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.
MF DOOMI’m doing the shows. The stage is my canvas; I’ll put whatever up there for the visible eye.
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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 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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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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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’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’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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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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Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for fun.
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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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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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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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When I listen to hip-hop, I listen to Just Ice, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MCs.
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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 liked different etymologies, different slang that came out in different eras. Different languages. Different dialects.
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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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