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.
MF DOOMI spent 35 years growing up in the U.S., and it had its ups and downs.
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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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When I listen to hip-hop, I listen to Just Ice, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MCs.
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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 might as well use it to control the story. So why not do something like throw a mask on?
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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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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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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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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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A visual always brings a first impression. But if there’s going to be a first impression.
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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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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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I liked different etymologies, different slang that came out in different eras. Different languages. Different dialects.
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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 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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