Doom is a classic supervillain, akin to the Phantom of the Opera. It’s not about revenge so much as, like.
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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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 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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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’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 liked different etymologies, different slang that came out in different eras. Different languages. Different dialects.
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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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You have writers that write about crazy characters, but that doesn’t mean the writer himself is crazy.
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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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I make hip-hop, but use Doom as a character to convey stories that a normal dude can’t.
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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 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 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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