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| Pitchfork |
 After the better part of a year's worth of listening, it's not out of the question to call "Gazzillion Ear" the standout track from DOOM's Born Like This. At the very least, it's one of the album's most attention-grabbing cuts. J Dilla's hauntological tour of the 2000s' second half manifested itself here as a fused-together unearthing of two of his archived beats: the organ-driven psych-soul "Dig It" and the "Return of the 'G'"-gone-lo-fi Moroderisms of "Phantom of the Synths". DOOM united those two movements with a tour de force rendition of his characteristic hookless, free-associative pop-culture cliché-disemboweling that stands up to any of the top three verses on Madvillainy. And even through the rawness, he rode on that beat so securely that even without the Dilla shoutouts it'd be a fool's errand to separate his voice from it.Not that Thom Yorke or Dave Sitek or Jneiro Jarel are fools, of course-- it's just that they have their work cut out for them when it comes to remixing this song. The Gazzillion Ear EP includes the Yorke remix that accompanied the iTunes release of Born Like This, a collaboration between Sitek and Jarel, and another Jarel mix created under his "Dr. Who Dat?" guise. The EP also includes the original track, largely for completion's sake, and a brief, shrugworthy bonus beat entitled "The.Green.Whore.Net"; it's probably for the best that most people who already own Born Like This (by which I mean pretty much anyone who would already be interested in "Gazzillion Ear" in any context) can pick this one up piecemeal. While Yorke's remix doesn't supplant the original, it doesn't bother to try-- in fact, it doesn't even use the same vocal track. DOOM's flow on the Yorke remix is both faster-spitting and more intense, a reserved yet intimidating raspiness on some Clint Eastwood business. It's also split up, giving his lyrics some breathing room, but part of the appeal of "Gazzillion Ear" is that DOOM just goes nonstop, so hearing his voice drop out every so often to let Yorke's distantly twitching, wordless-murmur ambience burble for a moment sabotages the momentum. And as much promise as that skittering, icy beat holds, it sounds way too ghostly and mournful to back up a verse featuring namedrops of "The Gong Show" and Ernest Goes to Camp....full text |
| Theskinny |
| While 50 Cent endeavours to get rich or die tryin’, ol’ metal face Dumile doesn't set his sights so low and "won't stop rocking 'til he clocked in a gazzillion grand" over an archival beat from the late J Dilla. It’s typical DOOM – impeccable flow and thick with cartoon punchlines – but what would a great DOOM track be without a gazzillion unnecessary remixes? He might be a selling point, but Thom Yorke applies his usual incompetence, ruining DOOM's flow and inserts a soulless backing track, save for some nice ethereal vocals in the background. TV on The Radio’s Dave Sitek fares much better, rendering the track even funkier with some ace horn stabs. [Ali Maloney] ...full text |
| Prefixmag |
| While Born Like This is not without its highlights, DOOM chose wisely in asking producers to remix that album’s finest track in “Gazzillion Ear.” The already-dope beat-changing production by J Dilla gets tackled by the likes of Thom Yorke, Dr. Who Dat?, and Jneiro Jarel. The Radiohead frontman’s wild remix already appeared as an iTunes bonus track, but it’s nice to have it offered here sans DRM. Bedroom beatmakers are catered to, also, as DOOM’s wordplay-intensive verses appear as an a cappella track. Most enticing, though, are the three unreleased tracks. Here’s hoping this is only the beginning of another string of new DOOM projects, such as the oft-delayed Madvillain follow-up and Ghostface collaboration....full text |
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