I make hip-hop, but use Doom as a character to convey stories that a normal dude can’t.
MF DOOMBeing 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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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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Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for fun.
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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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When I listen to hip-hop, I listen to Just Ice, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MCs.
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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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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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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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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 spent 35 years growing up in the U.S., and it had its ups and downs.
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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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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’m doing the shows. The stage is my canvas; I’ll put whatever up there for the visible eye.
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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 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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