Everybody nowadays rhymes, but out of the people that really, really do it well, it’s still a small community of artists.
MF DOOMI 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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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 make hip-hop, but use Doom as a character to convey stories that a normal dude can’t.
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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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When I listen to hip-hop, I listen to Just Ice, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MCs.
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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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You have writers that write about crazy characters, but that doesn’t mean the writer himself is crazy.
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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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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.
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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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The idea of having different characters is really just to get the storyline across, you know? Coming from one particular character makes, to me, the story boring.
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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’m doing the shows. The stage is my canvas; I’ll put whatever up there for the visible eye.
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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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Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for fun.
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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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