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.
MF DOOMHip-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.
More MF DOOM Quotes
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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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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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A visual always brings a first impression. But if there’s going to be a first impression.
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When I listen to hip-hop, I listen to Just Ice, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MCs.
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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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Hmm, should I stay on the underground when everybody else is selling out?’ Nowadays, you can just do it – have your name-brand clothes, do songs with rock n’ rollers – and it’s not considered selling out.
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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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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 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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I spent 35 years growing up in the U.S., and it had its ups and downs.
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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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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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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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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 make hip-hop, but use Doom as a character to convey stories that a normal dude can’t.
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