a closet full of skeletons and terry cloth Kangols

Don't compare it to Gorillaz; that's an insult to Doom's skills. And nobody from Adult Swim raps, save for Meatwad. Originally, the thought of a Danger Mouse/MF Doom collab had me excited, but that turned to anxiety when I heard it was an Adult Swim promotional thing. I learned not to front: if anybody can pull off a cartoon album (I'm lookin' at you, Damon Albarn), it's the Viktor Vaughn Madvillain himself, along with the most-hyped producer since Diddy was still Sean "Puffy" Combs. The Mouse & The Mask is an excellent, though not entirely classic, disc of backpack-hop. The Adult Swim cameos, though ample, aren't overbearing enough to quickly get tired; they will eventually, though, and I think that's DangerDoom's one failing point. This would be an outstanding album without the skits, samples, and ad-libs from the admittedly hilarious cartoon collective. DM's beats aren't spectacular, though there are some stellar points, like the guitar-laden "Crosshairs;" still, they get the job done and bump. I think he's like Kanye without the soul vocal samples. Doom's rhymes are great, as always, though not particularly beyond anything on Madvillainy. Pop-cultural references abound in absurd ways, here, and you can count on allusions to the Ionic Breeze Quadra, Tempurpedic, and other assorted Sharper Image products. Cee-lo really steals the stage with his hook on "Benzie Box," which has me even more excited for Gnarls Barkley (keep your ear to the streets on that one).
Yeah, it's a commercial for the Cartoon Network, but you know you'd watch that shit anyway.