Vaudeville Villain

Vaudeville Villain
Vaudeville Villain
Studio album by Viktor Vaughn
Released	September 16, 2003
Genre	Hip hop
Length	56:42
Label	Sound-Ink Records; Traffic Entertainment Group;
Producer	King Honey; Heat Sensor; Max Bill; RJD2; Mr Ten;
MF DOOM chronology
Singles from Vaudeville Villain
	"Rae Dawn"; Released: 2003; "Saliva"; Released: 2003 (promo); "Mr. Clean"; Released: June 2004;

Vaudeville Villain is the third studio album by British-American rapper-producer MF Doom, released under the alias Viktor Vaughn on September 16, 2003. All of the tracks are produced by Sound-Ink record label members Heat Sensor, King Honey, and Max Bill, with the exception of "Saliva", produced by RJD2.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
And It Don't Stop	A[2]
Entertainment Weekly	A[3]
HipHopDX	4.0/5[4]
Pitchfork	9.1/10[5]
Spin	B+[6]
Stylus Magazine	B[7]
Tiny Mix Tapes	5/5[8]

Vaudeville Villain ranked at number 25 on Pitchfork's "Top 50 Albums of 2003" list.[9] In 2012, it ranked at number 25 on Pigeons & Planes's "30 Best Underground Hip-Hop Albums" list.[10] Writing in 2021 after MF Doom's death, Robert Christgau said the album "could very well be his best" and viewed it as a consistent example of how he was "a fundamentally comic artist for whom rhyme as opposed to meaning was king".[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Overture"		0:34
2.	"Vaudeville Villain"	King Honey	2:31
3.	"Lickupon"	Heat Sensor	2:44
4.	"The Drop"	Max Bill	3:24
5.	"Lactose and Lecithin"	Heat Sensor	2:34
6.	"A Dead Mouse"	King Honey	3:55
7.	"Open Mic Nite, Pt. 1" (featuring Lord Sear, Brother Sambuca, Rodan as Dr. Moreau and Louis Logic)	King Honey	4:09
8.	"RaeDawn"	Heat Sensor	3:00
9.	"Let Me Watch" (featuring Apani B as Nikki)	King Honey	4:27
10.	"Saliva"	RJD2	2:28
11.	"Modern Day Mugging"	Heat Sensor	2:43
12.	"Open Mic Nite, Pt. 2" (featuring Lord Sear, AJ Ready Wright and Creature)	King Honey Mr Ten	3:13
13.	"Never Dead" (featuring M. Sayyid as Curis Strifer)	Heat Sensor	3:27
14.	"PopSnot"	Max Bill	4:39
15.	"Mr. Clean"	King Honey	2:13
16.	"G.M.C."	Max Bill	3:33
17.	"Change the Beat" (Hidden Track) (performed by MF DOOM)	Max Bill	6:55

Notes

Track 9 is sometimes also called "Can I Watch?".[11]

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[12]

Personnel

N. Gosman – engineering, executive production
Mark Einstmann – mastering
D. Dumile – executive production
A. Threadgold – executive production

Artwork

M. McDonald (for Sound-Ink Records) – art direction
Ralph Borland (for Lazy-R) – layout, design

Additional personnel

M. Lawrence – executive gardening

References

Pytlik, Mark. "Vaudeville Villain – Viktor Vaughn". AllMusic. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
Christgau, Robert (January 13, 2021). "Consumer Guide: January, 2021". And It Don't Stop. Substack. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
Drumming, Neil (July 18, 2003). "Vaudeville Villain". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
K., Chris (October 8, 2003). "Viktor Vaughn – Vaudeville Villain". HipHopDX. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
Pemberton, Rollie (September 15, 2003). "Viktor Vaughn: Vaudeville Villain". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
"Breakdown". Spin. 19 (11): 117. November 2003. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
McKeating, Scott (October 2, 2003). "Viktor Vaughn – Vaudeville Villain – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on March 31, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
Wolfman. "Viktor Vaughn – Vaudeville Villain". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
"Top 50 Albums of 2003 (3/5)". Pitchfork. December 31, 2003. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
"The 30 Best Underground Hip-Hop Albums". Pigeons & Planes. June 27, 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
Saleh, Oumar (11 January 2021). "Why 'Vaudeville Villain', released as supervillain Viktor Vaughn, is MF DOOM's undersung masterpiece". NME. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
Vaudeville Villain (liner notes). Viktor Vaughn. New York, New York; Malden, Massachusetts: Sound-Ink Records; Traffic Entertainment Group. 2003. SIK 012; TEG 2409.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links

Vaudeville Villain at Discogs (list of releases)

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[1] Pytlik, Mark. "Vaudeville Villain – Viktor Vaughn". AllMusic. Retrieved January 7, 2017.

[CG-2] Christgau, Robert (January 13, 2021). "Consumer Guide: January, 2021". And It Don't Stop. Substack. Retrieved April 13, 2021.

[3] Drumming, Neil (July 18, 2003). "Vaudeville Villain". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2017.

[4] K., Chris (October 8, 2003). "Viktor Vaughn – Vaudeville Villain". HipHopDX. Retrieved January 7, 2017.

[5] Pemberton, Rollie (September 15, 2003). "Viktor Vaughn: Vaudeville Villain". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 7, 2017.

[6] "Breakdown". Spin. 19 (11): 117. November 2003. Retrieved June 18, 2019.

[7] McKeating, Scott (October 2, 2003). "Viktor Vaughn – Vaudeville Villain – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on March 31, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2019.

[8] Wolfman. "Viktor Vaughn – Vaudeville Villain". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved January 7, 2017.

[9] "Top 50 Albums of 2003 (3/5)". Pitchfork. December 31, 2003. Retrieved January 7, 2017.

[10] "The 30 Best Underground Hip-Hop Albums". Pigeons & Planes. June 27, 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2017.

[11] Saleh, Oumar (11 January 2021). "Why 'Vaudeville Villain', released as supervillain Viktor Vaughn, is MF DOOM's undersung masterpiece". NME. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

[linernotes-12] Vaudeville Villain (liner notes). Viktor Vaughn. New York, New York; Malden, Massachusetts: Sound-Ink Records; Traffic Entertainment Group. 2003. SIK 012; TEG 2409.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)