Doom is a classic supervillain, akin to the Phantom of the Opera. It’s not about revenge so much as, like.
MF DOOMI liked different etymologies, different slang that came out in different eras. Different languages. Different dialects.
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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’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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You have writers that write about crazy characters, but that doesn’t mean the writer himself is crazy.
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The song ‘Bite the Thong’ in particular, with Damon Albarn, really encapsulates the whole dilemma of, ‘
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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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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 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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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 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 might as well use it to control the story. So why not do something like throw a mask on?
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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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A visual always brings a first impression. But if there’s going to be a first impression.
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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 spent 35 years growing up in the U.S., and it had its ups and downs.
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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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