Hi Mike,
Glad to hear you picked up Viktor Vaughn. It was in my Top-5 last year. Plus, as someone who used to be a comic book geek I like how Doom is using the same name as Dr. Doom's real name.
It also adds a strange twist to the 'Fancy Clown' track from Madvillain. Viktor Vaughn is dissing MF Doom, ie Doom is knocking himself. Good stuff.
That being said, of the albums Doom put out last year, I prefer King Geedorah: Take Me to Your Leader. It was put out on Big Dada (a subsidiary of Ninja Tune) and was entirely produced by Doom. While I think Viktor Vaughn is great, I think Doom is at his best when he's doing all the beats himself. King Honey, RJD2, etc. all provide great backing beats for Viktor, but it's a different sound than the elevator music/synth pop/guitar loops/VHS Cartoons + Monster Movies that Doom provides himself.
The caveat that goes with King Geedorah is that while he produced it all, he only raps on 4-5 tracks. The rest have other MCs or are elaborate skits.
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I must seek out Operation Doomsday...
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Yes indeed. Some have argued that this is Doom's peak. While I really really like Madvillainy, overall I think I'd give Doomsday the edge, mainly because it's all Doom. (Nothing against Madlib - I think the production on Madvillain was his best work since the Quasimoto album.)
Also, and I know I mentioned this in another thread, check out The Best of KMD. It's interesting hearing a younger, less gravel-throated MF Doom back when he was known as Zev Love X.
He also did a song and some production for the Monsta Island Czars album last year. His sometime collaborator MF (now GM) Grimm started this before he was sent to prison. (MF Grimm put out a decent album of his own, The Downfall of Iblyis shortly before being sent off - he's out now and released an album under the name Superstar Jet Jaguar.)
MF Doom has a been a busy man. I think his new album MM Food is due out "sometime this year" but have not read anything concrete. There's plenty of other stuff to keep occupied until then, though.
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