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{{Infobox album
| name         = Mm..Food
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[MF Doom]]<!-- Do not change to all caps, as per Wikipedia guidelines-->
| cover        = Mmfood.jpg
| alt          = Illustration of a masked man sitting down at a table eating from packaged foods while another masked man sits under the table reading a book.
| released     = 16 November 2004
| recorded     =
| studio       =
| genre        = [[Alternative hip hop]]
| length       = 48:57
| label        = [[Rhymesayers Entertainment|Rhymesayers]]
| producer     =
* MF Doom
* [[Madlib]]
* [[Count Bass D]]
* PNS
| chronology   = [[MF Doom]]
| prev_title   = [[VV:2]]
| prev_year    = 2004
| next_title   = [[The Mouse and the Mask]]
| next_year    = 2005
| misc         = {{Singles
| name        = Mm..Food
| type        = studio
| single1     = [[One Beer (Madvillain song)|One Beer]]
| single1date = 30 March 2004
| single2     = Hoe Cakes
| single2date = 9 November 2004
}}
}}
'''''Mm..Food''''' is the fifth studio album by British-American rapper and producer [[MF Doom]], released through [[Rhymesayers Entertainment|Rhymesayers]] on 16 November 2004. The album peaked at number 17 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'}}s [[Independent Albums]] chart, and number 9 on [[Heatseekers Albums]] chart. The title ''Mm..Food'' is an [[anagram]] of "MF Doom".
==Background==
MF Doom described ''Mm..Food'' as a [[concept album]] "about the things you find on a picnic, or at a picnic table".<ref name="spinpf">{{cite web |last1=Pappademas |first1=Alex |title=MF Doom: Our 2004 Profile |url=https://www.spin.com/2019/11/mf-doom-interview-mm-food/ |website=Spin |access-date=18 March 2021 |date=December 2004 |archive-date=6 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306080714/https://www.spin.com/2019/11/mf-doom-interview-mm-food/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The album's titles and lyrics contain references to different foods, some with common metaphors and double entendres in the "street world" and the "nutritional realm".<ref name="xxlverses">{{cite web |title=DOOM Shares The Stories Behind Ten Of His Best Verses |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/doom-shares-the-stories-behind-ten-of-his-best-verses/ |website=XXL Magazine |access-date=18 March 2021 |date=18 October 2013 |archive-date=19 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519014336/https://www.xxlmag.com/doom-shares-the-stories-behind-ten-of-his-best-verses/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
The album is primarily produced by MF Doom, except for the tracks "Potholderz", produced by [[Count Bass D]]; "[[One Beer (Madvillain song)|One Beer]]", produced by [[Madlib]] and originally intended for the joint Madlib and MF Doom album ''[[Madvillainy]]'';<ref name="One Beer">{{cite web|title=One Beer|url=https://www.stonesthrow.com/store/one-beer-2/|website=[[Stones Throw Records|Stones Throw]]|access-date=19 March 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430092835/https://www.stonesthrow.com/store/one-beer-2/|url-status=live}}</ref> and "Kon Queso" produced by [[Molemen (producers)|PNS of Molemen]]. ''Mm..Food'' features guest appearances from Count Bass D, Angelika, 4ize and Mr. Fantastik.
"Kon Queso" was originally released under the name "Yee Haw" on a [[12 inch single]] in July 2003 with Molemen.<ref>{{cite web |title=MF Doom - Yee Haw |url=https://www.discogs.com/MF-Doom-Yee-Haw/release/226222 |website=Discogs |access-date=18 March 2021 |archive-date=19 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219072028/https://www.discogs.com/MF-Doom-Yee-Haw/release/226222 |url-status=live }}</ref> The track was re-recorded for ''Mm..Food'' with a more laidback performance from MF Doom. "Vomitspit" is a new version of the song "Vomit", with a different beat and some changed lyrics.<ref name="mmleftovers">{{cite web |title=MF Doom – Mm..LeftOvers |url=https://www.discogs.com/MF-Doom-MmLeftOvers/release/375551 |website=Discogs |access-date=18 March 2021 |archive-date=19 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219094337/https://www.discogs.com/MF-Doom-MmLeftOvers/release/375551 |url-status=live }}</ref> The original release of the album included a different version of "Kookies". It was removed due to an unlicensed sample from ''[[Sesame Street]]'', and was promptly changed to a simpler version of the song in all future physical and digital releases.
A bonus disc titled ''Mm..LeftOvers'' containing throwaway tracks and remixes from ''Mm..Food'' was released on 16 November 2004 on Hiphopsite.com. It was given away with copies of ''Mm..Food''. The CD contained a recipe for "Villainous Mac & Cheese" by Grammy Dumile on the back of the CD insert.<ref name="mmleftovers"/>
The album cover's art director was Jeff Jank, and painting by Jason Jagel. The original painting included a [[Blunt (cannabis)|blunt]] that was later edited out.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.stonesthrow.com/news/jagel-doom-mm-food-art-print/ | title=JASON JAGEL X MF DOOM: MM FOOD &#124; Stones Throw Records | access-date=27 September 2022 | archive-date=27 September 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927141125/https://www.stonesthrow.com/news/jagel-doom-mm-food-art-print/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
In August 2024, MF Doom received a posthumous [[RIAA]] Gold certification for two singles released from ''Mm..Food'' - "Hoe Cakes" and "One Beer". The following month, he received a posthumous Platinum certification for the song "[[Rapp Snitch Knishes]]".<ref>{{cite web |title=MF DOOM - Gold & Platinum |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=mf+doom#search_section |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=riaa.com |publisher=RIAA}}</ref>
==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
| MC = 81/100<ref name=mc>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/mmfood/mf-doom|title=Reviews for MM..Food by MF Doom|work=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=January 7, 2015|archive-date=31 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231230802/https://www.metacritic.com/music/mmfood/mf-doom|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mmfood-mw0000674548|title=Mm...Food – MF Doom|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|first=David|last=Jeffries|access-date=January 20, 2017|archive-date=12 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412224917/https://www.allmusic.com/album/mmfood-mw0000674548|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]''
| rev2score = 4/5<ref>{{cite journal|title=MF Doom: Mm.. Food|journal=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]|issue=199|date=February 2005|page=94}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Boston Phoenix]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://bostonphoenix.com:80/boston/music/otr/documents/04362636.asp|title=MF Doom: MM . . FOOD? (Rhymesayers)|work=[[The Boston Phoenix]]|first=Franklin|last=Soults|date=December 31, 2004 – January 6, 2005|access-date=April 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101116085950/http://bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/otr/documents/04362636.asp|archive-date=November 16, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev4score = B+<ref name="ew">{{cite magazine|title=MF Doom: Mm.. Food|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|first=Ryan|last=Dombal|date=December 3, 2004|page=87}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/aug/17/urban.shopping|title=MF Doom, Mm ... Food|work=[[The Guardian]]|first=Dorian|last=Lynskey|date=August 17, 2007|access-date=April 27, 2018|archive-date=27 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427120336/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/aug/17/urban.shopping|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[HipHopDX]]''
| rev6score = 4.0/5<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.488/title.mf-doom-mm-food-re-release|title=MF Doom – MM..Food (Re-release)|work=[[HipHopDX]]|author=J-23|date=July 24, 2007|access-date=January 20, 2017|archive-date=27 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627195758/https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.488/title.mf-doom-mm-food-re-release|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev7score = 7/10<ref>{{cite journal|title=MF Doom: Mm.. Food|journal=[[NME]]|date=December 18, 2004|page=51}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev8score = 7.5/10<ref name="pitchfork">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5255-mmfood/|title=MF Doom: Mm..Food?|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|first=Nick|last=Sylvester|date=November 15, 2004|access-date=January 20, 2017|archive-date=12 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912101627/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5255-mmfood/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=MF Doom: Mm.. Food|journal=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]|issue=92|date=January 2005|page=121}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[URB (magazine)|URB]]''
| rev10score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=MF Doom: Mm.. Food|journal=[[URB (magazine)|URB]]|issue=123|date=January–February 2005|page=93}}</ref>
}}
''Mm..Food'' garnered acclaim upon release. At [[Metacritic]], it was given an average score of 81, based on 22 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref name=mc/> Ryan Dombal of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' wrote, "''Mm..Food'' flips countless edible metaphors over hard-hitting, jazzy beats, while never devolving into pointless parody."<ref name="ew"/> David Jeffries of [[AllMusic]] called it "as vital as anything he's done before and entirely untouched or stymied by the hype."<ref name="allmusic"/> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''{{'}}s Nick Sylvester called ''Mm..Food'' "an attempt to make good on Doom's almost fascist conceit to restore rap's golden age despite its loss of innocence."<ref name="pitchfork"/> [[Nathan Rabin]] of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' called the album "a crazy pastiche tied loopily together around obsessions with food, comic books, and supervillainy" and wrote that Doom is "exempt from the law of diminishing returns."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/mf-doom-mm-food-1798200165|title=MF Doom: Mm.. Food?|first=Nathan|last=Rabin|author-link=Nathan Rabin|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=November 29, 2004|access-date=April 5, 2018|archive-date=31 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231230759/https://music.avclub.com/mf-doom-mm-food-1798200165|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2012, ''[[Stereogum]]'' named it the best MF Doom album.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1219752/counting-down-mf-doom-albums-from-worst-to-best/franchises/counting-down/attachment/mmfood/|title=MF Doom Albums From Worst To Best — 1. MF DOOM – Mm.. FOOD (2004)|work=[[Stereogum]]|last=Tatusian|first=Alex|date=December 13, 2012|access-date=March 21, 2017|archive-date=8 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208123556/https://www.stereogum.com/1219752/counting-down-mf-doom-albums-from-worst-to-best/franchises/counting-down/attachment/mmfood/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, ''[[NME]]'' named it "one of the 23 maddest and most memorable concept albums."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/23-of-the-maddest-and-most-memorable-concept-albums-1425767|title=23 Of The Maddest And Most Memorable Concept Albums|work=[[NME]]|date=July 8, 2015|access-date=January 20, 2017|archive-date=13 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113182943/http://www.nme.com/photos/23-of-the-maddest-and-most-memorable-concept-albums-1425767|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Track listing==
All tracks written and produced by [[MF Doom]], except where noted.
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Mm..Food'' track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Beef Rapp
| length1 = 4:39
| title2 = Hoe Cakes
| length2 = 3:54
| title3 = Potholderz
| note3 = featuring [[Count Bass D]]
| extra3 = [[Count Bass D]]
| length3 = 3:20
| title4 = [[One Beer (Madvillain song)|One Beer]]
| extra4 = [[Madlib]]
| length4 = 4:18
| title5 = Deep Fried Frenz
| length5 = 4:59
| title6 = Poo-Putt Platter
| length6 = 1:13
| title7 = Fillet-O-Rapper
| length7 = 1:03
| title8 = Gumbo
| length8 = 0:49
| title9 = Fig Leaf Bi-Carbonate
| length9 = 3:19
| title10 = Kon Karne
| length10 = 2:51
| title11 = Guinnessez
| note11 = featuring Angelika and 4ize
| length11 = 4:41
| title12 = Kon Queso
| extra12 = [[Molemen (producers)|PNS]]
| length12 = 4:00
| title13 = [[Rapp Snitch Knishes]]
| note13 = featuring Mr. Fantastik
| length13 = 2:52
| title14 = Vomitspit
| length14 = 2:48
| title15 = Kookies
| length15 = 4:02
| total_length = 48:57
}}
{{track listing
| headline      = ''Deluxe Edition''
| title16       = Hoe Cakes ([[Jake One]] Remix)
| length16      = 3:01
| title17       = Beef Rapp (Live)
| length17      = 2:58
| total_length  = 54:56
}}
{{track listing
|headline=''Mm..LeftOvers''
| extra_column = Producer(s)
|title1=It Ain't Nuthin{{'-}}
|note1=The Chapter Remix
|length1=2:53
|title2=Hoe Cakes
|note2=ANT Remix
|length2=3:17
|title3=My Favorite Ladies
|note3=[[KMD]] Remix
|length3=2:22
|title4=Change The Beat
|note4=Inhumanz remix
|length4=3:09
|title5=Hot Guacamole
|note5=featuring [[MC Paul Barman]]
|extra5=[[Prince Paul (producer)|Prince Paul]]
|length5=1:43
|title6=Hoe Cakes
|note6=[[Jake One]] Remix
|length6=2:56
|title7=One Beer
|note7=[[Madlib]] Remix
|length7=2:55
|title8=All Outta Ale
|note8=The Professor Meets the Supervillain
|length8=2:42
|title9=Vomit
|note9=featuring Parallel Thought
|extra9=Drum & Knowledge
|length9=2:58
|title10=Hoe Cakes
|note10=Beatboxapella
|length10=3:11
| total_length = 28:06
}}
'''Notes'''
* The 2007 vinyl edition was mastered with tracks 3 and 4 switched.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/MF-Doom-MMFood/release/3433495|title=MF Doom - MM.. Food (Vinyl, LP, Album, Mispress, Reissue)|work=Discogs|date=2007|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=13 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013123446/https://www.discogs.com/MF-Doom-MMFood/release/3433495|url-status=live}}</ref>
*The original release of the album included a different version of "Kookies". It was removed due to an unlicensed sample from ''[[Sesame Street]]'', and was promptly changed to a simpler version of the song in all future physical and digital releases.
==Personnel==
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.<ref name="linernotes">{{Cite AV media notes|title=MM..Food|others=MF Doom|year=2004|type=liner notes|publisher=[[Rhymesayers Entertainment]]|id=RSE0051-1|location=Minneapolis, Minnesota}}</ref>
'''Production'''
* [[MF Doom|Doom the Metal Fingered Villain]] – production {{small|(1, 2, 5–11, 13–15)}}
* [[Count Bass D]] – production {{small|(3)}}
* [[Madlib]] – production {{small|(4)}}
* PNS of the [[Molemen (producers)|Molemen]] – production {{small|(12)}}
'''Additional personnel'''
* [[MF Doom|Daniel Dumile]] – executive production
* Jasmine Thomas – executive production
* Alfred P. Morgan{{efn|In all future releases, Alfred P. Morgan is excluded from the liner notes.<ref name="linernotes" /><ref>{{Cite AV media notes|title=MM..Food|others=MF Doom|year=2007|type=liner notes|publisher=[[Rhymesayers Entertainment]]|id=RSE0084-1|location=Minneapolis, Minnesota}}</ref>}} – executive production
* Brent "Abu Shiddiq" Sayers – executive production
'''Artwork'''
* Jason Jagel – artwork
* Jeff Jank – design
* Adam R Garcia – design and layout
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ 2004 chart performance for ''Mm..Food''
! scope="col"| Chart (2004)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Independent Albums]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/276868/mf-doom/chart?f=326|title=MF Doom - Chart history - Top Independent Albums|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=January 20, 2017|archive-date=18 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218012230/https://www.billboard.com/artist/276868/mf-doom/chart?f=326|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 17
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' [[Heatseekers Albums]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/276868/mf-doom/chart?f=324|title=MF Doom - Chart history - Top Heatseekers Albums|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=January 20, 2017|archive-date=15 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615131219/http://www.billboard.com/artist/276868/mf-doom/chart?f=324|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 9
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ 2021–2024 chart performance for ''Mm..Food''
! scope="col"| Chart (2021–2024)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/albums-chart/2024-11-25|title=ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|date=November 25, 2024|access-date=November 22, 2024}}</ref>
| 28
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|158|artist=MF Doom|album=Mm.. Food|rowheader=true|access-date=24 November 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Wallonia|197|artist=MF Doom|album=Mm.. Food|rowheader=true|access-date=24 November 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|67|artist=MF Doom|rowheader=true|access-date=26 November 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|19|id=59935|artist=MF Doom|album=Mm ... Food|rowheader=true|access-date=22 November 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|5|date=20241122|rowheader=true|access-date=23 November 2024}}
|-
! scope="row"| Swedish Physical Albums ([[Sverigetopplistan]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/234?dspy=2024&dspp=47|title=Veckolista Album Fysiskt, vecka 47|publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]|access-date=November 23, 2024}}</ref>
| 18
|-
{{album chart|UK2|64|date=20241122|rowheader=true|access-date=22 November 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|UKIndependent|3|date=20241122|rowheader=true|access-date=23 November 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|UKR&B|2|date=20241122|rowheader=true|access-date=23 November 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|18|artist=MF Doom|rowheader=true|access-date=26 November 2024}}
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' Independent Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/independent-albums/|title=Independent Albums|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=27 November 2024|archive-date=27 November 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127151923/https://www.billboard.com/charts/independent-albums/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' Catalog Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/catalog-albums/|title=Catalog Albums|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=27 November 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|-
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|5|artist=MF Doom|rowheader=true|access-date=26 November 2024}}
|}
==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Mm..Food''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|relyear=2007|certyear=2024|title=Mm Food|artist=Mf Doom|type=album|award=Silver|id=19727-6671-2|access-date=23 February 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|relyear=2004|certyear=2024|title=Mm... Food|artist=Mf Doom|type=album|award=Gold|access-date=6 September 2024}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|noshipments=true|nosales=true|streaming=true}}
==Notes==
{{Notelist}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==Further reading==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.citypages.com/music/mf-dooms-mm-food-10-years-later-6641357|title=MF Doom's MM.. Food: 10 Years Later|work=[[City Pages]]|first=Chaz|last=Kangas|date=January 15, 2015|access-date=January 20, 2017}}
==External links==
* {{Discogs master|8478|Mm.. Food}}
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