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.
MF DOOMI’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.
More MF DOOM Quotes
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Nobody knows me – I’m incognito. It’s all new, all fun.
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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’m doing the shows. The stage is my canvas; I’ll put whatever up there for the visible eye.
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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 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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The song ‘Bite the Thong’ in particular, with Damon Albarn, really encapsulates the whole dilemma of, ‘
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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 ‘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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I liked different etymologies, different slang that came out in different eras. Different languages. Different dialects.
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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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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 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 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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You have writers that write about crazy characters, but that doesn’t mean the writer himself is crazy.
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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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