I can’t perform without the mask or be seen without it on stage, or else it’ll distract from the whole persona.
MF DOOMI 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 liked different etymologies, different slang that came out in different eras. Different languages. Different dialects.
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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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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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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 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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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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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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I might as well use it to control the story. So why not do something like throw a mask on?
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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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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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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’m back – now watch this!’ It all boils down to the music. The mask is a slight theme for people to enjoy, and it adds mystery.
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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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Nobody knows me – I’m incognito. It’s all new, all fun.
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