''Czarface Meets Metal Face'' is the first collaborative album by American hip hop

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and British-American rapper

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. It was released on March 30, 2018 through Get On Down, a

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-based record label. The album features

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s from

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, Blacastan and

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. It was the last release by MF Doom before his death on October 31, 2020. The two previously collaborated on the song "Ka-Bang!" on Czarface's 2015 album ''

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'', and 2017's ''

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''.

Reception

''Czarface Meets Metal Face'' received generally favourable reviews upon its release. At

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an

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score of 75, based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favourable reviews".

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. Musicians *

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– vocals, composer *

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– vocals, composer *

– vocals, composer * Blacastan – rude boy vocals * Godforbid – mask specialist * Yuki Kanesaka – interlude keys * Josh Mac – vocals * Sam Merrick – drums *

– vocals *

– featured vocals *

– featured vocals * Morgan Price – flute , saxophone * Joe Stratton – vocals Production * The Czar-Keys – production * Caserta – audio mixing * 7L – vocal engineering * Esoteric – vocal engineering * Jason Bitner – vocal engineering * Adam J. Brass – vocal engineering Design * Lamour Supreme – cover art * Alfredo Rico-Dimas – layout and design

Charts

Notes

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2018 albums MF Doom albums Czarface albums 7L & Esoteric albums Collaborative albums Inspectah Deck albums