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2018 studio album by Czarface and MF Doom
Czarface Meets Metal Face
Released March 30, 2018 (2018-03-30 )
Genre
Hip hop Length 43 :37
Label
Producer
7L Jeremy Page Todd Spadafore
"Nautical Depth" Released: February 8, 2018
"Bomb Thrown" Released: March 20, 2018
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 . It was the last release by MF DOOM before his death on October 31, 2020.
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 .
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)
Title 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.
[12]
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
The Czar-Keys
[a] – production (all tracks)
Caserta – audio mixing (all tracks)
7L – vocal engineering (all tracks)
Esoteric – vocal engineering (all tracks)
Jason Bitner – vocal engineering (all tracks)
Adam J. Brass – vocal engineering (all tracks)
Design
Charts
Notes
^ The Czar-Keys consist of
7L , Jeremy Page, and Todd Spadafore.
References
^
"Czarface Meets Metal Face by Czarface / MF Doom reviews | Any Decent Music" .
AnyDecentMusic? . Retrieved 16 February 2019 .
^
"Critic Reviews for Czarface Meets Metal Face - Metacritic" .
Metacritic . Retrieved 16 February 2019 .
^ Devlin, Kieran (4 April 2018).
"Album Review: Czarface & MF DOOM - Czarface Meets Metal Face" .
The 405 . Archived from
the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019 .
^ Simpson, Paul.
"Czarface Meets Metal Face - Czarface, MF Doom | Songs, Reviews, Credits" .
AllMusic . Retrieved 16 February 2019 .
^ Purdom, Clayton (30 March 2018).
"The Voidz, The Vaccines, and more albums to know about this week" .
The A.V. Club . Retrieved 16 February 2019 .
^ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (30 March 2018).
"Czarface & MF Doom: Czarface Meets Metal Face review – action-filled hip-hop supersquad" .
The Guardian .
ISSN
0261-3077 . Retrieved 16 February 2019 .
^ Eustice, Kyle (30 March 2018).
"Review: Czarface & DOOM Match Cultural Relevance With Lyrical On "Czarface Meets MetalFace" " .
HipHopDX . Retrieved 16 February 2019 .
^ Bassett, Jordan (29 March 2018).
"Czarface and MF Doom – 'Czarface Meets Metal Face' Review" .
NME . Retrieved 11 May 2021 .
^ Jayasuriya, Mehan (2 April 2018).
"Czarface / MF DOOM: Czarface Meets Metal Face" .
Pitchfork . Retrieved 16 February 2019 .
^ Juon, Steve 'Flash' (3 July 2018).
"Czarface :: Czarface Meets Metal Face :: Get On Down" . rapreviews.com . Retrieved 16 February 2019 .
^
Christgau, Robert ; Ross, Alex Robert (1 February 2019).
"Robert Christgau on Saba's Humanist Hip-Hop" .
Noisey . Retrieved 16 February 2019 .
^ Czarface Meets Metal Face (Media notes).
Czarface ;
MF Doom . Get On Down. 2018.{{
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^
"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)" .[
dead link ]
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
Solo albums
MF Doom
Doom Viktor Vaughn King Geedorah Metal Fingers
Collaborative studio albums
Demo recordings
Featured singles Other songs