The Downfall of Ibliys: A Ghetto Opera

The Downfall Of Ibliys: A Ghetto Opera
Studio album by MF Grimm
Released	January 12, 2002
Genre	Hip-hop
Length	47:42
Label	Day By Day Entertainment Metal Face Records
Producer	DJ Rob A Count Bass D MF DOOM dminor Cas DJ Eli Dr. Butcher Protest
MF Grimm chronology
MF EP (2000) The Downfall of Ibliys: A Ghetto Opera (2001) Digital Tears: E-mail from Purgatory (2004)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Pitchfork Media	(8.4/10)[1]

The Downfall Of Ibliys: A Ghetto Opera is the full-length debut album by Manhattan, New York rapper MF Grimm, released on January 12, 2002 on his own independent label Day By Day Entertainment.

The album features a variety of producers: Cas, DJ Eli, dminor and DJ Rob A each produce one track, Dr. Butcher co-produces two with Daniel Dumile (in his Metal Fingers guise) and Count Bass D provides two solo productions and one co-production with Metal Fingers. The rest of the album's production, the lion's share, is handled by Metal Fingers. Vocal guest appearances are made by Count Bass D, MF DOOM and Grimm's Monsta Island Czars colleague Megalon.

Grimm was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2000 for narcotics and conspiracy offences. Paying a one-day bail of $100,000, he recorded The Downfall of Ibliys: A Ghetto Opera in those twenty-four hours. Grimm also said in a interview that the album is mainly a lot of questions he had about his life and that his other albums are answers to life.^[2]Studying law while incarcerated, Grimm appealed his sentences and filed counter-suits, with the ultimate effect that his sentence was commuted to three years and he was released in 2003.

Track listing

1. "Alpha" – 0:35
   • Featuring Count Bass D
   • Produced by Count Bass D and Metal Fingers
2. "Time And Space" – 2:51
   • Produced by DJ Rob A
3. "Life And Death" – 4:21
   • Produced by Metal Fingers
4. "Freedom" – 3:07
   • Produced by Dr. Butcher and Metal Fingers
5. "Foolish" – 3:15
   • Featuring Megalon & MF DOOM
   • Produced by Metal Fingers
6. "Together" – 1:58
   • Produced by dminor
7. "Break Em Off" – 4:04
   • Produced by Cas
8. "Rain Blood" – 3:59
   • Featuring Megalon
   • Produced by Metal Fingers
9. "Voices Pt. 0" – 1:57
   • Produced by Metal Fingers
10. "Voices Pt. 1" – 1:54
    • Featuring MF DOOM
    • Produced by Metal Fingers
11. "Yes You Are (It's Only A Movie)" – 2:25
    • Produced by DJ Eli
12. "I.B.'s" – 3:53
    • Produced by Metal Fingers
13. "To All My Comrades" – 2:05
    • Produced by Metal Fingers
14. "Howl" – 2:27
    • Produced by Dr. Butcher and Metal Fingers
15. "Words" – 3:24
    • Produced by Count Bass D
16. "Teach The Babies" – 2:27
    • Produced by Protest
17. "Omega/Chicken Little" (bonus track) – 2:58
    • Produced by Count Bass D

References

1. ^ Pitchfork Media review
2. ^ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16074125

External links

• Day By Day Entertainment

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16074125

1. ^ Pitchfork Media review
2. ^ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16074125