Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for fun.
MF DOOMI liked different etymologies, different slang that came out in different eras. Different languages. Different dialects.
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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 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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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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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 make hip-hop, but use Doom as a character to convey stories that a normal dude can’t.
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The song ‘Bite the Thong’ in particular, with Damon Albarn, really encapsulates the whole dilemma of, ‘
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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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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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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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Nobody knows me – I’m incognito. It’s all new, all fun.
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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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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’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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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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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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