I make hip-hop, but use Doom as a character to convey stories that a normal dude can’t.
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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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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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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Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for fun.
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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 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 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’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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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 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 spent 35 years growing up in the U.S., and it had its ups and downs.
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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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A visual always brings a first impression. But if there’s going to be a first impression.
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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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