I spent 35 years growing up in the U.S., and it had its ups and downs.
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 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 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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I’m doing the shows. The stage is my canvas; I’ll put whatever up there for the visible eye.
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When I listen to hip-hop, I listen to Just Ice, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MCs.
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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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Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for fun.
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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 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 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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A visual always brings a first impression. But if there’s going to be a first impression.
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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 might as well use it to control the story. So why not do something like throw a mask on?
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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 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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