Take Me to Your Leader (King Geedorah album)

Take Me to Your Leader
Studio album by King Geedorah
Released	June 17, 2003 (2003-06-17)
Genre	Underground hip hop
Length	41:54
Label	Big Dada
Producer	Metal Fingered Villain, E.Mason
MF Doom chronology
MF EP (2000) Take Me to Your Leader (2003) Vaudeville Villain (2003)
Singles from Take Me to Your Leader
"Anti-Matter" Released: 2003

Take Me to Your Leader is the second studio album by British-American MC/producer MF Doom, released under the alias King Geedorah via Big Dada on June 17, 2003. King Geedorah is the alias MF Doom used as part of the underground super group Monsta Island Czars. The album features guest appearances from MF Grimm (as Jet-Jaguar) as well as other MIC members. The character is based on the three-headed King Ghidorah, a fictional monster who appears as Godzilla's enemy in the Godzilla films.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Muzik	5/5[2]
Pitchfork	9.0/10[3]
RapReviews	8.5/10[4]
Stylus Magazine	A[5]
Tiny Mix Tapes	5/5[6]
Uncut	[7]

Mark Martelli of Pitchfork wrote that Take Me to Your Leader "will excite you in a way most hip-hop projects just aren't able: It's not straining for credibility nor putting effort into being revelatory; it just is."^[3] Noel Dix of Exclaim! remarked that the album "plays like a cinematic space adventure that you never want to end".^[8]

In 2009, Rhapsody ranked Take Me to Your Leader 17th on its list "Hip-Hop's Best Albums of the Decade".^[9] In 2012, Stereogum named it the third best MF Doom album.^[10] In 2014, it was listed by Complex as one of the "Best One-Producer Albums of the 2000s".^[11] Retrospectively, Jacob Adams of Spectrum Culture wrote, "It's perhaps one of the weirdest rap albums of the past decade, yet one of the most endlessly fascinating. It deserves a second listen."^[12]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Fazers"	3:17
2.	"Fastlane" (featuring Biolante)	3:08
3.	"Krazy World" (featuring Gigan)	4:43
4.	"The Final Hour" (featuring MF Doom)	0:49
5.	"Monster Zero"	5:15
6.	"Next Levels" (featuring Lil' Sci, ID 4 Winds, Empress Stahhr and Stacy Epps)	3:47
7.	"No Snakes Alive" (featuring Jet-Jaguar and Rodan)	3:32
8.	"Anti-Matter" (featuring MF Doom and Mr. Fantastik)	3:26
9.	"Take Me to Your Leader"	2:08
10.	"Lockjaw" (featuring Trunks)	1:03
11.	"I Wonder" (featuring Hassan Chop)	3:38
12.	"One Smart Nigger"	2:39
13.	"The Fine Print"	4:29

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[13]

• Metal Fingered Villain – production
• King Geedorah – mixing, mastering
• E.Mason – co-production (1)

Charts

Chart performance for Take Me to Your Leader

Chart (2021)	Peak position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[14]	80

References

1. Bush, John. "Take Me to Your Leader – King Geedorah". AllMusic. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
2. Bell, Duncan (July 2003). "King Geedorah: Take Me to Your Leader (Big Dada)". Muzik (98): 85.
3. Martelli, Mark (July 7, 2003). "King Geedorah: Take Me to Your Leader". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
4. Doggett, Tom (September 28, 2004). "King Geedorah :: Take Me to Your Leader :: Ninja Tune Records". RapReviews. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
5. Mueller, Gavin (September 1, 2003). "King Geedorah – Take Me To Your Leader – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on March 30, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
6. Wolfman. "King Geedorah – Take Me To Your Leader". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
7. "King Geedorah – Take Me To Your Leader". Uncut (75): 114. August 2003. Archived from the original on December 22, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
8. Dix, Noel (January 1, 2006). "King Geedorah: Take Me to Your Leader". Exclaim!. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
9. "Hip-Hop's Best Albums of the Decade - Rhapsody: The Mix". 2012-09-24. Archived from the original on 2012-09-24. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
10. Tatusian, Alex (December 12, 2012). "MF Doom Albums From Worst To Best". Stereogum. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
11. Drake, David (October 28, 2014). "The Best One-Producer Albums of the 2000s: King Geedorah, Take Me to Your Leader (2003)". Complex. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
12. Adams, Jacob (January 30, 2012). "Rediscover: King Geedorah: Take Me to Your Leader". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
13. Take Me to Your Leader (liner notes). King Geedorah. Lambeth, London: Big Dada. 2003. BDCD051.
14. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 20, 2021.

External links

• Take Me to Your Leader at Discogs (list of releases)