Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for fun.
MF DOOMThe ‘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 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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I make hip-hop, but use Doom as a character to convey stories that a normal dude can’t.
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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.
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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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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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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 might as well use it to control the story. So why not do something like throw a mask on?
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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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Nobody knows me – I’m incognito. It’s all new, all fun.
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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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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 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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