The Missing Notebook Rhymes Explained

The Missing Notebook Rhymes
Type:compilation
Longtype:partially released
Artist:DOOM
Cover:The Missing Notebook Rhymes.png
Released:August–September 2017
Genre:Hip hop
Length:15:38
Label:Adultswim.com
Chronology:MF DOOM
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The Missing Notebook Rhymes is a compilation album partially released in 2017 by British-American rapper MF DOOM under the shortened alias "DOOM". The album was intended to be a 15-song compilation of rare or unreleased DOOM tracks that would be released on Adult Swim's website one song a week for 15 weeks—however, on 27 September 2017 Adult Swim abruptly announced the cancellation of the project, just seven songs into its intended 15 song tracklist.[1]

Background

The Missing Notebook Rhymes was announced on 7 August 2017 on both DOOM[2] and Adult Swim's[3] websites after Adult Swim received a folder from Doom containing 15 rare or unreleased songs.[4] The first track, "Notebook 00 - Negus", was released on Adult Swim's website alongside the announcement.[5] In an interview with Mass Appeal, Adult Swim creative director Jason DeMarco said, "They’re tracks that [Doom] either doesn’t have a home for, or they are part of other projects which aren’t necessarily complete, but we can sort of tease them . . . It’s sort of a peek at everything he has going on right now." The second track, "Notebook 01 - True Lightyears", was intended to double as the second Missing Notebook Rhyme and also as the first single from Doom's original group KMD's still-unreleased comeback album Crack In Time.[6]

Track listing

Notes

Cancellation

On 26 September 2017, following the release of "Notebook 06 - Pause Tape (Remix)", Adult Swim removed The Missing Notebook Rhymes from their website.[11] In a statement made the next day to Mass Appeal, an Adult Swim spokesperson stated, "Adult Swim is ending our relationship with DOOM, and thus, the remaining Missing Notebook Rhymes will unfortunately have to remain…missing."[1] No reason was officially given for the cancellation, with both Doom[12] and Adult Swim[13] declining to comment.[14] The album's page on Adult Swim's website began redirecting to a cryptic short story called "What I Remember of the Crash", but soon just redirected to their homepage.[15] [16]

On 31 December 2020, in the wake of the announcement of Doom's passing, Jason DeMarco gave his explanation for why the project had been cancelled in a series of Tweets after three years of silence:

Missing tracks

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Data1: METALFACE – Doom's SoundCloud page with the eight songs theorized to have been intended for inclusion on The Missing Notebook Rhymes

The Missing Notebook Rhymes was cancelled with eight of its 15 songs still unreleased, leading to fans scouring the internet for the remaining tracks.[17] Three weeks after the cancellation of the project, it was discovered that Doom's previously-unused SoundCloud page had suddenly began uploading new songs, the first of which was a Young Guru remix of the Missing Notebook Rhymes track "Notebook 02 - Doomsayer". Eight new tracks were uploaded in total, which have been theorized by many to be the eight missing tracks from the album.[18]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lakshminarayana . Raghava . DOOM and Adult Swim End Their Relationship . . 19 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170927155449/https://massappeal.com/mf-doom-missing-notebook-rhymes-cancelled/ . 27 September 2017 . 27 September 2017 . dead.
  2. Web site: ADULT SWIM PRESENTS DOOM'S "THE MISSING NOTEBOOK RHYMES" . GasDrawls.com . 19 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170808113307/https://gasdrawls.com/home/adult-swim-presents-dooms-the-missing-notebook-rhymes . 8 August 2017 . 7 August 2017 . dead.
  3. Web site: The Missing Notebook Rhymes . . 19 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170808015513/https://www.adultswim.com/music/doom/ . 8 August 2017 . dead.
  4. Web site: Adult Swim to release DOOM's The Missing Notebook Rhymes track by track . . 20 March 2021 . 11 August 2017.
  5. Web site: Darville . Jordan . Adult Swim Will Release 15 Brand New DOOM Tracks, And You Can Listen To One Now . . 20 March 2021 . 7 August 2017.
  6. Web site: Montes . Patrick . DOOM & Jay Electronica Collide for KMD's First Album Single in 24 Years, "True Lightyears" . HypeBeast . 20 March 2021 . 16 August 2017.
  7. Web site: van der Doelen . Doelen . Behind the Scenes of MF DOOM's New Adult Swim Project . . 19 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170818183905/https://massappeal.com/mf-doom-adult-swim-missing-notebook-rhymes-behind-the-scenes/ . 18 August 2017 . 14 August 2017 . dead.
  8. Web site: Carmichael . Rodney . DOOM And Jay Electronica Debut 'True Lightyears,' Teasing A New KMD Album . . 19 March 2021 . 16 August 2017.
  9. Web site: Spinelli . Adrian . Dangerdoom Reunites Thanks To MF Doom's Posthumous Verse On Danger Mouse & Black Thought's 'Belize' . . 13 August 2022 . 12 August 2022.
  10. Web site: Hiphop . Hotnew . The Missing Notebook Rhymes.zip mp3 – MF Doom . https://web.archive.org/web/20201112032311/https://hotnewhiphop.co.uk/missing-notebook-rhymes-zip-mp3-mf-doom/ . 12 November 2020 . dead . . 20 March 2021 . 4 October 2017.
  11. Web site: Scott . Dana . DOOM's "Missing Notebook Rhymes" Series Appears To Be Doomed . Ambrosia for Heads . 20 March 2021 . 27 September 2017.
  12. Web site: Gerth . Austin . Adult Swim takes DOOM's Missing Notebook Rhymes too literally, deletes them and cut ties with DOOM under mysterious circumstances . . 20 March 2021 . 28 September 2017.
  13. Web site: Monroe . Jazz . Blais-Billie . Braudie . Adult Swim Cuts Ties With DOOM, Deletes The Missing Notebook Rhymes . . 20 March 2021 . 27 September 2017.
  14. Web site: Juon . Steve . MF DOOM :: The Missing Notebook Rhymes . RapReviews . 20 March 2021 . 26 January 2021.
  15. Web site: Breihan . Tom . Adult Swim Mysteriously And Prematurely Ends Its Partnership With DOOM . . 20 March 2021 . 27 September 2017.
  16. Web site: Geslani . Michelle . DOOM and Adult Swim cancel The Missing Notebook Rhymes series . . 20 March 2021 . 27 September 2017.
  17. Web site: Leask . Hugh . Deep Fried Cutz: Nine DOOM rarities from the untouchable enigma's vaults . . 19 October 2017 . 20 March 2021.
  18. 11 January 2021 . The Search for the Missing Notebook Rhymes . English . 22 March 2021 . . 3:26 . An Absurd Existence .
  19. Web site: Helman . Peter . Flying Lotus - "Masquatch" (Feat. DOOM) . . 29 April 2021 . 20 November 2014.
  20. WestSide Doom. WestSide Gunn; MF DOOM. 2017. liner notes. Daupe!; Griselda Records. DM-SP-029. London, England; Buffalo, New York.
  21. Web site: Camp . Zoe . PRhyme (Royce Da 5'9" & DJ Premier) Team With DOOM and Phonte for "Highs and Lows" . . 29 April 2021 . 24 November 2015.
  22. Web site: Pearce . Sheldon . The Return of the Dragon (The Abstract Went on Vacation) . . 29 April 2021 . 14 January 2016.
  23. Web site: Breihan . Tom . Ghostface Killah / DOOM "Chinatown Wars" . . 29 April 2021 . 18 March 2009.
  24. Web site: 2018-02-08. Czarface & MF DOOM – "Nautical Depth". 2021-07-06. Stereogum. en.
  25. Web site: Darville . Jordan . Dabrye and DOOM assert their dominion on "Lil Mufukuz" . . 29 April 2021 . 22 January 2018.

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