Czarface Meets Metal Face
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Released | March 30, 2018 | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 43:37 | |||
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Singles from Czarface Meets Metal Face | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 6.6/10[1] |
Metacritic | 75/100[2] |
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Source | Rating |
The 405 | 6.5/10[3] |
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The A.V. Club | B-[5] |
The Guardian | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
HipHopDX | 4.3/5[7] |
NME | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Pitchfork | 6.4/10[9] |
RapReviews | 8.5/10[10] |
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Czarface Meets Metal Face is the first collaborative album by American hip hop supergroup Czarface and British-American rapper MF Doom. It was released on March 30, 2018 through Get On Down, a Boston-based record label. The album features guest appearances from Vinnie Paz, Open Mike Eagle, Blacastan and Kendra Morris.
The two previously collaborated on the song "Ka-Bang!" on Czarface's 2015 album Every Hero Needs a Villain, and 2017's First Weapon Drawn.
It was the last album released by MF Doom before his death in October 2020.[12]
Reception[]
Czarface Meets Metal Face received generally favourable reviews upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 75, based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favourable reviews".
Track listing[]
All music is composed by The Czar-Keys (George Andrinopoulos, Jeremy Page & Todd Spadafore).
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Take Your Medicine" | 0:52 |
2. | "Meddle with Metal" | 3:26 |
3. | "Badness of Madness" | 2:56 |
4. | "Close Talker" | 0:50 |
5. | "Forever People" | 3:20 |
6. | "Captain Crunch" | 3:57 |
7. | "Don't Spoil It" | 1:39 |
8. | "Phantoms" (featuring Open Mike Eagle) | 4:19 |
9. | "Bomb Thrown" | 4:32 |
10. | "You Masked for It" | 1:22 |
11. | "Astral Traveling" (featuring Vinnie Paz) | 3:50 |
12. | "Nautical Depth" (featuring Blacastan) | 3:31 |
13. | "Stun Gun" | 2:03 |
14. | "MF Czar" | 3:22 |
15. | "Captain Brunch" | 2:29 |
16. | "Sleeping Dogs" | 1:09 |
Total length: | 43:37 |
Personnel[]
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[13]
Musicians
- Inspectah Deck – vocals, composer (all tracks)
- Esoteric – vocals, composer (all tracks)
- MF Doom – vocals, composer (all tracks)
- Blacastan – rude boy vocals (track 12)
- Godforbid – mask specialist (track 10)
- Yuki Kanesaka – interlude keys
- Josh Mac – vocals (track 5)
- Sam Merrick – drums (track 12)
- Kendra Morris – vocals (tracks 8, 9)
- Open Mike Eagle – featured vocals (track 8)
- Vinnie Paz – featured vocals (track 11)
- Morgan Price – flute (track 3), saxophone (track 15)
- Joe Stratton – vocals (track 5)
Production
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Design
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Charts[]
Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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Scottish Albums (OCC)[14] | 76 |
US Billboard 200[15] | 134 |
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[16] | 37 |
US Digital Albums (Billboard)[17] | 18 |
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[18] | 5 |
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[19] | 1 |
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[20] | 5 |
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ "Czarface Meets Metal Face by Czarface / MF Doom reviews | Any Decent Music". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ "Critic Reviews for Czarface Meets Metal Face - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ Devlin, Kieran (April 4, 2018). "Album Review: Czarface & MF DOOM - Czarface Meets Metal Face". The 405. Archived from the original on February 16, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ Simpson, Paul. "Czarface Meets Metal Face - Czarface, MF Doom | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ Purdom, Clayton (March 30, 2018). "The Voidz, The Vaccines, and more albums to know about this week". The A.V. Club. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (March 30, 2018). "Czarface & MF Doom: Czarface Meets Metal Face review – action-filled hip-hop supersquad". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ Eustice, Kyle (March 30, 2018). "Review: Czarface & DOOM Match Cultural Relevance With Lyrical On "Czarface Meets MetalFace"". HipHopDX. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ Bassett, Jordan (29 March 2018). "Czarface and MF Doom – 'Czarface Meets Metal Face' Review". NME. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ Jayasuriya, Mehan (April 2, 2018). "Czarface / MF DOOM: Czarface Meets Metal Face". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ Juon, Steve 'Flash' (July 3, 2018). "Czarface :: Czarface Meets Metal Face :: Get On Down". rapreviews.com. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ Christgau, Robert; Ross, Alex Robert (February 1, 2019). "Robert Christgau on Saba's Humanist Hip-Hop". Noisey. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ Price, Joe (31 December 2020). "MF DOOM Dead at 49". Complex. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Czarface Meets Metal Face (Media notes). Czarface; MF Doom. Get On Down. 2018.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ "Czarface Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ "Czarface Chart History (Top Album Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ "Czarface Chart History (Digital Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ "Czarface Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ "Czarface Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ "Czarface Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
External links[]
- Czarface Meets Metal Face at Discogs (list of releases)
- 2018 albums
- MF Doom albums
- Czarface albums
- 7L & Esoteric albums
- Collaborative albums
- Inspectah Deck albums