I liked being able to speak to somebody and throw it back and forth, and they can’t predict what you’re going to say next.
MF DOOMHip-hop is so saturated with the same old same old that people always expect the guy to actually be the guy. They want you to be real and straight from the streets and all that.
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I though it’d be an easy way for people to see and differentiate between characters, sorta like when an actor gains weight for a role.
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I think – a lot of times in hip-hop, especially – artists get kind of pigeonholed into being ‘the guy,’ and it’s kind of limiting in a way.
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When I listen to hip-hop, I listen to Just Ice, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MCs.
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Hmm, should I stay on the underground when everybody else is selling out?’ Nowadays, you can just do it – have your name-brand clothes, do songs with rock n’ rollers – and it’s not considered selling out.
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Hip-hop is so saturated with the same old same old that people always expect the guy to actually be the guy. They want you to be real and straight from the streets and all that.
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I’m back – now watch this!’ It all boils down to the music. The mask is a slight theme for people to enjoy, and it adds mystery.
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I make hip-hop, but use Doom as a character to convey stories that a normal dude can’t.
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Everybody nowadays rhymes, but out of the people that really, really do it well, it’s still a small community of artists.
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I can’t perform without the mask or be seen without it on stage, or else it’ll distract from the whole persona.
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I might as well use it to control the story. So why not do something like throw a mask on?
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A visual always brings a first impression. But if there’s going to be a first impression.
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The song ‘Bite the Thong’ in particular, with Damon Albarn, really encapsulates the whole dilemma of, ‘
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We all tend to be in the same circles – people like my Wu-Tang brothers, or Black Thought from The Roots.
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Nobody knows me – I’m incognito. It’s all new, all fun.
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The idea of having different characters is really just to get the storyline across, you know? Coming from one particular character makes, to me, the story boring.
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