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.
MF DOOMWe all tend to be in the same circles – people like my Wu-Tang brothers, or Black Thought from The Roots.
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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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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’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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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 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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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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The song ‘Bite the Thong’ in particular, with Damon Albarn, really encapsulates the whole dilemma of, ‘
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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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Nobody knows me – I’m incognito. It’s all new, all fun.
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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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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 might as well use it to control the story. So why not do something like throw a mask on?
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