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 might as well use it to control the story. So why not do something like throw a mask on?
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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 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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Nobody knows me – I’m incognito. It’s all new, all fun.
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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 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 make hip-hop, but use Doom as a character to convey stories that a normal dude can’t.
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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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Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for 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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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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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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We all tend to be in the same circles – people like my Wu-Tang brothers, or Black Thought from The Roots.
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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’m doing the shows. The stage is my canvas; I’ll put whatever up there for the visible eye.
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