MF Grimm|The Hunt for the Gingerbread Man [2007]
Mr. Jones stepped up and gave us an interesting look at one of the more fascinating people in all of Hip-Hop. I didn’t know much about MF Grimm before this, but after reading some stuff about the dude, he got a story that could be a Hollywood movie. Enough of me talking let me let Mr. Jones tell you guys about MF Grimm. If you want us to feature some of your columns or reviews, visit the FORUMS and drop it there, if we like it, we’ll post it up to the site.
Percy Carey, also known under MF Grimm, is a rapper from New York who has been writing other rappers rhymes for years. As a young rapper, he would ghost write for just about any rapper, including the much famed Dr. Dre and many of the rappers off Death Row Records. The Hunt for the Gingerbread Man is the fifth album by the rapper, and it is status quota for MF Grimm; dark, bleak rapping and New York style Golden Age sampling with the ever-so-sweet scent of experimentation through rash idealism and odd-ball MF Doom-esqe concepts.
The Hunt for the Gingerbread Man is not anything like the three disc American Hunger, and is much better so. American Hunger was incredibly diverse, with tracks having several different ideas and concepts. It worked there because the album had three discs, an hour each, and the material remained fresh and brilliant throughout. The Hunt for the Gingerbread Man isn’t nearly as diverse as American Hunger, but since it’s a fairly short album, it works much better as a cohesive whole.
As much more a united effort, The Hunt for the Gingerbread Man also has a much more united in beats and production, sounding much like early 90s Wu-Tang style with a modern twist. Beat-wise, The Hunt for the Gingerbread Man doesn’t stand out from the crowd, but revitalizes the drab, dark Wu-Tang style minimalistic beats that made the 90s such a great time for hip hop. Hypnotic piano lines, haunting vocal samples, eerie orchestration, along with some extra distortion on the drums help to create the classic New York atmosphere.
Lyrically, MF Grimm stays consistent, he still writes the same murky New York rhymes, but this time with a new set of metaphors. Because of that, he works with candy concepts and metaphors that have to deal with the land of ‘Gingy’. In that way, The Hunt for the Gingerbread Man is fairly similar to MF Doom’s MMM… Food, as they both deal with concepts to build their rhymes over, but that’s where similarities end. The Hunt for the Gingerbread Man is a concept album whose story is based on that of the “The Gingerbread Man”, except with a much more thug-like addition. We introduce the Gingerbread Man, or ‘Gingy’, a murder and hustler of candyland, and for a while, it’s just ‘Gingy’ and his murders, his own philosophies, and the industry of hip hop. Then we introduce the beginning of the real story in “The Fox”, where we introduce The Fox, a former gangster who got caught, and was willing to do anything to get out of jail time. Gingy cut himself out of his stomach, cut out his organs, and ate him. Because of the murder, Gingy is a fugitive, with stories of escape and FBI (“Fame”), sex (“My House”), and his own deeper thoughts (“Earth”).
As just a regular album, The Hunt for the Gingerbread Man is an average for MF Grimm and an excellent underground rap album with influences ranging from Liquid Swords to MMM… Food, while managing to hold itself together as a concept album, with a consistently interesting and sometimes funny story that flows together well. I would recommend The Hunt for the Gingerbread Man to anyone and everyone.
Recommended:
“Earth”
“Gingy”
“The Hunt for the Gingerbread Man”
cool
In the words of Slick Rick “an oldie but goodie”.
But I do agree that Grimm has better material than this album.
Album’s mad nice. Some of his lyrics are so raw that it takes you a few listens to get the metaphors behind it.
* Head In The Clouds (Remix) – perfect song to blaze to
i liked that remix, but I find the orignal Head In the Clouds to be better.
i bet none of yall (including the staff) got all his albums but i do……..no offense by me sayin tht so dnt take none n im not braggin either i jus lik to let ppl kno i support hip-hop n i dnt jus download t-pain or lil waynes new cd’s n thats it like some of these posers on here……………….but im almost positive he goes by MF DOOM now……………i got 5 of his albums but i only listened to 1
ya i jus read ur post now nd i still dnt kno if ur talking bout MF DOOM or sum other guy who models their rap persona after him lol??????????
are you retarded?
MF Doom is a totally different rapper than this guy. I don’t know how the hell you got that MF Grim changed his name to MF DOOM or that this is another one of MF Doom’s personas.
@ mr jones
r u retatrded? first off i asked if was the same guy n that was a yes or no answer period…………..and ur obviously a lil kid not only cus ur name is the same as a mike jones song but MF DOOD used to b MF GRIMM u dumb fuck so ya he did have multiple personas……plus he uses the same exact font and style writing for his name as MF DOOM……….and i dnt give a shit if ur talkin bout the a different dude it dont matter now cus obviously jus live in the world of lil wayne…………………o ya n ur post sux compared to everybody else on this wonderful site……………..n dont say y did i click on ur post or y am i hatin cus thts jus lame…….come w/ a better defense…………………
and next time treat ur site viewers jus w/ a tad bit more respect as i sed i didnt mean any offense but obviously u took some……..typical lil boy………………fuck it im not even gon read ur response so i suggest u dont waste ur time…….nuff said…………
no he didn’t.
Go look at any information anywhere, because honestly MF Doom and Grimm are different rappers.
In fact, the two rappers have COLLABORATED ONCE BEFORE. MF Grimm’s first release was with MF Doom on an EP called MF EP and it was released in the year 2000. Here’s a link!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mf-Ep-MF-Doom/dp/B0000523ML
do more research before you enter a conversation fagtard.
also it would be a shame to ignore the comment i have made because unlike you, i’ve done my fucking research. My work here is done.
MF Grimm is not MF Doom (viktor vaughn, king geedorah, etc.), what the fuck? Grimm is paralyzed waist down. Haven’t you ever read his book, must not be a fan haha.
Download “Book of Daniel” by MF Grimm. It’s a diss Grimm put out to Doom for selling out.
Didn’t this guy have a comic or something?
^Yea its a comic on his life. I got tricked into thinking it was a normal biography before I bought it.