Super What?
2021 studio album by Czarface and MF Doom
Super What? Released May 7, 2021 (2021-05-07 ) Recorded April 2020 Genre Length 26 :44 Label Silver Age Producer The Czar-Keys
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Super What? is the second collaborative album by American hip hop supergroup Czarface and British-American rapper MF Doom . It was released on May 7, 2021. The album is a follow-up to their 2018 collaborative project Czarface Meets Metal Face , and is Doom's first posthumous release . The album contains features from Run-DMC 's DMC , Del the Funky Homosapien , Kendra Morris , and That Handsome Devil 's Godforbid.
Background and release
Apart from the album marking the trio's second collaborative LP with Doom, they also worked together on Czarface's 2015 track, "Ka-Bang!", off Every Hero Needs a Villain .[ 3] Super What? was recorded in April 2020, and was originally slated for release that same month, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic .[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] Czarface member Esoteric explained:
When COVID-19 struck and the world stopped, we chose to pull it, focus on family, and fine-tune a few elements on it. What you'll be hearing was finalized, mixed & mastered in the summer of 2020, and it's our honor and privilege to share it with you. I speak for everyone involved when I say we were incredibly fortunate to have collaborated with DOOM…he was a one-of-a-kind, never-to-be-duplicated emcee, producer, and visionary. We wish peace and healing to his family, friends and everyone touched by the gifts he shared with the planet. MF DOOM FOREVER.[ 7]
The album consists of two halves, the "Doom Side" and the "Czar Side".[ 4] [ 8] It is accompanied by a comic book written by Esoteric and illustrated by Benjamin Marra .[ 9]
The cover art by L'amour Supreme is based on the cover of issue 216 of the 1964 Marvel Comics series Daredevil .[ 10]
Track listing
DOOM side Title 1. "The King and Eye" (featuring DMC of Run-DMC ) 2:26 2. "Czarwyn's Theory of People Getting Loose" (featuring Kendra Morris ) 3:16 3. "Mando Calrissian" 2:17 4. "DOOM Unto Others" 2:44
Czar side Title 1. "Jason & the Czargonauts" (featuring Del the Funky Homosapien ) 3:50 2. "Break in the Action" 2:29 3. "A Name to the Face" 1:45 4. "This Is Canon Now" 2:11 5. "So Strange" (featuring Godforbid of THD ) 2:34 6. "Young World" 3:12 Total length: 26:44
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References
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^ O'Neil, Dennis (w ), Mazzucchelli, David (a ), Mellor, Steve (col ), Rosen, Joe (let ), Macchio, Ralph (ed ). "The Second Secret" Daredevil , vol. 1, no. 216, p. front cover (March 1, 1985). Marvel Comics .
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^ Simpson, Paul. "Czarface / MF Doom Super What?" . AllMusic . Retrieved June 9, 2021 .
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External links
Solo albums
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Collaborative studio albums
Demo recordings
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