Mm..Food

MF Doom described Mm..Food as a concept album "about the things you find on a picnic, or at a picnic table".[1] The album's titles and lyrics contain references to different foods, some with common metaphors and double entendres in the "street world" and the "nutritional realm".[2]

The album is primarily produced by MF Doom, except for the tracks "Potholderz", produced by Count Bass D; "One Beer", produced by Madlib and originally intended for the joint Madlib and MF Doom album Madvillainy;[3] and "Kon Queso" produced by PNS of Molemen. Mm..Food features guest appearances from Count Bass D, Angelika, 4ize and Mr. Fantastik.

"Kon Queso" was originally released under the name "Yee Haw" on a 12 inch single in July 2003 with Molemen.[4] The track was re-recorded for Mm..Food with a more laidback performance from MF Doom. "Vomitspit" is a new version of the song "Vomit", with a different beat and some changed lyrics.[5] The original release of the album included a different version of "Kookies". It was removed due to an unlicensed sample from Sesame Street, and was promptly changed to a simpler version of the song in all future physical and digital releases.

A bonus disc titled Mm..LeftOvers containing throwaway tracks and remixes from Mm..Food was released on November 16, 2004 on Hiphopsite.com. It was given away with copies of Mm..Food. The CD contained a recipe for "Villainous Mac & Cheese" by Grammy Dumile on the back of the CD insert.[5]

The album cover art was directed by Stones Throw's art director Jeff Jank, and painted by Jason Jagel. The original painting included a blunt that was later edited out.[6]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	81/100[7]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[8]
Alternative Press	4/5[9]
The Boston Phoenix	[10]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[11]
The Guardian	[12]
HipHopDX	4.0/5[13]
NME	7/10[14]
Pitchfork	7.5/10[15]
Uncut	[16]
URB	[17]

Garnering universal acclaim upon release, Mm..Food received an average score of 81 from Metacritic, based on 22 reviews.[7] Ryan Dombal of Entertainment Weekly wrote, "Mm..Food flips countless edible metaphors over hard-hitting, jazzy beats, while never devolving into pointless parody."[11] David Jeffries of AllMusic called it "as vital as anything he's done before and entirely untouched or stymied by the hype."[8] Pitchfork's Nick Sylvester called Mm..Food "an attempt to make good on Doom's almost fascist conceit to restore rap's golden age despite its loss of innocence."[15] Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club called the album "a crazy pastiche tied loopily together around obsessions with food, comic books, and supervillainy" and wrote that Doom is "exempt from the law of diminishing returns."[18]

In 2012, Stereogum named it the best MF Doom album.[19] In 2015, NME named it "one of the 23 maddest and most memorable concept albums."[20]

All tracks written and produced by MF Doom, except for "Potholderz" produced by Count Bass D, "One Beer" produced by Madlib, and "Kon Queso" produced by PNS

Notes

• The 2007 vinyl edition was mastered with tracks 3 and 4 switched.[21]
• The original release of the album included a different version of "Kookies". It was removed due to an unlicensed sample from Sesame Street, and was promptly changed to a simpler version of the song in all future physical and digital releases.

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[22]

Production

• Doom the Metal Fingered Villain – production (1, 2, 5-11, 13-15)
• Count Bass D – production (3)
• Madlib – production (4)
• PNS of the Molemen – production (12)

Additional personnel

• Daniel Dumile – executive production
• Jasmine Thomas – executive production
• Alfred P. Morgan[lower-alpha 1] – executive production
• Brent "Abu Shiddiq" Sayers – executive production

Artwork

• Jason Jagel – artwork
• Jeff Jank – design

• Kangas, Chaz (15 January 2015). "MF Doom's MM.. Food: 10 Years Later". City Pages. Retrieved 20 January 2017.

• Mm.. Food at Discogs (list of releases)