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.
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| Released | March 30, 2018 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 43:37 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 6.6/10[1] |
| Metacritic | 75/100[2] |
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| Source | Rating |
| The 405 | 6.5/10[3] |
| AllMusic |    [4] |
| The A.V. Club | B−[5] |
| The Guardian | [6] |
| HipHopDX | 4.3/5[7] |
| NME | [8] |
| Pitchfork | 6.4/10[9] |
| RapReviews | 8.5/10[10] |
| Vice (Expert Witness) |  [11] |
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)
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 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)
Charts
| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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| Scottish Albums (OCC)[13] | 76 |
| US Billboard 200[14] | 134 |
| US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[15] | 37 |
| US Digital Albums (Billboard)[16] | 18 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[17] | 5 |
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[18] | 1 |
| US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[19] | 5 |
Notes
References
External links
- Czarface Meets Metal Face at Discogs (list of releases)