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 make hip-hop, but use Doom as a character to convey stories that a normal dude can’t.
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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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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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I liked different etymologies, different slang that came out in different eras. Different languages. Different dialects.
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When I listen to hip-hop, I listen to Just Ice, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MCs.
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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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I spent 35 years growing up in the U.S., and it had its ups and downs.
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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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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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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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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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Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for fun.
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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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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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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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