The Canterbury Tales, is important because it ties all the previous ones together. It's a collection of tales told by characters of differing socio-economic status which is a critique upon society, classism, moral relativism, religion, and the liminal feeling of being somewhere you don't belong. In this video, we see a thread of DOOM's entire rap career which acts as a microcosm of the greater whole of his beliefs. This man was so far beyond his time that he may not even have been of this world.
Rest In Power DOOM.
dang you need way more then 5 likes for this comment..ty for the work
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ love this thanks for the great eye
There was also a frame capturing To Kill A Mockingbird at the end 1:40
You should start rappin. That was beautifully said.
@@oesiusdeus9157 THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY THAT'S WHAT HE WAS DOING MOCKING THEM... BECAUSE I BELIEVE AFTER THAT KMD FIASCO HE KNEW THAT"THEY"HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH SUB PASSING BUT HE WENT BEYOND MADNESS AND REMAINED AN OPPOSITION
Rest in piece, king. Still can't believe it...
DOOM about to binge on booze stops, reflects, and realizes he's just a curious mind in need of nourishment, not debauchery. So he goes to the bookshop and finds peace
thanks for the breakdown. certainly helps add context.
Nice
Real knowledge, true identity. critque on surveilance, you think you're looking at me, but who even am i? he's tying to find himself, and i think the store symbolizes vain pleasues and vices. even the library too because the books are just as addictive and can lead you down the wong path just as well. especially philosophy. some would intepret that he's found "peace" I think in the end he still hasn't found his identity, and he's just become an obsever. which doesn't seem like much, but to be real, we don't know anything. the least we can know is that we're here, and we're experiencing things. And nothing we expeience can be attributed to ourselves, which is why the face masks reflects everything back, and he remains identity-less.
@@kiavaxxaskew Nope, the reflection is realising the things we believe is just a projection kf how we took information, so instead of taking bullshit, he changed to books and that, he is a reflection of how he feels about the universe, we all are
wish it were that easy
I love the meaning behind this video. Doom walks into a convenience store... the epitome of consumerism and modern culture, but cheap thrills, porn, food and booze don't excite him anymore, he refuses to take them in. Instead, his mask turns into a mirror, a device that reflect things back. And what does he do with it? He walks into a bookstore. He reflects back the culture that he assimilates. Doom's rap is a reflection of his own superior erudition.
Rest in peace. Hands down one of the most creative in our time.
The song that launched my DOOM fandom. RIP to the only supervillain I ever rooted for
✊
Invader Zim? Not trying to be disrespectful
@@bulumknomagongwa7667 What a weird thing to comment. how do you know they know what invader zim is? Why is that disrespectful? Invader Zim isnt really a villain, to humans he is but in the context of the show dib is the antagonist
@@bulumknomagongwa7667 doom would eat zim for breakfast
@@mishaaskarMM...
Doom has the coolest rhymes, the coolest masks and the coolest walk... Hands down a Legend
DOOM
ALL CAPS WHEN YOU SPELL THE MANS NAME
when the outro drops eyes instinctively close and i just drift.... bliss
Love how the beat transition at 1:15 and he continues to rap during the change, that is a fucking legends work right there
Calm confidence with the mic, the man left a brilliant legacy that I’m so thankful for.
Thats when he reads books sound
baby keem did that on Family Ties with kendrick lamar
More rhymes than molecules in air - R.I.P. KING 👑
Keys To The Cuffs was seriously underrated.
I know, this was so different from what he's done before. It is the last we've seen the villain feast, and makes us anticipate what he has in store
noel cruz Is this the only video from that album?
Guv'nor has it's own MV too
the dazed edit is fucking crazy too
+Jared Davis NehruvianDOOM?
Man that ending beat is just too good i wish it was its own song
You can sample and create another song out of it.
Yeah, man. My wife is more than just Russian and German. But, not everybody needs to know that either😆
@@anonymousyoutuber9480 I accept the challenge for the love of MF DOOM!
Will leave a link here when done😄
It's the beginning to Viberian Son of The album.
Man i love how the beat changes
God I wish he would have spit on the 2nd beat
Anthony Patterson Beautiful. This kinda production can only be found underground
yh its from Jneiro Jarel , you should check him out
@@smileyent.3055 thank you
doom always and always will be the greatest underground artist of all time
Word
👏
Facts
R.i.P to a Ledgend
That brought raw hip hop to the ears of a 90's child who grew up uncovering hidden gems in the underground hip hop community like I was mining for gold
Bless your heart M.F
Much love for all love you shared with us !!
RIP maddvillan i still my favorite rapper🤍
The lust that sold the story, grodier than Mr. Crowley
For those embarrassed to know holier than thou Imoli habits
Paris to the Gobi, bring 'em up to speed slowly
On the low key, Kindles is phony D
Tastes stale - see the words in shades of grayscale
Right there in black-and-white, protected by chain mail
Today's the day made your way to see your sister’n’um
Took my little mens with her, told her loved 'em, kisseded him
These oversensitive youngins is on some new stuff
Can't sit still and focus, the time it take to do enough
From the mean streets of the "Can I get a dollar, dude?"
Above measure, the singular pleasure of solitude
It's your poison, if you so choose, absorb it
Veins to the brain, shoot off into orbit
How you know octagon?
Or much less tetragrammaton?
To get the good stuff, you gotta get out to the Amazon
With any luck, your mic could score locally
Keep it on the hush when you speakin' on it vocally
Then you gotta be on the in, a known member
I think I still owe him little somethin' since November, whatever
Who need credit when cash speak?
Get it - sweatin', sittin' on his package since last week
We all got weaknesses, even the functionin' dead
Some will end up fudgin' numbers, buggin' and lunchin' instead
Netflix in the head
Second best trick to get chicks into bed
Genius... the idea behind this video is superb
That mirror represents looking within not judging other.
''i got them sceptic like ''where this shit goin''' wow DOOM great
Fucking crazy
RIP I remember being in high school when this came out
Rest easy rap god
He lives
I think the mirror represents you being a product of what goes into you. Food knowledge whatever
How can you say "no" then follow with "I think"? You can't say that someone's theory is wrong if you don't even know yourself.
There is an explanation to the video clip, pretty sure the mirror represents people being fake and humans by nature copy each other in order to learn
Books
Art is subjective to the viewers own experience. In a sense, all interpretations are correct.
That or he's trying out the Mysterio motif.
1:24 Yo! I remember 2011 in high school we were reading Canterbury Tales so we'd always hold onto the book and rap out the verses after school
RIP to the “GREATEST” MC with no chain you ever heard! MF DOOM 4 Ever & Ever!
"singular life of solitude"
DOOM spittin hot fire.
this LP was slept on
Heavy hittin…
I thought it was "singular pleasure of solitude"
R.I.P to the illest.
Rest easy DOOM. ❤🙏🏾
I hate that youtube never recommended me this video. RIP LEGEND
You are what you read
hmm I like that.
I am a nunraper smokepotato then I started reading your name
damn I'm nothing
😔😔😔
true words spoken from the scripture. acknowledge the knowledge. you are what you read. keep studying and building. knowledge is power and unlimited.
The mask has been replaced, looks like I need a new avatar
+TheJerbol no worries it was just for this video
Michael TheKeith lol I know
mE TOO
same my fellow DOOM cult member
No it's not MF DOOM it's JJ DOOM. He has many alter egos. Why the mask is different
“Who Needs Credit When Cash Speak”?
Rest In Beats To The God!! 💯🙏🏾
"These oversensitive youngins is on some new stuff, can't sit still and focus the time it takes to do enough /
From the mean streets of can I get a dollar dude, above measure - the singular pleasure of solitude /
Is your poison, if you so choose to absorb it, veins to the brain, it's your way to orbit...."
Take 3 big hits.
“How you know Octagon?”
Read more Books less looks on your mobile screen...❤2 MFDOOM ❤Greetz from Germany
R.i.p doom
At the end, he stands above everyone else, just like a real security mirror! LOL
Jared Davis In front of a key cutting shop too
Woah🔥🔥🔥🔥rest in peace super villain
“Netflix in the head; Second best trick to get chicks in the bed”
MF DOOM calling out millennials.
Ahead of the curb
Just wanna know what the best trick is
@@JoaoHenrique-qj3ke You got Netflix in the head.
like 4 years before "Netflix and chill" was a thing..
@@kahpeproductions1221 Nah
That break down at the end is sooooo saucy. God damn R.I.P to the greatest.
best flow and voice ever. doom's still my favourite
R.I.P. to the GOAT much love thank you for all that you gave us DOOM
Rest In Peace Bro
Still absolutely devastated a week after learning of your passing. King.
another visual and audio masterpiece from MF DOOM
We will be waiting for at least a century for an artist like this.
Greatest rapper of all time too. He's DOOM.
phenomenal
when MF DOOM references Netflix and Chill it's perfect, but when anyone else tries it's weak as hell.
naw, that just started, this song is 3+ years old
One of the sickest beat switches ever 🔥
I'm pretty sure Doom is in the spooky library from Ghostbusters.
Haha! It's Skoob Books in Russell Square - great little independent second-hand shop that caters for its local student base.
hah as opposed to the smelly tourist trap which is the central New York Public Library
Likely
Been running this song since it came out. Atleast once every hour.
Answer to the Rhythm , more headed then a crook , only way to find it : spit it in a hook.
On behalf of all DOOM fans. Thank you for spelling his name right.
You'll be so very missed... RIP king
Rip. Hip hop lost a legend
a DOOM and FlyLo album would seriously be perfection of music. DOOMLOTUS. damn.
this song is just perfect
Smooth as silk flows, and that outro beat is straight flames
Mirror Face DOOM
Haha! Creative
I wish this song was about 3 minutes longer, love it.
That store-mirror-face-inside-the-hoodie is VICIOUS!
Need to cop that for my 2014 Halloween costume!!
Did you get it yet?
every time I listen to DD I learn something new, its like reading Umberto Eco or Theodore Roethke for the 1st time, but again and again...
“Today’s the day, made his way to see his sister'n'um
Took my little mens with her, told him loved him.. kisseded him”
The fact Doom had to see his son die is tragic. I can’t imagine how much that fucked him up.
One thing I say about Doom is he's an original..! I personally digg his body of works and not many can match his word play and his ability to adapt to a plethora of unusual tempos sounds & rhythms.... #Variety #Art #Freedom
what it feels like to go to the shop high af
Whew (Heavy!!!)🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
For some reason. Keys to the kruffs had this harsh electronic grungy experimental hiphop vibe do people think the same way or is it just me.
That’s what makes it my favorite DOOM project
That production at the end was frickin crazy...
Big up for noisy representing a legend 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 can't touch metal fingerz
One of the hardest beats DOOM’s spit on, and the change at the end is such a perfectly surreal contrast.
All CAPS when you reference the VILLIAN..VICTOR VAUGHAN..METAL FINGERS..MF DOOM.....
Jayson Lee don't forget KING GEEDORAH
Jayson Lee Viktor Vaughn*
vik with a K if its all the same
Jneiro Jarel:Producer, composer, rapper, vocalist, DJ, multi-instrumentalist
Legends NEVER die : .
Rest in peace 😞😞
DOOM is a relatable kind of weird.
'Study rhymes and patterins. Climb so steep sometimes the beat don't be matterin'
For those of yall whinin about the beat
This version goes hard
Top shelf,,,👏
So dope!!
the beat used in the latter part of this song is sonic bliss
This joint is dope as fuck, cats that don't like this is fuckin deaf on the ears !
Well, yeah, ears are usually where people end up deaf.
Tiny Sparrow ...you know "meow" "purr" and it slang for niggas or people
71dhwand meow
"Meow" what is that?
71dhwand ...😂😂😂😂
This song makes me want to go to the library
Edit: Love you DOOM ❤🕊
Underated 2024
Really!! An anamorphic mirror? Genius!!
Everybody is talking about the second part instrumental, but I really love the one at the beginning. Can some one help me with finding the instrumental version?
His face is a reflection of all the things hes doing and all the books hes reading.. deep
Instrumental---> Jneiro Jarel-Dark Moon/Cafe
Mad flava. The last part, tempo change is ridiculous.
pure mental genius and a pure hip hop classic my #1 hip hop pick video knowledge is power classic
How you know octagon?
that red octagon back thea masta
scoobies84 let alone Tetragrammaton
I would travel the universe for this beat
FreestyleFletcher What?? Mmm.. Food and madvilliany are his best albums every track on Mmm... Food is the shit
FreestyleFletcher yeah man Vik is much better
FreestyleFletcher DOOM UR A SUPER VILLAIN TRYING TO FOOL US
FreestyleFletcher I see you comment on a bunch of DOOM videos lmao... A wise man once said
"It's ugly, like look at you
It's a damn shame
Just remember ALL CAPS when you spell the man name."
-MF DOOM
This was aimed for people like yourself, sir.
Dablab Gaming Freestyle Fletcher is MF DOOM. DOOM trolls his fans.
I love DOOM
Such a good song !!
noone talking about how they cut out the camera from the reflection
The director of this music video, Bud Gallimore said in the behind the scenes for this video that he'd be surprised if he weren't in it at some point.
R.I.P. to the 🐐🐐
fucking brilliant
Obviously I know that, i've been listening to DOOM for close to 10 years...If you missed the fact that he has a mirror as a mask in this video i'd recommend watching it again
omgggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg
I know right!!?
man its hard to comprehend these rhymes, he must be a prophet from the 6th dimension.