You have writers that write about crazy characters, but that doesn’t mean the writer himself is crazy.
MF DOOMI spent 35 years growing up in the U.S., and it had its ups and downs.
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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 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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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 might as well use it to control the story. So why not do something like throw a mask on?
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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 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 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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Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for fun.
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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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When I listen to hip-hop, I listen to Just Ice, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MCs.
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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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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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A visual always brings a first impression. But if there’s going to be a first impression.
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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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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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