The Chronicles of DOOM
Unraveling Rap's Masked Iconoclast
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The definitive biography of MF DOOM, charting the reclusive and revered hip-hop artist’s life, career, and eventual immortality.
On December 31, 2020, the world was shocked to learn about the death of hip-hop legend MF DOOM. Born in London and raised in the suburban enclave of Long Beach, New York, Daniel Dumile Jr.'s love of cartoons and comic books would soon turn him into one of hip-hop's most enigmatic, prolific, and influential figures.
Sweeping and definitive, The Chronicles of DOOM: Unraveling Rap’s Masked Iconoclast recounts the rise, fall, redemption, and untimely demise of MF DOOM. Broken down into five sections: The Man, The Myth, The Mask, The Music, and The Legend, journalist S.H. Fernando, or SKIZ, chronicles the life of Daniel Dumile Jr., beginning in the house he grew up in in Long Beach, New York, into the hip-hop group KMD, onto the stage of his first masked show, through the countless collabs, and across the many different cities Daniel called home. Centering the music, SKIZ deftly lays out the history of east-coast rap against DOOM's life story and dissects the personas, projects, tracks, and lyrics that led to his immortality.
Including exclusive interviews with those who worked closely with DOOM and providing an unknown, intimate, behind the scenes look into DOOM’s life, The Chronicles of DOOM is the definitive biography of MF DOOM, a supervillain on stage and hero to those who paid attention.
"Fernando provides a comprehensive look at DOOM's life and career, meticulously researched through interviews with the rapper’s many collaborators and those closest to the man behind the mask. His track-by-track breakdowns of DOOM's albums will have sample spotters diving into their record collections. A perfect pairing with Dan Charnas's Dilla Time (2022), this is an essential exploration into the world of 'your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper.'"—Carlos Orellana, Booklist (starred review)
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Dennis Coles—aka Ghostface Killah—is a co-founder of the Wu-Tang Clan, a legendary hip hop group who established themselves by breaking all the rules, taking their music to the streets during hip hop’s golden era on a decade-long wave of releasing anthem after classic anthem, and serving as the foundation of modern hip hop. An all-star cast who formed like Voltron to establish the pillars that serve as the foundation of modern hip hop and released seminal albums that have stood the test of time.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The rawness
- De Amazon Customer en 12-10-24
De: Ghostface Killah
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Hip-Hop Is History
- De: Questlove, Ben Greenman - contributor
- Narrado por: Questlove
- Duración: 11 h y 20 m
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Recorded at the legendary Electric Lady Studios in New York City, the audiobook features narration and storytelling by Questlove, who expertly weaves together a rich sonic tapestry of hip-hop tales large and small, well-known and obscure. From hearing “Rapper’s Delight” for the first time in 1979 to directing and producing the 50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop for the 2023 GRAMMYs, Questlove guides listeners through a musical journey brought to life by Questlove himself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well thought out and enlightening
- De Painterpeet en 10-21-24
De: Questlove, y otros
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Dilla Time
- The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm
- De: Dan Charnas, Jeff Peretz - contributor
- Narrado por: Dan Charnas
- Duración: 14 h y 52 m
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He wasn’t known to mainstream audiences, even though he worked with renowned acts like D’Angelo and Erykah Badu and influenced the music of superstars like Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson. He died at the age of 32, and in his lifetime he never had a pop hit. Yet since his death, J Dilla has become a demigod: revered by jazz musicians and rap icons from Robert Glasper to Kendrick Lamar; memorialized in symphonies and taught at universities.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Only a few chapters in <3
- De Chris Johnson en 02-05-22
De: Dan Charnas, y otros
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From the Streets of Shaolin
- The Wu-Tang Saga
- De: S. H. Fernando Jr.
- Narrado por: Clarke Peters, S. H. Fernando Jr.
- Duración: 17 h y 27 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 56
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This is the definitive biography of rap supergroup and cultural icons, Wu-Tang Clan (WTC). Heralded as one of the most influential groups in modern music — hip hop or otherwise — WTC created a rap dynasty on the strength of seven gold and platinum albums that launched the careers of such famous rappers as RZA, GZA, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Method Man, and more. During the ‘90s, they ushered in a hip-hop renaissance, rescuing rap from the corporate suites and bringing it back to the gritty streets where it started.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting but painful
- De Ron Woods en 11-17-21
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Sweat the Technique
- Revelations on Creativity from the Lyrical Genius
- De: Rakim
- Narrado por: Rakim
- Duración: 6 h y 17 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,420
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The musician and hip-hop legend - hailed as “the greatest MC of all time” and compared to Thelonious Monk - reimagines the writing handbook in this memoir and guide that incorporates the soulful genius, confidence, and creativity of a master artist.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Solid
- De Troy en 09-27-19
De: Rakim
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High and Rising
- A Book About De La Soul
- De: Marcus J. Moore
- Narrado por: JD Jackson
- Duración: 7 h y 24 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Formed in Long Island in 1988 by Kelvin “Posdnuos” Mercer, Dave “Trugoy the Dove” Jolicoeur, and Vincent “Maseo” Mason, De La Soul rebuked classification and appealed to the Black alternative. Their music was positive and psychedelic, their imagery full of flowers and peace signs. It was rap with a broad sonic palette which set the blueprint for an entire generation of artists who followed. But as quickly as De La ascended, they were faced with the pressures of a changing industry and bitter legal battles.
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1 out of 5 stars
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waste of time
- De OMMAS L GRAHAM en 12-11-24
De: Marcus J. Moore
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Rise of a Killah
- De: Ghostface Killah
- Narrado por: Landon Woodson
- Duración: 5 h y 49 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Dennis Coles—aka Ghostface Killah—is a co-founder of the Wu-Tang Clan, a legendary hip hop group who established themselves by breaking all the rules, taking their music to the streets during hip hop’s golden era on a decade-long wave of releasing anthem after classic anthem, and serving as the foundation of modern hip hop. An all-star cast who formed like Voltron to establish the pillars that serve as the foundation of modern hip hop and released seminal albums that have stood the test of time.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The rawness
- De Amazon Customer en 12-10-24
De: Ghostface Killah
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The Come Up
- An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop
- De: Jonathan Abrams
- Narrado por: Dion Graham, Diontae Black, Torian Brackett, y otros
- Duración: 18 h y 10 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 50
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The music that would come to be known as hip-hop was born at a party in the Bronx in the summer of 1973. Now, fifty years later, it’s the most popular music genre in America. Just as jazz did in the first half of the twentieth century, hip-hop and its groundbreaking DJs and artists—nearly all of them people of color from some of America’s most overlooked communities—pushed the boundaries of music to new frontiers, while transfixing the country’s youth and reshaping fashion, art, and even language.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent detailed history
- De Damian Andrews en 12-02-24
De: Jonathan Abrams
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Can't Stop Won't Stop
- A History of the Hip-Hop Generation
- De: Jeff Chang
- Narrado por: Mirron Willis
- Duración: 19 h y 33 m
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Forged in the fires of the Bronx and Kingston, Jamaica, hip-hop became the Esperanto of youth rebellion and a generation-defining movement. In a post-civil rights era defined by deindustrialization and globalization, hip-hop crystallized a multiracial, polycultural generation's worldview and transformed American politics and culture. But that epic story has never been told with this kind of breadth, insight, and style.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not About Hip Hop Music
- De A. Yerkes en 09-06-19
De: Jeff Chang
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Doom Guy
- Life in First Person
- De: John Romero
- Narrado por: John Romero
- Duración: 17 h y 4 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 352
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Doom Guy: Life in First Person is the long-awaited autobiography of gaming’s original rock star and the cocreator of DOOM, Quake, and Wolfenstein—some of the most recognizable and important titles in video game history. Credited with the invention of the first-person shooter, a genre that continues to dominate the market today, he is gaming royalty. Told in remarkable detail, a byproduct of his hyperthymesia, Romero recounts his storied career.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Intimate stories of gaming history in First Person
- De Emyli en 07-28-23
De: John Romero
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The Upcycled Self
- A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are
- De: Tariq Trotter
- Narrado por: Tariq Trotter, Rhett Samuel Price, Allyson Johnson
- Duración: 3 h y 51 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 318
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Today Tariq Trotter—better known as Black Thought—is the platinum-selling, Grammy-winning co-founder of The Roots and one of the most exhilaratingly skillful and profound rappers our culture has ever produced. But his story begins with a tragedy: as a child, Trotter burned down his family’s home. The years that follow are the story of a life snatched from the flames, forged in fire.
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5 out of 5 stars
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PHENOMENAL !!!!!
- De juliajovone en 12-02-23
De: Tariq Trotter
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3 Shades of Blue
- Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool
- De: James Kaplan
- Narrado por: Dion Graham
- Duración: 14 h y 7 m
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In 1959, America’s great indigenous art form, jazz, reached the height of its power and popularity. James Kaplan’s magnificent 3 Shades of Blue captures how that golden era came to be, and its pinnacle with the recording of Kind of Blue. It’s a book about music, and business, and race, and heroin, and the cities that gave jazz its home, and the Black geniuses behind its rise. It’s an astonishing meditation on creativity and the strange environments where it can flourish most.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great deep dive into a pinnacle of jazz, marred by author bias against later jazz years
- De Michael J. Anderson en 04-08-24
De: James Kaplan
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My Infamous Life
- The Autobiography of Mobb Deep's Prodigy
- De: Albert "Prodigy" Johnson, Laura Checkoway
- Narrado por: Albert "Prodigy" Johnson
- Duración: 13 h y 47 m
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In this often violent but always introspective memoir, Mobb Deep’s Prodigy tells his much anticipated story of struggle, survival, and hope down the mean streets of New York City. For the first time, he gives an intimate look at his family background, his battles with drugs, his life of crime, his relentless suffering with sickle-cell anemia, and much more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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"P" is forever...
- De Anonymous User en 09-22-19
De: Albert "Prodigy" Johnson, y otros
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E.A.R.L.
- The Autobiography of DMX
- De: DMX
- Narrado por: Beresford Bennett
- Duración: 9 h y 3 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 568
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His real name was Earl Simmons. As a child, he placed higher on tests than his fellow students and liked to spend mornings with his mother and sisters playing games and making pancakes. But for young Earl - a boy growing up on the streets of Yonkers, New York - that kind of childhood didn’t last long. Beatings, abuse, and neglect very soon had him moving on to other things, like robbing, stealing, drugs, and, eventually, jail. Along the way, however, he found a talent and a passion for rhyme.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not a good listen
- De Ty en 03-24-22
De: DMX
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From Staircase to Stage
- The Story of Raekwon and the Wu-Tang Clan
- De: Raekwon, Anthony Bozza
- Narrado por: Landon Woodson, Raekwon
- Duración: 11 h y 38 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 751
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There are rappers who everyone loves and there are rappers who every rapper loves, and Corey Woods, a.k.a. Raekwon the Chef, is one of the few who is both. His versatile flow, natural storytelling, and evocative imagery have inspired legions of fans and a new generation of rappers. Raekwon is one of the founding members of Wu-Tang Clan, and his voice and cadence are synonymous with the sound that has made the group iconic since 1991.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must listen
- De sam en 12-10-21
De: Raekwon, y otros
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A Fabulous Disaster
- From the Garage to Madison Square Garden, the Hard Way
- De: Gary Holt, Adem Tepedelen
- Narrado por: Kirk Hammett, Nicholas Tecosky, Gary Holt
- Duración: 9 h y 14 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 59
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As the guitarist and primary songwriter of Exodus and one of the originators of heavy metal, Gary Holt watched as his peers—Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax—soared to superstardom. As his fellow artists amassed millions of fans and record sales, Exodus' albums received critical recognition and inspired generations of listeners—but struggled to reach the same heights of success, as the band was plagued by years of bad management, bad luck, and bad decisions. A Fabulous Disaster follows our narrator through the highest of highs and lowest of lows.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Parting the waters through the desert.
- De Fat albert en 05-30-25
De: Gary Holt, y otros
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Who's That Girl?
- A Memoir
- De: Eve Eve Cooper, Kathy Iandoli
- Narrado por: Eve Eve Cooper
- Duración: 5 h y 38 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 1,194
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The definitive autobiography from Eve, the multiplatinum, Grammy Award®-winning, Emmy®-nominated rapper, singer-songwriter, actor, mother, philanthropist, and entrepreneur.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This took courage and determination
- De @astoldbylashuna en 09-22-24
De: Eve Eve Cooper, y otros
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Fight Club
- De: Chuck Palahniuk
- Narrado por: Jim Colby
- Duración: 5 h y 34 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 11,439
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 9,931
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 9,931
When a listless office employee (the narrator) meets Tyler Durden, his life begins to take on a strange new dimension. Together they form Fight Club - a secretive underground group sponsoring bloody bare-knuckle boxing matches staged in seedy alleys, vacant warehouses, and dive-bar basements. Fight Club lets ordinary men vent their suppressed rage, and it quickly develops a fanatical following.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The first rule about Fight Club is...
- De Ilana en 04-17-12
De: Chuck Palahniuk
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Kubrick
- An Odyssey
- De: Robert P. Kolker, Nathan Abrams
- Narrado por: Perry Daniels
- Duración: 24 h y 33 m
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The enigmatic and elusive filmmaker Stanley Kubrick has not been treated to a full-length biography in over twenty years. Stanley Kubrick: An Odyssey fills that gap. This definitive book is based on access to the latest research, especially Kubrick's archive at the University of the Arts, London, as well as other private papers plus new interviews with family members and those who worked with him. It offers comprehensive and in-depth coverage of Kubrick's personal, private, public, and working life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A stellar biography for Kubrick lovers
- De Daniel en 09-10-24
De: Robert P. Kolker, y otros
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one of the best stories out there for music nerds
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filler
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