It’s wild. It’s western. It’s super psychedelic. It’s the new animated video for “Gunfight” by The Mighty Underdogs featuring MF Doom. The self-proclaimed hip-hop supergroup is comprised of Lateef the Truth Speaker (Quannum Projects), Headnodic (Crown City Rockers), and Gift of Gab (Blackalicious), and they will release their first album on Def Jux this October, entitled Droppin’ Science Fiction. In addition to MF Doom, guests include DJ Shadow, Mr. Lif, and Damian “JR Gong” Marley, among others. Make sure to check out
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of “The Anthem” off their upcoming album! Catch the Dogs on tour now, just click the read more for a full listing of dates.
08/07 Richard’s – Vancouver BC (opening for DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist)
08/09 Shambula Music Festival – Salmo BC (opening for DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist)
08/16 Rock the Bells Festival – Mountain View, CA w/ BLACKALICIOUS
08/19 Trocadero Theater – Philadelphia, PA w/ AESOP ROCK
08/20 9:30 Club – $500 – Washington, DC w/ AESOP ROCK
08/22 McMenamin’s Edgefield – Troutdale, OR w/ BLACKALICIOUS & STS9
08/23 Marymoor Amphitheatre Seattle, WA w/ BLACKALICIOUS & STS9
09/12 Glasshouse – Pomona, CA w/ AESOP ROCK
09/13 Troubadour – Los Angeles, CA w/ AESOP ROCK
09/14 Troubadour – Los Angeles, CA w/ AESOP ROCK
09/15 Troubadour – Los Angeles, CA w/ AESOP ROCK
09/17 Belly Up – San Diego, CA w/ AESOP ROCK
09/18 The Exit – Fresno, CA w/ AESOP ROCK
09/19 The Brewery – San Luis Obispo, CA w/ AESOP ROCK
For more Mighty Underdogs, hit up thier myspace page.
hmmm. these are my folks but this one falls flat. especially with all the issue of gun violence and trying to change the laws, I think this was a bad move…I hear the one w/Damian Marley will be better
lateef is highly underated
As is Headnodic (underrated). This video is dope. totally original and fun. I needed this to contrast all the b.s. that’s floating around these days. And, I did hear a snippet of the joint with Damian Marley and it’s on fire.
This ish is hype.
doom’s verse is disgustingly wonderful.
This is like a monty python cartoon spagetti western psychadellic jammy jam. I dig it!
Is that Gab on the 2nd verse? He sounds crazy different. Dope joint.
Ethan’s killin it !
The song was a-ight but the video looked like they resurrected Romare Bearden, fed him acid, and made him animate it.
I dunno how I feel about that either.
They were dope live. I saw them in Atlantic City with Cut Chemist and Shadow… Dope all around.
Unlike some I like the concept of the song. It’s totally out of character for these emcees to spit like this. It’s a fantasy piece. So hence the old western theme of the video. But if you mention the word gun, bullet, or shoot in a verse people want to Tipper Gore you.
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http://www.youtube.com/outabodies
good stuff
So….It’s seems that I’ve sparked a controversy with my post about this video. You see, I know Gab personally and professionally, and he made a note to call me because he felt his friend dissed his music, and put it up on a post. Gab, and the Blackalicious family, looked out for me as an artist from 2003 to 2005. That’s how I first got to Europe. I’m always the first to raise the Blackalicious and Gab banner, but quite honestly, I didn’t like the song, and I should have just hit him up personally instead of posting it on the Internet. In no way was I attempting to diss Gab in any way, and this is a public apology. Music critics are like opinions, everyone has one. My fault homie…
ummmmm… okay
PS: that shit is dope to me. stop crying.
This is sick. They obviously had no intimations of this being played anywhere near MTV- its laughably violent. I like the integrity of the concept, and getting DOOM to hold true to it and for all the MC’s to pull it off so well is…kinda rare. Is anyone else doing hip-hop that sounds this fresh, fun and inspired?
Dope stuff. Dope track. Dope video.