Prince Paul is another good friend; he’s like an older brother. He’ll criticise and be brutally honest with you. That’s what I like about Paul.
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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The ‘Doom’ thing is to be able to come at things with a different point of view. I decided the mask would just add to the mystique of the character as well as make Doom stand out.
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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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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 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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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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I have no friends here apart from the dudes at my record label, and I didn’t go to school with no one.
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The song ‘Bite the Thong’ in particular, with Damon Albarn, really encapsulates the whole dilemma of, ‘
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I’m doing the shows. The stage is my canvas; I’ll put whatever up there for the visible eye.
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Nobody knows me – I’m incognito. It’s all new, all fun.
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I spent 35 years growing up in the U.S., and it had its ups and downs.
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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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I liked different etymologies, different slang that came out in different eras. Different languages. Different dialects.
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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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Being older now, grown, I’m like, ‘What do we really do that’s fun?’ I’m kind of corny when you think about it. What could I rhyme about? Let me see, um, I gotta pay the rent today.
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Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for fun.
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