MF DOOM - Born Like This (USED)

Used 2009 Lex Records Pressing. UK Variant.  Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-) A nearly perfect record. The record should show no obvious signs of wear.Sleeve Condition: Very Good (VG) After MF Doom spent a few years off record (and maybe off stage, if the impostor rumors are true), fans were ready for another classic from the man who never met a bar he couldn't tack four extra syllables onto. And as if expectations couldn't be ratcheted any higher, the album included a few productions from Dilla and Madlib alongside Doom himself, plus features for a quartet of legendary compatriots (Ghostface, Raekwon, Bumpy Knuckles aka Freddie Foxxx, and Slug from Atmosphere). Still, it's hard to stifle the disappointment. Doom hasn't changed a whit, but by the same token, he sounds like he's repeating himself. Deft diction is one thing he's got in spades, but there aren't many lines here that will get burned into your neurons. The productions are dense and dark as usual, but Doom's unrelenting lyrical flow has reached some kind of endpoint where he can't torture his internal rhymes any more without just repeating "how now brown cow" for three minutes on end. Even more unfortunately, the best production by Doom is the homophobic "Batty Boyz," and Ghostface, on his lone feature, does little more than obsess over Charlie's Angels. (Their other contemporary collaboration, "Chinatown Wars," is tragically nowhere to be heard here.) Doom may still be among the best purveyors of absurdist metaphysical fantasies in hip-hop since Jeru the Damaja, but Born Like This is a back-to-reality call. A1        Supervillain IntroFeaturing – Mr. ChopA2        Gazzillion EarA3        BallskinA4        Yessir!Featuring – RaekwonA5        AbsolutelyA6        Rap AmbushB7        LightworksB8        Batty BoyzB9        AngelzFeaturing – Tony StarksC10        CellzFeaturing – Mr. ChopC11        Still DopeFeaturing – Impress Stahhr Tha Femcee*C12        Microwave MayoD13        More Rhymin'D14        That's ThatD15        SupervillainzFeaturing – Kurious, Mobonix (2), Mr. Chop, SlugD16        Bumpy's MessageFeaturing – Bumpy Knuckles, Mr. ChopD17        Thank Yah Barcode (Text and scanned): 878390001286Label Code: LC14534Matrix / Runout (Runout side A etched): MPO LEX 069 LP AMatrix / Runout (Runout side B etched): MPO LEX 069 LP BMatrix / Runout (Runout side C etched): GRAZZ–THE EXCHANGE MPO LEX 069 LP CMatrix / Runout (Runout side D etched): MPO LEX 069 LP DRights Society (D15): SESACRights Society (A2 to A5, A6 to B9, C12 to D15, D17): ASCAPRights Society (A1, A5, C10, D15, D16): BMI