Product Description The industry has churned out many rap stars during the last few decades, but it has delivered very few Hip Hop super heroes and only one Super Villain. MF DOOM, is definitely underground Hip Hops most mysterious entity, and his alter ego, VIKTOR VAUGHN, is even more shadowy. The faceless rhyme scoundrel has returned to bring a new era of cyber rap with "VV:2" aka "VENOMOUS VILLAIN." "VV:2" is a different kind of Hip Hop record; its engulfed in cryptic messages and stellar production that delivers both a classic Hip Hop vibe and a cutting edge one. Vaughn is also accompanied by some underground contenders including KOOL KEITH (aka Dr. Dooom, aka Dr. Octagon, etc.). The synthesized, beat-burned "Doper Skiller" delivers Hip Hops two cult favorites bringing lyrical carnage like only they can. VIKTOR is in prime lyrical form, continually bringing verbal onslaught and dark dramatic tales of blight from outside the space-time continuum. Personality #1, DOOM, also makes appearances on tracks including the high energy, electro-hyped, "Pop Quiz" (Extra Credit Remix). What is "VV:2"? Among other things, its a dramatic, progressively thugged-out, future-rap, classic soundtrack for fans of a genre without boundaries. .com Avant-garde MC Viktor Vaughn (a.k.a. MF Doom, among other names) is the Ornette Coleman of rap; or to put it another way, musical boundaries are for suckers. Like Sun Ra before him, Vaughn must've been sent to Earth from outer space to save musical humanity, because there's no other way to explain the oddball genius of "Back End," a gorgeous track drenched in electro-sci-fi noise that sounds like it could have come from some '80s Art of Noise record, or perhaps Andre 3000. "Rap Game" (featuring Manchild) will appease traditional hip-hop heads attracted to keyboard-fuelled, boom-bap breakbeats. Between all of the skits, interludes, instrumentals, and found-sound constructions, Venomous Villain actually contains very few rhymes. The album's highpoint comes when Kool Keith drops by to flip some sex-rated rhymes on "Doper Skiller," a cool meeting of warped minds. Whatever you call him, Vaughn should be anointed the crown prince of bedroom, backpacker hip-hop. --Dalton Higgins
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Review "...classic Hip-Hop presence...lyrically captures the essence of DOOM then, now, and always...most electronic DOOM album yet..." -- AllHipHop.com 8/4/2004"...strong verses over well-picked futuristic production...another unique release from a prolific veteran." -- Now Magazine 8/04"...uncanny gift for indelible turns of phrase, stunning lyrical density...The entire album is a hip-hop quotable." -- The Onion 8/04from The Onion See more
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C**N
One of my favourite DOOM records
When it comes to DOOM, I've heard a lot and all of it is amazing. VV:2 is without question on of my favourite DOOM records. I actually prefer this one to the masterful Vaudeville Villain despite the fact that it's only about 35 minutes in length. If there was a PhD for rap music, Viktor Vaughn would certainly be awarded one as he is truly a doctor of rhymes and nowhere is it more evident than on Venomous Villain. A must have for any DOOM/Zev/Vik Vaughn/King Gheedorah/real hip-hop fan
A**R
Good album and reliable seller.
While this albums my second favorite of the two Viktor Vaughn releases. It's still great. I'm grateful to have it.
C**R
Not as good as Vaudeville...
...but how could it be? Vaudeville Villain was spectacular. This record has some great tracks and some decent ones, and none are bad or even mediocre. This record feels too short and hastily thrown together. Rap Game, Dope Skill and Pop Quiz are great, and the Kool Keith team-up doesn't disappoint; it's the highlight of the set. Production on Doper Skiller is of the caliber of Vaudeville, but most of the record suffers from less assured production. This would make a good B-Sides set, if only that were the case.
M**O
Amazing
Perfect
U**A
Five Stars
Awesome, thanks.
O**N
VV2: The Future
This is just as good as Vaudeville Villain. As we already know MF DOOM as Viktor Vaughn in Vaudeville Villain is well worth having in your MF DOOM collection... heck any collection. Everyone listens to MF DOOM after a bit of hip-hop, and as was Vaudeville Villain, Venomous Villain is like some sort of a freakstyle DOOM with live sections recorded at various gigs mixed in with some of the most original hip-hop heard this 21st century. Not only can DOOM rap with some awesome lyrics but his backbeat mixes is like he has hijacked the brain of Aphex Twin and plugged it into his beat box and pumped it through some DTS and then ripped everything up a number of notches with Dolby Digital 5:1 while MCing with some serious grooves that make you think you are in downtown neo-Tokyo. It is all very far out spacey wisdom. This is the future of hip-hop.
B**N
The worst MF Doom album (Still pretty good)
32 minutes of thrown-together material, of which Doom raps for nine minutes (according to another reviewer - I haven't pulled my stopwatch out). However, since the man also released four no-less-than-amazing rap albums (Take Me To Your Leader, Vaudeville Villain, Madvillainy, MM Food and The Mouse & the Mask) from 2003-2005, this slightly substandard effort can be forgiven.
S**U
One Star
Did actually get the venomous villian cd it was a bobbi digital cd in a venomous villian case
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1stよりもメロウ感ありあり
MF Doom の別名義 Viktor Vaughn ですが、1stは重かったですが、この2ndはメロウ感がでていて素敵です。やっぱDoomはいいすねー
N**T
かっこいい。
これは絶対買った方がいいです。少し値段が高いですがその価値はあります。
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\"...classic Hip-Hop presence...lyrically captures the essence of DOOM then, now, and always...most electronic DOOM album yet...\" -- AllHipHop.com 8/4/2004
\"...strong verses over well-picked futuristic production...another unique release from a prolific veteran.\" -- Now Magazine 8/04
\"...uncanny gift for indelible turns of phrase, stunning lyrical density...The entire album is a hip-hop quotable.\" -- The Onion 8/04 from The Onion
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If there was a PhD for rap music, Viktor Vaughn would certainly be awarded one as he is truly a doctor of rhymes and nowhere is it more evident than on Venomous Villain. A must have for any DOOM/Zev/Vik Vaughn/King Gheedorah/real hip-hop fan"},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"A***R"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2017","name":"5.0 out of 5 stars\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Good album and reliable seller.\n \n","reviewBody":"While this albums my second favorite of the two Viktor Vaughn releases. It's still great. I'm grateful to have it."},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"3.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"C***R"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2008","name":"3.0 out of 5 stars\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Not as good as Vaudeville...\n \n","reviewBody":"...but how could it be? Vaudeville Villain was spectacular. This record has some great tracks and some decent ones, and none are bad or even mediocre. This record feels too short and hastily thrown together. Rap Game, Dope Skill and Pop Quiz are great, and the Kool Keith team-up doesn't disappoint; it's the highlight of the set. Production on Doper Skiller is of the caliber of Vaudeville, but most of the record suffers from less assured production. 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As we already know MF DOOM as Viktor Vaughn in Vaudeville Villain is well worth having in your MF DOOM collection... heck any collection. Everyone listens to MF DOOM after a bit of hip-hop, and as was Vaudeville Villain, Venomous Villain is like some sort of a freakstyle DOOM with live sections recorded at various gigs mixed in with some of the most original hip-hop heard this 21st century. Not only can DOOM rap with some awesome lyrics but his backbeat mixes is like he has hijacked the brain of Aphex Twin and plugged it into his beat box and pumped it through some DTS and then ripped everything up a number of notches with Dolby Digital 5:1 while MCing with some serious grooves that make you think you are in downtown neo-Tokyo. It is all very far out spacey wisdom. 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However, since the man also released four no-less-than-amazing rap albums (Take Me To Your Leader, Vaudeville Villain, Madvillainy, MM Food and The Mouse & the Mask) from 2003-2005, this slightly substandard effort can be forgiven."},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"1.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"S***U"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2017","name":"1.0 out of 5 stars\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n One Star\n \n","reviewBody":"Did actually get the venomous villian cd it was a bobbi digital cd in a venomous villian case"},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"\"***\""},"datePublished":"Reviewed in Japan on October 10, 2004","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n 1stよりもメロウ感ありあり\n \n \n","reviewBody":"MF Doom の別名義 Viktor Vaughn ですが、1stは重かったですが、この2ndはメロウ感がでていて素敵です。やっぱDoomはいいすねー"},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"N***T"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in Japan on December 9, 2013","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n かっこいい。\n \n \n","reviewBody":"これは絶対買った方がいいです。少し値段が高いですがその価値はあります。"}],"aggregateRating":{"@type":"AggregateRating","ratingValue":4.2,"bestRating":5,"ratingCount":10}}
