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MA Doom: Son of Yvonne

2012 studio album by Masta Ace

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 16, 2025
Entity authorityQ6714639 ↗
Source-derived summary

MA Doom: Son of Yvonne is the fourth solo and eighth overall studio album by American rapper Masta Ace. The beats on the album are sourced from the Special Herbs series of instrumental mixtapes by MF Doom; Doom did not directly collaborate with Masta Ace in the production of this album outside of giving Ace his blessing to use the beats. Doom, however, makes a vocal appearance on the song "Think I Am", alongside fellow guest star Big Daddy Kane. Other guests on the album include Pav Bundy, Reggie B and Milani the Artist. The album was released on 17 July 2012, via M3 Records and Fat Beats Records.

Concept

Son of Yvonne is a concept album dedicated to Masta Ace's departed mother. It follows a short story of Masta Ace's upbringing.

Track listing

All tracks produced by MF Doom.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “MA Doom: Son of Yvonne” is 2012 studio album by Masta Ace. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Doom, Yvonne and studio, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2012—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2012. For this dossier, Doom, Yvonne and studio is the immediate research focus.
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Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 16, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q6714639. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2012.

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This entry incorporates text from “MA Doom: Son of Yvonne” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.