Doom is a classic supervillain, akin to the Phantom of the Opera. It’s not about revenge so much as, like.
MF DOOMEver since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for 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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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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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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The song ‘Bite the Thong’ in particular, with Damon Albarn, really encapsulates the whole dilemma of, ‘
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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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Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for fun.
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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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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 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’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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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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