I can’t perform without the mask or be seen without it on stage, or else it’ll distract from the whole persona.
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.
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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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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’m doing the shows. The stage is my canvas; I’ll put whatever up there for the visible eye.
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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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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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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 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’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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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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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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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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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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Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for fun.
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The song ‘Bite the Thong’ in particular, with Damon Albarn, really encapsulates the whole dilemma of, ‘
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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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