The Mouse and the Mask

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The Mouse and the Mask
Studio album by DANGERDOOM
Released	October 11, 2005 (U.S.) October 17, 2005 (UK)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	39:51
Label	Epitaph Records (U.S.) Lex Records (UK)
Producer(s)	Danger Mouse
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link AllHipHop.com link A Rant A Day link HipHopAve (4.5/5) link Pitchfork Media (7.8/10) link PopMatters (8/10) link RapReviews.com (8.5/10) link Slant link
DANGERDOOM chronology
	The Mouse and the Mask (2005)	Occult Hymn (2006)

The Mouse and the Mask is a collaboration album by Danger Mouse and MF DOOM under the name DANGERDOOM, released on October 11, 2005 by Epitaph Records in the United States. It was also released by Lex Records in the UK on October 17, 2005, with different cover art.

The album was inspired by Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming (where it also received considerable advertising) and features guest performances by Ghostface Killah, Cee-Lo and Talib Kweli as well as character voices and clips from many Adult Swim shows.

"Sofa King" was released as a 12-inch single on November 4, 2005, and was followed by "Old School" on July 10, 2006. A video for "A.T.H.F. (Aqua Teen Hunger Force)" has also been made.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Album singles 3 Album Chart Positions 4 Personnel 5 Miscellanea 6 Release details 7 Sample 8 External links

[edit] Track listing

1. "El Chupa Nibre" (Brian Burton, Daniel Dumile) – 2:40
   • Appearances by Brak, Zorak, Master Shake, Lois Griffin
2. "Sofa King" (Burton, Dumile) – 2:57
   • Appearance by Aqua Teen Hunger Force
3. "The Mask" (Burton, Dennis Coles, Dumile) – 3:12
   • Featuring Ghostface
   • Appearance by Brak & Zorak
   • Samples Nova Local's "If You Only Had The Time"
4. "Perfect Hair" (B. Burton, D. Dumile) – 2:03
   • Appearance by Master Shake
5. "Benzie Box" (B. Burton, D. Dumile, Cee-Lo Green) – 3:00
   • Featuring Cee-Lo
6. "Old School" (B. Burton, D. Dumile) – 2:40
   • Featuring Talib Kweli
   • Appearance by Aqua Teen Hunger Force
7. "A.T.H.F. (Aqua Teen Hunger Force) " (Burton, Dumile) – 3:03
   • Appearance Aqua Teen Hunger Force
8. "Basket Case" (Burton, Dumile) – 2:35
   • Appearance by the cast of Harvey Birdman
9. "No Names (Black Debbie)" (Burton, Dumile) – 3:07
   • Appearance by the cast of Sealab 2021
10. "Crosshairs" (Burton, Dumile) – 2:27
    • Appearance by Brak and Thundercleese
11. "Mince Meat" (Burton, Dumile) – 2:33
12. "Vats of Urine" (Burton, Dumile) – 1:48
    • Appearance by the Mooninites
13. "Space Ho's" (Burton, Dumile) – 3:29
    • Appearance by Space Ghost
14. "Bada Bing" (Burton, Dumile) – 4:35
    • Appearance by Aqua Teen Hunger Force

[edit] Album singles

Single cover	Single information
	"Sofa King" Released: October 25, 2005 B-side: "Mince Meat"
	"Old School" (UK Only) Released: July 10, 2006 B-side: "Space Ho's (Madlib Remix)" & "Sofa King (Danger Mouse Remix)"

[edit] Album Chart Positions

Year	Album	Chart positions
		Billboard 200	Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums	Top Independent Albums
2005	The Mouse And The Mask	#41	#31	#2

[edit] Personnel

• Mark Linkous - bass
• Money Mark - keys

[edit] Miscellanea

• The rap that Meatwad performs at the end of "Bada Bing" is a verse from "Beef Rapp", the first song on MF DOOM's album MM..Food?.
• Comedian Dave Chappelle created an iTunes Celebrity Playlist and selected the DANGERDOOM track "Mince Meat" for his Block Party Picks. He stated, "Two very consistently good artists collaborate to make my head nod. Doom, Mouse - Thank You. Wherever you are, nice album." On a semi-related sidenote, MF DOOM mentioned Chappelle in the song "Peoples, Places, and Things" (called "Name Dropping" on his CD "Live from Planet X"). His semi-incomprehensible stanza sounds like "Rap cats stag brave as hell/Get on the mic and yell 'Gangsta!' like some 'yeah, see' like Dave Chappelle."
• MF DOOM disses GM Grimm in this album by referring to the Monsta Island Czars (aka M.I.C.) as 'Midgets Into Crunk' in the song "El Chupa Nibre" (on the paraphrased remix version the line is changed to 'Monkeys Into Crime'). Grimm responded by releasing an entire DOOM diss track, entitled "Book of Daniel" (which also concludes his 2006 triple album American Hunger), in which he mainly accuses DOOM of having sold out, also referring to Danger Mouse with the line "Put yourself in danger/running with a mouse". It should be noted that Doom and Grimm have been in a love-hate relationship for over 10 years, mainly over money issues (which Grimm also brings up in his retaliation track), and that the M.I.C. reference on the "El Chupa Nibre" is therefore unlikely to be the sole cause of this particular spat. Many fans believe the track was written out of jelousy since, unlike MF GRIMM, MF DOOM obtained mainstream recognition and was able to work with artist such as Madlib, Ghostface Killah, and Danger Mouse. This is further implied since in the track MF GRIMM cites, even insults artist snd Record labels DOOM worked with in previous years such as: RZA, Ghostface Killah, Stones Throw, Danger Mouse The Roots, Mos Def, Nature Sounds and Rhymesayers,

[edit] Release details

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	October 11, 2005	Epitaph Records	CD	86775
			LP	86775
United Kingdom	October 17, 2005	Lex Records	CD	LEX036CD
			LP	LEX036LP

[edit] Sample

[edit] External links

• Dangerdoom.com (official site)