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.
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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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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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 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 have no friends here apart from the dudes at my record label, and I didn’t go to school with no one.
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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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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 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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I might as well use it to control the story. So why not do something like throw a mask on?
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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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The song ‘Bite the Thong’ in particular, with Damon Albarn, really encapsulates the whole dilemma of, ‘
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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 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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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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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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