On the December 13th edition of "The New Shit Radar", we very inaccurately described his new song with BADBADNOTGOOD using the statement "DOOM's 2020 worldly contributions seemed to kick some ass across the board." For whatever reason, we incorrectly misremembered a few stray collaborations earlier in 2020, because the whole point of this feature is that it's stream-of-consciousness - written and posted very quickly.
Meanwhile, only his immediate family knew that he had actually passed away back on Halloween. His mysteriously anonymous trademark masking kept his identity unknown to most fans. So it shouldn't have been a surprise that his death was only discovered by fans earlier today, two entire months later -- not exactly typical for name as high profile as MF Doom, arguably the most lauded of any backpack rapper throughout the 2000s. Most hiphop fans who didn't care for backpack hiphop still usually gave Doom a free pass since both his bars and his anti-image were so undeniable dope. And he never broke character. He didn't need to.
Perhaps "Great Day Today" is the jam for this New Years Eve. A lot of people are anticipating the end of 2020, in hopes that at least a handful of the world's largest messes might reveal some hints of clarity. 2021 won't be a great year, but the goal is to shoot for a much happier New Years Eve one year from today.
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