MF DOOM has achieved the highest-charting album of his career with the posthumous re-release of his 2004 LP, Mm..Food.
The 20th anniversary edition of Mm..Food was released on November 15 via Rhymesayers Entertainment. Madlib’s “One Beer (Remix)” is one of several newly added tracks included on the reissue, with “Hoe Cakes” also receiving sonic makovers from fellow frequent DOOM collaborator Jake One and Atmosphere’s Ant.
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Chart Data confirmed this week that the project re-entered the Billboard 200 at a new peak of No. 18. Previously, his highest-charting solo album was 2009’s Born Like This, which peaked at No. 52, while his 2005 joint effort with Danger Mouse, The Mouse and The Mask, peaked at No. 41.
The new Mm..Food also contains a number of previously unheard interview clips of the late rapper speaking to Kevin Beacham in 2004, right before the album came out.
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A deluxe edition vinyl is also being released, containing a bonus 7-inch picture disc featuring the rare original version of “Kookies” and a Just Blaze remix.
Further differentiating it from the original album, the 20th anniversary reissue also features new artwork courtesy of Sam Rodriguez.
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Fans can get their hands on exclusive merchandise for the reissue, including an MF DOOM action figure and cereal bowl set. All items are available on Gas Drawls.
The LP arrived just after an authorized biography on DOOM hit shelves on October 29.
Written by veteran music journalist S.H. Fernando Jr. and published by Astra House, The Chronicles of DOOM: Unraveling Rap’s Masked Iconoclast is described as “a sweeping and definitive biography” that will “recount the rise, fall, redemption and untimely demise of one of Hip Hop’s most enigmatic and influential figures.”
Astra House senior editor Danny Vazquez said of the book: “[MF DOOM]’s story has been recounted endlessly on the internet. Amateur music historians have tried, and failed, time and time again, to tell his complete story.
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“S.H. Fernando is here to tell that story — from KMD to Adult Swim to the villain’s final chapter escaping death in the public eye for two whole months before it was announced in the most sensational fashion on New Year’s Eve 2020.”
