At Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival ’24, one of the sweetest scenes was an hour-long, tender tribute honoring the late rapper/producer MF DOOM, who passed away on Halloween 2020 at the age of 49.
Titled “FM MOOD: A Tribute to MF DOOM,” conductor Miguel Atwood-Ferguson lead the 30-piece Metalface Orchestra and producer Madlib — DOOM’s partner in the duo Madvillain— through a selection of the artist’s most beloved tracks, including “One Beer” and “Dead Bent.”
Giving DOOM his flowers in this way was long overdue, but when it concluded with Erykah Badu singing “Doomsday” while inserting Sade’s “Kiss of Life,” it all became well worth the wait.
MF DOOM sampled the Sade banger for “Doomsday,” so it was sweet to hear Badu stretch it out and honor two legends in the same song.
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