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'''''Born Like This''''' is a studio album by British-American rapper/producer [[MF Doom]]. It was released under the pseudonym Doom on March 24, 2009 through [[Lex Records]]. It debuted at number 52 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart, having sold 10,895 copies as of March 29, 2009.<ref name=lex>{{cite web|last=Paine|first=Jake|title=Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 3/29/2009|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.8879/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-3-29-2009|work=[[HipHopDX]]|date=April 1, 2009|access-date=May 31, 2012}}</ref> In addition to tracks produced by Doom, the album includes production by frequent collaborator [[Madlib]], as well as [[J Dilla]]. The album title is borrowed from [[Charles Bukowski]]'s poem "Dinosauria, We," which employs it as a cadence. A reading of the poem by Bukowski himself is in the beginning part of the track "Cellz."<ref>[http://rasml.org/contributors/dinosauria-we/ “Dinosauria, We” by Charles Bukowski] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611111009/http://rasml.org/contributors/dinosauria-we/|date=June 11, 2009}}</ref>
'''''Born Like This''''' is the sixth studio album by British-American rapper/producer [[MF Doom]]. It was released under the pseudonym Doom on March 24, 2009 through [[Lex Records]]. It debuted at number 52 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart, having sold 10,895 copies as of March 29, 2009.<ref name=lex>{{cite web|last=Paine|first=Jake|title=Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 3/29/2009|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.8879/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-3-29-2009|work=[[HipHopDX]]|date=April 1, 2009|access-date=May 31, 2012}}</ref> In addition to tracks produced by Doom, the album includes production by frequent collaborator [[Madlib]], as well as [[J Dilla]]. The album title is borrowed from [[Charles Bukowski]]'s poem "Dinosauria, We," which employs it as a cadence. A reading of the poem by Bukowski himself is in the beginning part of the track "Cellz."<ref>[http://rasml.org/contributors/dinosauria-we/ “Dinosauria, We” by Charles Bukowski] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611111009/http://rasml.org/contributors/dinosauria-we/|date=June 11, 2009}}</ref>


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==

Revision as of 16:49, 11 September 2017

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The A.V. ClubA−[3]
Consequence of SoundA−[4]
Drowned in Sound7/10[5]
HipHopDX3.5/5[6]
The Observer[7]
Paste76/100[8]
Pitchfork8.0/10[9]
Slant Magazine[10]
URB[11]

Born Like This is the sixth studio album by British-American rapper/producer MF Doom. It was released under the pseudonym Doom on March 24, 2009 through Lex Records. It debuted at number 52 on the Billboard 200 chart, having sold 10,895 copies as of March 29, 2009.[12] In addition to tracks produced by Doom, the album includes production by frequent collaborator Madlib, as well as J Dilla. The album title is borrowed from Charles Bukowski's poem "Dinosauria, We," which employs it as a cadence. A reading of the poem by Bukowski himself is in the beginning part of the track "Cellz."[13]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Born Like This received an average score of 77% based on 21 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

Born Like This ranked at number 4 on The Skinny's "2009: A Year in Records" list.[14] Pitchfork included it in their best albums of 2009, placing it at number 48.[15]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Supervillain Intro" (featuring Mr. Chop)Doom, Mr. Chop0:54
2."Gazzillion Ear"J Dilla4:12
3."Ballskin"Jake One1:30
4."Yessir!" (featuring Raekwon)Doom2:34
5."Absolutely"Madlib2:43
6."Rap Ambush"Jake One1:28
7."Lightworks"J Dilla1:55
8."Batty Boyz"Doom3:16
9."Angelz" (featuring Ghostface Killah)Doom3:07
10."Cellz" (featuring Mr. Chop)Doom, Mr. Chop4:21
11."Still Dope" (featuring Empress Stahhr tha Femcee)Doom2:40
12."Microwave Mayo"Jake One2:26
13."More Rhymin'"Jake One1:39
14."That's That"Doom2:15
15."Supervillainz" (featuring Kurious, Slug, Mobonix, and Mr. Chop)Doom, Mr. Chop2:49
16."Bumpy's Message" (featuring Bumpy Knuckles and Mr. Chop)Doom, Mr. Chop1:36
17."Thank Yah"Doom1:14
18."Gazzillion Ear (Thom Yorke Remix)" (US iTunes bonus track)Thom Yorke4:11

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[16] 52
US Billboard Independent Albums[17] 5
US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[18] 29
US Billboard Rap Albums[19] 9

References

  1. ^ a b "Critic Reviews for Born Like This". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  2. ^ Forget, Tom. "DOOM / MF Doom – Born like This". AllMusic. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  3. ^ Rabin, Nathan (March 31, 2009). "DOOM: Born Like This". The A.V. Club. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
  4. ^ Kivel, Adam (April 3, 2009). "MF DOOM – Born Like This". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  5. ^ Slater, Luke (April 2, 2009). "DOOM – BORN LIKE THIS". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
  6. ^ J-23 (March 26, 2009). "DOOM – BORN LIKE THIS". HipHopDX. Retrieved January 22, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Yates, Steve (March 14, 2009). "DOOM, Born Like This". The Observer. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  8. ^ Emerson, Austin (March 24, 2012). "DOOM: Born Like This". Paste. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  9. ^ Patrin, Nate (April 6, 2009). "DOOM: Born Like This". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
  10. ^ McBee, Wilson (March 23, 2009). "DOOM – Born Like This". Slant Magazine. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  11. ^ Meredith, Ben. "Doom :: Born Like This". URB. Archived from the original on May 31, 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
  12. ^ Paine, Jake (April 1, 2009). "Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 3/29/2009". HipHopDX. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
  13. ^ “Dinosauria, We” by Charles Bukowski Archived June 11, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ "2009: A Year in Records (#2-10)". The Skinny. December 7, 2009. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  15. ^ "The Top 50 Albums of 2009 (1/5)". Pitchfork. December 17, 2009. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  16. ^ "MF Doom – Chart history – Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  17. ^ "MF Doom – Chart history – Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  18. ^ "MF Doom – Chart history – Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  19. ^ "MF Doom – Chart history – Rap Albums". Billboard. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
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