This highlights another subversion DOOM is more candid about in his interview. However, in both of the albums, DOOM has a heavy hand in producing, teaming with X-Ray in Escape from Monsta Island, and taking primary responsibilities in Take me to Your Leader. Likewise in Take me to your leader, King Geedorah spends very little time actually rapping, only about 10 mins if I timed correctly. The final line/skit of the album is "All I can say is we know nothing, But everyone of us fears the same thing" which I think sums this up well. In Escape from Monsta Island, his only rapping appearance is in Mic Line. As I mentioned before, King Geedorah is rarely mentioned, and even in Albums which are suited to DOOM dragon persona, he doesn't often appear as a rapper. Its clear that MF DOOM has carried this narrative into his discography. So for DOOM's version to actually be the opposite, and influence DOOM, who in turn influences Victor is a really nice touch. For example, Ghidra in the Godzilla lore is often under mind control, by the populations whose world the dragon destroyed- and he rarely has an innate personality of his own.
What I also find very interesting is how with MF DOOM how he often manages to subvert ideas that he draws upon- this is the same with King Geedorah. The God-Like Ghidra for me represents this almost infinite wonder of the vast lyrical puns, parables and punchlines that DOOM often crams in the smallest of verses. Its like DOOM opens a portal to this new side of him which is rarely seen, and that is much of the reason I love him so much, his dense flow, metaphors and internal rhymes are consistently forcing you to dig deeper. The way DOOM describes him is like an otherwordly being, which indeed King Ghidra is.
What I love about the King Geedorah is the separation from his other persona's. He gets his messages from Geedorah.An ediric being.Straight Reptilian.a 300ft 3 Headed the Godzilla Film.He's strong real strong.they have to jump him at the end.a classic villian. he channels the information to DOOM.to produce with. Ghidra is a very interesting character.he's not from the earth, he from out of space. They also took on various personas, as seen particularly on Who do you think I am (X-Ray, Rodan, Megalon, K.D., King Ghidra, and Kong to be specific). Around the time Doomsday was released, MF DOOM was also involved in an album called escape from Monsta Island Czars, which featured friends (some from KMD the group he part of before he became MF DOOM as ZedloveX). The King Ghidra persona is also mentioned in Operation Greenback. When the MF DOOM persona shot into the limelight with his Operation Doomsday release, the person of Ghidra was present on the songs including Red and Gold and Who do you think I am. Like much of what MF DOOM does, there is a clear if convoluted narrative - however the Ghidra persona is shrouded in mystery.
Perhaps I was fated to fall in love the King Geedorah persona.
However, beneath this celebrated persona, lies another one which hasn't received the limelight, and that is King Ghidra/Geedorah. For people who are looking to get to grips with the DOOM persona, I would first recommend MM FOOD, the DOOMSDAY EP and the highly acclaimed Madvilliany project he released with Madlib.