I spent 35 years growing up in the U.S., and it had its ups and downs.
MF DOOMThe ‘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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When I listen to hip-hop, I listen to Just Ice, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MCs.
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Nobody knows me – I’m incognito. It’s all new, all fun.
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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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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’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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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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Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for fun.
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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 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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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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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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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’m doing the shows. The stage is my canvas; I’ll put whatever up there for the visible eye.
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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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