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.
MF DOOMYou have writers that write about crazy characters, but that doesn’t mean the writer himself is crazy.
More MF DOOM Quotes
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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 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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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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Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for fun.
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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 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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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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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 might as well use it to control the story. So why not do something like throw a mask on?
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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 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 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 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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