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.
MF DOOMI get that mainly from novels and that style of writing or movies where there’s multiple characters who carry the storyline.
More MF DOOM Quotes
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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’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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A visual always brings a first impression. But if there’s going to be a first impression.
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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 make hip-hop, but use Doom as a character to convey stories that a normal dude can’t.
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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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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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When I listen to hip-hop, I listen to Just Ice, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MCs.
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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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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 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 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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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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You have writers that write about crazy characters, but that doesn’t mean the writer himself is crazy.
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