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.{{cite AV media notes }}
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^ "Czarface Chart History (Billboard 200)" . Billboard . Retrieved February 16, 2019.
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^ "Czarface Chart History (Independent Albums)" . Billboard . Retrieved February 16, 2019.
^ "Czarface Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)" . Billboard . Retrieved February 16, 2019.
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External links
Solo albums
MF Doom
Doom Viktor Vaughn King Geedorah Metal Fingers
Collaborative studio albums
Demo recordings
Featured singles Other songs