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Pretty soon MF Doom will have his name on more plastic than Hasbro; this March, the metal-faced villain is releasing his first live record, Live From Planet X, on Nature Sounds Records. A tracklist isn't available yet, but the album, Doom's 921st, apparently features tracks from Operation Doomsday, Madvillainy, MM Food, and more. While watching Dumile twist his rhymes through the grill of his mask is a huge part of the appeal of his live show, most backpackers'll probably be elated just to hear Doom's live improvisations/variations and the quotables they yield.

As expected, the most prolific man in hip-hop (with an average higher than Ichiro's, natch) has his metal fingers on a few other projects. Pizzo at hiphopsite.com reported that an MF Doom/Ghostface collaboration is becoming a reality. Though details at this point are sketchier than a carnival at Michael Jackson's house, the two have apparently been recording together in the studio, and Doom is reportedly producing songs for Ghostface's next Def Jam LP, the follow-up to last year's phenomenal Pretty Toney Album. A project featuring two of hip hop's brighest would either be an immediate classic or the most disappointing album of the '00s. We hope it's the former.

* MF Doom: http://www.mfdoomsite.com/