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 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 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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The song ‘Bite the Thong’ in particular, with Damon Albarn, really encapsulates the whole dilemma of, ‘
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When I listen to hip-hop, I listen to Just Ice, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MCs.
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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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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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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 might as well use it to control the story. So why not do something like throw a mask on?
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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 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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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 spent 35 years growing up in the U.S., and it had its ups and downs.
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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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Nobody knows me – I’m incognito. It’s all new, all fun.
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