Search - King Geedorah :: Take Me to Your Leader

A True Schitzo Indeed

C. Thomas | HOUSTON, TX | 06/17/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Take Me To Your Leader is more a compilation than it is an album, but it still goes pretty hard. But I honestly have to say that I probably wouldnt give any of the other artists the time of day if they weren't over DOOM's beats. This CD keeps pretty much the same comic book-like feel as the rest of Dumile's projects, so it stays entertaining from open to close. Virtually the whole CD is jammin, but I'm still havin a lil touble gettin used to the "dis-jointed rhythm" beats (Monster Zero & The Final Hour), but one track that I just can't stop listening to is 'The Fine Print', KG really killed that one, plus that beat is just plain sick. I would only recommend this one for already DOOM fans, cuz if you're just gettin into him, this one may throw you off a lil bit."

Absolute Classic...

Chuck D 2.0 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 05/11/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"King Geedorah aka MF DOOM's second album, Take Me To Your Leader, is not as good as Operation: Doomsday, but not far from it. DOOM's use of old '50 B-movies and samples makes this more of a concept album than Op: D. The first song, "Fazers", is a timeless classic, and may be the best DOOM verse at that point. "Fastlane", ft. Kurious Jorge, is a very good one as well. Kurious, or Biolante, as he's named here, rides the track not very well until the 1st "chorus" comes in, and from then on, fuggedaboutit...



The next track, "Krazy World", with Gigan, is pretty good but gets a little annoying...but I had no idea of the magnitude the next song would bring..."The Final Hour", only 49 sec., is CLASSIC ALL THE WAY THROUGH...they even slow the beat down like in "Tick, Tick..." from Op: D. Whoo.



The first skit, "Monster Zero", is good, but you probably won't feel like listening to it all the time. It's just cut samples from Godzilla movies. "Next Levels", with only ID 4 Winds, Lil Sci, and Stahhr (noticed that DOOM's only been on 2 songs at this point?) is very, very good indeed. After that, it's the timeless classic "No Snakes Alive", featuring MF DOOM, MF Grimm, and Rodan, from MF DOOM and MF Grimm's EP, but revised, and a little more rapping from DOOM. "Anti-Matter", featuring Mr. Fantastik, may not be the best song on here (still "Fazers" at this point), but it certainly is the best song featuring an MC. DOOM and Fantastik are SO good together, it's crazy!



The next track, ANOTHER skit, "Take Me To Your Leader", the title track, is very monotonous, and slow. Shouldn't have put this skit on here.



And here we are with "Lockjaw", the next classic after "Anti-Matter", with only Trunks rapping. This song starts off SO damn GOOD, the intro w/ the bass bumping is..whoo-hoo! And then Trunks goes..



"Before I rock raps, I drink a keg of Listerine, then I spit the freshest rhymes never heard for centuries..." and gets better after that!



Next, we have "I Wonder", the 2nd least played track of mine (Take Me To Your Leader is #1) with only Hassan Chops rapping (DOOM's only been on 4 songs so far). He's all right, this one I give an OK.



UHHHH!!! Another skit!!! AAHH!!! "One Smart N*****", the next skit, is better than "TMTYL", but not as good as "Monster Zero". This one's about child illiteracy, and racial profiling. Real deep.



Uh oh! Here we go! The last song had to be a classic! And it is! "The Fine Print" is the ONLY song on the album (MAYBE "No Snakes Alive", "Fastlane", and "Anti-Matter", MAYBE.) that rivals "Fazers" as the best song. "Fazers" easily wins, but this song got damn close. First second of the song is CRAZY and it doesn't let up until the last second...



So anyway, some Pros of the album...



1. "Fazers"

2. Very goofy skits

3. Nice concept

4. Great featuring MCs



And cons...



1. DOOM's only on 5 songs

2. The last 2 skits weren't that good

3. "I Wonder" wasn't up to par

4. Some ok MCs (Gigan, Hassan Chops)



Grading:



Fazers (10/10)

Fastlane (9.5/10)

Krazy World (8.5/10)

The Final Hour (10/10)

Monster Zero (9.5/10)

Next Levels (9.5/10)

No Snakes Alive (10/10)

Anti-Matter (10/10)

Take Me To Your Leader (8/10)

Lockjaw (10/10)

I Wonder (8/10)

One Smart N***** (8/10)

The Fine Print (10/10)

"

Dozens of aliases, but only one DOOM

Pablo | 10/10/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"DOOM took up another mask for this release, this time a Godzilla-inspired guise known as King Geedorah. The Three-Headed Monster delivered an album with epic production, and stupendous rhymes from the Metal Faced Villain. Though DOOM, the emcee wasn't on enough of this album's cuts(it'd have been in Vaudeville Villain/Operation: Doomsday territory if it was), he is behind the boards on the entire product. Some the emcees he collects for the product range from dope, to average, but none compare to Villain himself. When DOOM does flow over his own beats on this album, it's easily five stars; however, for the times we have to listen to an emcee like Gigan rhyme over a beat which should've been used for a Geedorah solo cut, I just can't feel comfortable giving this a five star rating. If it were anyone else, then it'd be five stars; however, this album taunts you, and in some cases, frustrates you by showing just how exsquisite it'd be if DOOM got more microphone time, instead of his vastly inferior guests.



Still, if you're a fan of DOOM, or any of his alter-egos, this is a must-have for your collection. If you're a fan of good, abstract hip-hop then you'll also appreciate this release. A wonderful album, which, unfortunately, could've been much better."