Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for fun.
MF DOOMI get that mainly from novels and that style of writing or movies where there’s multiple characters who carry the storyline.
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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.
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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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When I listen to hip-hop, I listen to Just Ice, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MCs.
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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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You have writers that write about crazy characters, but that doesn’t mean the writer himself is crazy.
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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 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 liked different etymologies, different slang that came out in different eras. Different languages. Different dialects.
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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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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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I might as well use it to control the story. So why not do something like throw a mask on?
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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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The song ‘Bite the Thong’ in particular, with Damon Albarn, really encapsulates the whole dilemma of, ‘
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I’m always trying to show versatility. I’m juggling, and I’m flipping fire, and I’m chewing gum and rhyming at the same time… on a unicycle, while playing the drums.
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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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