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 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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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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Doom is a classic supervillain, akin to the Phantom of the Opera. It’s not about revenge so much as, like.
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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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When I listen to hip-hop, I listen to Just Ice, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MCs.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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I grew up in that age, and it was memorable. But I’m down with all of it. Chuck D or Danny Brown? I feel comfortable with all of them. Word up, kid! Word up, man!
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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 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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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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