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!
MF DOOMWhen 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 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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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 might as well use it to control the story. So why not do something like throw a mask on?
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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 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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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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When I listen to hip-hop, I listen to Just Ice, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MCs.
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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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A visual always brings a first impression. But if there’s going to be a first impression.
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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 liked different etymologies, different slang that came out in different eras. Different languages. Different dialects.
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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 make hip-hop, but use Doom as a character to convey stories that a normal dude can’t.
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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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