Vaudeville Villain

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Vaudeville Villain
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Studio album by
Viktor Vaughn
ReleasedSeptember 16, 2003 (2003-09-16)
GenreHip hop
Length56:42
Label
  • Sound-Ink Records
  • Traffic Entertainment Group
Producer
  • King Honey
  • Heat Sensor
  • Max Bill
  • RJD2
  • Mr Ten
MF DOOM chronology
Take Me to Your Leader
(2003) 		Vaudeville Villain
(2003) 		Madvillainy
(2004)
Singles from Vaudeville Villain
  1. "Rae Dawn"
    Released: 2003
  2. "Saliva"
    Released: 2003 (promo)
  3. "Mr. Clean"
    Released: June 2004

Vaudeville Villain is the third studio album by British-American rapper-producer MF Doom, released under the alias Viktor Vaughn on September 16, 2003. All of the tracks are produced by Sound-Ink record label members Heat Sensor, King Honey, and Max Bill, with the exception of "Saliva", produced by RJD2.

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[1]
And It Don't StopA[2]
Entertainment WeeklyA[3]
HipHopDX4.0/5[4]
Pitchfork9.1/10[5]
SpinB+[6]
Stylus MagazineB[7]
Tiny Mix Tapes5/5[8]

Vaudeville Villain ranked at number 25 on Pitchfork's "Top 50 Albums of 2003" list.[9] In 2012, it ranked at number 25 on Pigeons & Planes's "30 Best Underground Hip-Hop Albums" list.[10] Writing in 2021 after MF Doom's death, Robert Christgau said the album "could very well be his best" and viewed it as a consistent example of how he was "a fundamentally comic artist for whom rhyme as opposed to meaning was king".[2]

Track listing[]

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Overture" 0:34
2."Vaudeville Villain"King Honey2:31
3."Lickupon"Heat Sensor2:44
4."The Drop"Max Bill3:24
5."Lactose and Lecithin"Heat Sensor2:34
6."A Dead Mouse"King Honey3:55
7."Open Mic Nite, Pt. 1" (featuring Lord Sear, Brother Sambuca, Rodan as Dr. Moreau and Louis Logic)King Honey4:09
8."RaeDawn"Heat Sensor3:00
9."Let Me Watch" (featuring Apani B as Nikki)King Honey4:27
10."Saliva"RJD22:28
11."Modern Day Mugging"Heat Sensor2:43
12."Open Mic Nite, Pt. 2" (featuring Lord Sear, AJ Ready Wright and Creature)
  • King Honey
  • Mr Ten
3:13
13."Never Dead" (featuring M. Sayyid as Curis Strifer)Heat Sensor3:27
14."PopSnot"Max Bill4:39
15."Mr. Clean"King Honey2:13
16."G.M.C."Max Bill3:33
17."Change the Beat" (Hidden Track) (performed by MF DOOM)Max Bill6:55

Notes[]

  • Track 9 is sometimes also called "Can I Watch?".[11]

Personnel[]

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[12]

Personnel

  • N. Gosman – engineering, executive production
  • Mark Einstmann – mastering
  • D. Dumile – executive production
  • A. Threadgold – executive production

Artwork

  • M. McDonald (for Sound-Ink Records) – art direction
  • Ralph Borland (for Lazy-R) – layout, design

Additional personnel

  • M. Lawrence – executive gardening

References[]

  1. ^ Pytlik, Mark. "Vaudeville Villain – Viktor Vaughn". AllMusic. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Christgau, Robert (January 13, 2021). "Consumer Guide: January, 2021". And It Don't Stop. Substack. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  3. ^ Drumming, Neil (July 18, 2003). "Vaudeville Villain". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  4. ^ K., Chris (October 8, 2003). "Viktor Vaughn – Vaudeville Villain". HipHopDX. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  5. ^ Pemberton, Rollie (September 15, 2003). "Viktor Vaughn: Vaudeville Villain". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  6. ^ "Breakdown". Spin. 19 (11): 117. November 2003. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  7. ^ McKeating, Scott (October 2, 2003). "Viktor Vaughn – Vaudeville Villain – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on March 31, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  8. ^ Wolfman. "Viktor Vaughn – Vaudeville Villain". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  9. ^ "Top 50 Albums of 2003 (3/5)". Pitchfork. December 31, 2003. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  10. ^ "The 30 Best Underground Hip-Hop Albums". Pigeons & Planes. June 27, 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  11. ^ Saleh, Oumar (11 January 2021). "Why 'Vaudeville Villain', released as supervillain Viktor Vaughn, is MF DOOM's undersung masterpiece". NME. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  12. ^ Vaudeville Villain (liner notes). Viktor Vaughn. New York, New York; Malden, Massachusetts: Sound-Ink Records; Traffic Entertainment Group. 2003. SIK 012; TEG 2409.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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