I get that mainly from novels and that style of writing or movies where there’s multiple characters who carry the storyline.
MF DOOMI might as well use it to control the story. So why not do something like throw a mask on?
More MF DOOM Quotes
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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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Nobody knows me – I’m incognito. It’s all new, all fun.
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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 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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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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I might as well use it to control the story. So why not do something like throw a mask on?
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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 liked different etymologies, different slang that came out in different eras. Different languages. Different dialects.
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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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Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for fun.
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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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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 make hip-hop, but use Doom as a character to convey stories that a normal dude can’t.
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