I spent 35 years growing up in the U.S., and it had its ups and downs.
MF DOOMI 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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When I listen to hip-hop, I listen to Just Ice, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MCs.
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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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A visual always brings a first impression. But if there’s going to be a first impression.
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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 doing the shows. The stage is my canvas; I’ll put whatever up there for the visible eye.
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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.
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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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Nobody knows me – I’m incognito. It’s all new, all 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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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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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 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 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 liked different etymologies, different slang that came out in different eras. Different languages. Different dialects.
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