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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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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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 might as well use it to control the story. So why not do something like throw a mask on?
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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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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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I spent 35 years growing up in the U.S., and it had its ups and downs.
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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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When I listen to hip-hop, I listen to Just Ice, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MCs.
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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’m doing the shows. The stage is my canvas; I’ll put whatever up there for the visible eye.
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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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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 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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