Vaudeville Villain is the third studio album by British-American rapper-producer MF DOOM, released on September 16, 2003 under the pseudonym of Viktor Vaughn.

In early 2003, while MF DOOM and Madlib were working on Madvillainy, the unfinished demo of the album was stolen and leaked on the internet.

AllMusic reviewer Mark Pytlik claimed MF DOOM was at his absolute best on Vaudeville Villain, calling the album "dense, bright, and packed with ideas".

[20] Neil Drumming of Entertainment Weekly praised the album for its punch lines and "eerie, droning, sci-fi-scented funk" beats.

[18] PopMatters called Vaudeville Villain MF DOOM's best work to date, saying rappers like him "helped kick hip-hop in a thousand directions, both sonically and psychologically".

[8] Tiny Mix Tapes praised the album, noting that the production "lacks the overall rough and experimental quirkiness and unevenness" of Take Me To Your Leader, which puts vocal delivery in the forefront of the record.

[19] Writing in 2021 after MF DOOM's death, Robert Christgau said the album "could very well be his best" and viewed it as a consistent example of how he was "a fundamentally comic artist for whom rhyme as opposed to meaning was king".

[14] In January 2021, NME wrote an article about the album, calling it an "undersung masterpiece" and "perhaps the most compelling reminder of the many talents of Daniel Dumile".