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.
MF DOOMI’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.
More MF DOOM Quotes
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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 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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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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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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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’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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A visual always brings a first impression. But if there’s going to be a first impression.
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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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Nobody knows me – I’m incognito. It’s all new, all fun.
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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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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 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 make hip-hop, but use Doom as a character to convey stories that a normal dude can’t.
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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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