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" SOMETIMES ART imitates life, and sometimes it imitates cartoons. The year&amp;#039;s feel-good hip-hop record does both. Danger Doom unites two of the underground&amp;#039;s most lovable oddballs--the Beatles-loving deejay Danger Mouse and the metal-masked king of free association, MF Doom. Danger Mouse wears a fur rodent costume and is coming off producing the last album for the heavily animated Gorillaz, while MF Doom&amp;#039;s persona is based on Marvel Comics supervillain Dr. Doom. So it&amp;#039;s not shocking that the concept behind the pair&amp;#039;s The Mouse and the Mask (in stores) is the Cartoon Network&amp;#039;s embarrassingly addictive Adult Swim series. The surprise is how naturally the cultures of serious hip-hop and wacky animation come together: More than just a blunted soundtrack for late-night stoners, these all-too-short 40 minutes flawlessly integrate wacky wordplay, spacey production, and laugh-out-loud crack-ups that&amp;#039;ll have you listening with a finger on the rewind button. Long live these looney tunes. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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