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It's Bullseye. I'm Jesse Thorne. Some albums are good. I love a good album. Others, not so good. No thanks. Not for me. But then, an elite few are great. So significant is their impact on music, on style, on culture they deserve to be enshrined in bull's eyes pop music canon.

We induct them in a segment we call Cannonball.

This week, we'll hear from Skis Fernando. He's a writer, MC, producer, and record label owner. He's written for The Source, the New York Times, and many other outlets. He has a new book. It's a biography of the late rapper M.F. Doom, who's one of most revered emcees of all time. It's called The Chronicles of Doom, Unraveling Raps Masked Iconiclast.

Doom released countless great records during his career, including Mad Villain Eat,

Mmm Food, vaudeville villain. But for Cannonball, Fernando chose Doom's first effort,

the legendary Operation Doomsday. Here's Skis. Hey, this is Skis Fernando, the author Operation Doomsday.

Here's Skis.

Hey, this is Skis Fernando, the author of the new book, The Chronicles of Doom, Unraveling Rapsmast, iconoclast.

And I'm here to talk about Operation Doomsday by MF Doom.

Mike Check.F. Doom. Mike Check.

M.F. Doom is probably one of the greatest emcees to ever rock the mic.

He's also one of the best producers out there. And unfortunately,

he left us way too soon at the age of 49. This book is a tribute to his life and his artistry. Operation Dooms Day was MF Doom's first solar record as MF Doom. Doom.

The man known as MF Doom is really Daniel Dumalay, who's a young man

who grew up

in Long Beach,

New York.

When he was

still a teenager

in high school,

he and his brother

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