![]() Luckily, Doom and Mouse sidestep the pratfalls hip-hop has unfortunately endured whenever it has rubbed elbows with television culture by allowing the nuts behind the likes of “Sealab 2021” and “Harvey Birdman” to flex their comedic muscle with the same respect they gave such high profile MC’s as Ghostface Killah, Talib Kweli and Cee-Lo here. Released in conjunction with the Cartoon Network’s late night subsidiary Adult Swim, “The Mouse and the Mask” boasts perhaps the most bizarre and dazzling array of cameos rap music has ever witnessed, as the popular cult channel’s biggest stars all step up to the mic to ensue full frontal insanity. If you want the true LOL LP of 2005, look no further than the long-awaited collaboration between underground hip-hop sensations Danger Mouse and MF Doom. The album features Cee-Lo Green (also of Gnarls Barkley), Talib Kweli, Ghostface Killah, Money Mark and the cast of cult cartoon show Aqua Teen Hunger Force and ten years on remains DOOM's best selling album to date.Forget what you’ve heard about frat boy jokester Dane Cook having the comedy album market on lock. "The Mouse and the Mask" was produced by Lex super-producer Danger Mouse and masked supervillain MF DOOM. The inner sleeves, visible through the outer at first glance pattern based on an Ishihara test, but inside the circles in the pattern are tiny icons depicting a different disasters - climate change, acid rain, holy war, nuclear leaks. Design by EHQuestionmark, the outer sleeve is made from thick translucent textured plastic with DOOM's mask printed on cover, and mouse ears on each side of the mask forming a pattern that looks like a Rorschach test (a technique reused in another Danger Mouse project six months later). ![]() ![]() Lex has a history of lavish packaging but this remains one of the lushest sleeves in the catalogue. Previously only available in Europe in limited quantities, this is the first time many fans will be able to get their hands on a double vinyl copy of "The Mouse and the Mask". ![]() Standard shipping is £3.20 to the UK £4.30 ($6.40) to the USA. For the first time in a decade Lex are reissuing DANGERDOOM's "The Mouse and the Mask"Īll orders will receive an immediate download of the album. ![]()
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