{"product_id":"the-chronicles-of-doom-isbn-9781662603242","title":"The Chronicles of DOOM","description":"A Variety best music book of 2024\u003cbr\u003eA FLOOD best music book of 2024\u003cbr\u003eA Clash best music book of 2024\u003cbr\u003eA Mother Jones best book of 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In a career and life full of fictions, the truth—as this excellent, detailed biography makes clear—was often as mind-boggling [. . .] Hip-hop writer S.H. Fernando Jr. benefits from an insider’s understanding of the milieu and provides generous context.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eKitty Empire, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive biography of MF DOOM, charting the reclusive and revered hip-hop artist’s life, career, and eventual immortality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn December 31, 2020, the world was shocked to learn about the death of hip-hop legend MF DOOM. Born in London and raised in the suburban enclave of Long Beach, New York, Daniel Dumile Jr.'s love of cartoons and comic books would soon turn him into one of hip-hop's most enigmatic, prolific, and influential figures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSweeping and definitive, \u003ci\u003eThe Chronicles of DOOM: Unraveling Rap’s Masked Iconoclast\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the rise, fall, redemption, and untimely demise of MF DOOM. Broken down into five sections: The Man, The Myth, The Mask, The Music, and The Legend, journalist S. H. Fernando, or SKIZ, chronicles the life of Daniel Dumile Jr., beginning in the house he grew up in in Long Beach, NY, into the hip-hop group KMD, onto the stage of his first masked show, through the countless collabs, and across the many different cities Daniel called home. Centering the music, SKIZ deftly lays out the history of east-coast rap against DOOM's life story and dissects the personas, projects, tracks, and lyrics that led to his immortality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncluding exclusive interviews with those who worked closely with DOOM and providing an unknown, intimate, behind the scenes look into DOOM’s life, \u003ci\u003eThe Chronicles of DOOM\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive biography of MF DOOM, a supervillain on stage and hero to those who paid attention.\"Trying to focus on the tale of the eccentric, enigmatic and anonymous rapper-producer Dumile Daniel Thompson—a.k.a. DOOM—must have been akin to pinning down mercury . . . Fernando goes a long way in presenting the man behind the mask (who died in 2020) without revealing all of his spaced-out secrets that made him special.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eA. D. Amorosi, \u003ci\u003eVariety\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"This is an ambitious, widescreen, hugely colourful undertaking. Putting to bed some long-held rumours and mistruths, the book also zones in on what makes DOOM such an entrancing figure—in placing a spotlight on his life and work, the author often locates further deposits of genius. A tome worthy of the iconoclastic rapper.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eRobin Murray, \u003ci\u003eClash\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In a career and life full of fictions, the truth—as this excellent, detailed biography makes clear—was often as mind-boggling . . . Hip-hop writer S.H. Fernando Jr. benefits from an insider's understanding of the milieu and provides generous context.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eKitty Empire,\u003ci\u003e The Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There’s a lot more going on in \u003ci\u003eThe Chronicles of Doom\u003c\/i\u003e than gushing over a fallen hero . . . [Fernando] tells a larger story about reinvention, a process familiar to anyone who has had to rebuild a life, and an identity, when things fall apart.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eChris Vognar, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Fernando has offered a definitive roadmap to a great artist whose output can still be daunting to the newcomer.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eMichaelangelo Matos, \u003ci\u003eCarbon Sound\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You mustn't pass up on this rare glimpse into the life of the one and only MF Doom. Perfect for fans of Dilla Time.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eChevalier's Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fernando provides a comprehensive look at DOOM's life and career, meticulously researched through interviews with the rapper’s many collaborators and those closest to the man behind the mask. His track-by-track breakdowns of DOOM's albums will have sample spotters diving into their record collections. A perfect pairing with Dan Charnas's \u003ci\u003eDilla Time\u003c\/i\u003e (2022), this is an essential exploration into the world of 'your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper.'\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eCarlos Orellana, \u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Chronicles of DOOM\u003c\/i\u003e is superbly written, and incredibly well researched, but also full of heart and the pure love and appreciation of any true DOOM fan. Here you get everything you would want to know about the man, the myth, the mask. It is written as compellingly as the origin stories of the greatest superheroes and supervillains. If you love DOOM, I could not more highly recommend this book.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eTommy Orange, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWandering Stars \u003c\/i\u003eand Pulitzer Prize finalist for \u003ci\u003eThere, There\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This authoritative guide to one of hip hop’s most enigmatic figures peeks behind the mask to reveal Daniel Dumile’s rebellious spirit and creative genius.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eRob Kenner, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Marathon Don't Stop: The Life and Times of Nipsey Hussle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Chronicles of DOOM\u003c\/i\u003e is a thoroughly researched and at times poetically written tome about the life and work of MF DOOM. . . . [It] has something for the old school hip hop heads, the comic reading and cartoon watching nerds, the DIY indie kids, the esoteric stoners, and everyone in between just like DOOM’s music.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eLogan Dalton\u003c\/b\u003eS.H. Fernando Jr., aka SKIZ, is a writer-journalist whose byline has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, Rolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e The Source\u003c\/i\u003e. He currently lives in Baltimore, Maryland.","brand":"Astra House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233642229989,"sku":"NP9781662603242","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781662603242.jpg?v=1767738688","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-chronicles-of-doom-isbn-9781662603242","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}