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 liked different etymologies, different slang that came out in different eras. Different languages. Different dialects.
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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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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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Nobody knows me – I’m incognito. It’s all new, all fun.
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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 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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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 liked different etymologies, different slang that came out in different eras. Different languages. Different dialects.
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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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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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A visual always brings a first impression. But if there’s going to be a first impression.
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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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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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Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for fun.
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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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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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