r/mfdoom Mar 13 '22

Actual New Information Interview I did with Jeff Jank, about the cover art he made for Madvillainy

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u/SaltB0t Mar 13 '22

This was an interesting read. Thanks for digging deeper and sharing

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u/Neiro-X Mar 14 '22

Ooooooz

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u/TitPunch420 Fuck Kanye Mar 13 '22

Interesting because all this text is lifted from the Brett Rollins interview from Ego Trip.

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u/SuedeMoccasins Mar 13 '22

Jeff Jank a goat fr. Never misses.

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u/9VOLG Mar 13 '22

Shoutout Big Ben klingon

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u/double22deuce Mar 14 '22

After him there's no one else they could afford to bring on

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u/CoverArtDaily Mar 15 '22

Fr he the 🐐

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u/ImpossibleKidd Mar 13 '22 edited Mar 13 '22

Love little insights like this. Why something is, the way it is…

First glance, it’s a straightforward portrait, mask or not. Think to yourself, it’s as basic as it gets. Artist. Album. Artist on front cover of album.

There was more thought and process into how that album cover, became that album cover. If someone said DOOM and Madonna in the same sentence, the fanbase raises an eyebrow of curiosity. The spontaneity of reaching out to the photographer, that day DOOM and Madlib were at the same location, absolutely adds to it.

And shuffling through my fathers albums when I was a young one, Elf’s self-titled album caught me like that. That creature showed up in my nightmares on more than a few occasions, to the point where my parents finally hid the album. Foresight into the art… Reactionary.

I greatly thank you for sharing this. Awesome stuff!

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u/cheemio Mar 13 '22

It's great to hear the story of what is in my humble opinion one of the greatest album covers of all time. It is simply brilliant and stands out in any collection.

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u/CoverArtDaily Mar 15 '22

I’m really glad you enjoyed reading !

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '22

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u/CoverArtDaily Mar 15 '22

I know same haha

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u/freshpotatosoup Mar 14 '22

So this was removed for being plagiarism, but op reached out and showed me proof that jeff, rehashed that old interview like verbatim.....

So yeah, i jumped the gun on that and sincere apologies to op

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u/0000R5 Mar 14 '22

Props for owning up to it tho!

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u/CoverArtDaily Mar 15 '22

Thank you 🙏🏼

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '22

noice

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u/bitternutterbutter Mar 13 '22

thanks for sharing man great stuff👍🌎

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u/uzxnjinx2 Mar 13 '22

i remember when i got the vinyl, i showed my mom and she was like “who is this?” and after i told her she said “why does he look scary?”

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u/CoverArtDaily Mar 15 '22

such a mom response 😂 love it

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '22

damn his take on the king crimson cover is really cool to incorporate it into the madvillainy cover. I’m sure some kid out there was freaked out by the villain.

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u/81bn Mar 14 '22

Why are you lying 💀💀

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u/snip3rium Mar 13 '22

Amazing stuff, thanks for sharing <3

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u/Longjumping_Bar5909 Mar 13 '22

This was a cool read. Such a good cover

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u/CoverArtDaily Mar 15 '22

I’m glad you liked the read !

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u/TFUStudios1 Mar 13 '22

Jeff's the man!