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MF DOOM’s Operation: Doomsday came to the surface 20 years ago today, on April 20, 1999. Birthed out of tragedy and commercial frustrations, Metal Face DOOM, real name Daniel Dumile, created a solo album shrouded in mystery, multi-syllabic rhymes, and technically rough, back-to-the-future production.

The display was weird, cartoonish, and wild at a time when Rap music in the mainstream was taking itself very seriously.

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Although whimsical in its form, DOOM’s album dealt with tremendous pain, industry marginalization, and an MC building a pathway to reinvention and the brightest of futures. It marked a turning point toward a new era of Underground Hip-Hop, by a man more concerned with shedding his old skin than staying in the convention of his Rap contemporaries.

Of course, Operation: Doomsday could not exist without the intent of rebirth, and unfortunately, real death and despair was a catalyst for that purpose. Prior to the rec