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 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.
More MF DOOM Quotes
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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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You have writers that write about crazy characters, but that doesn’t mean the writer himself is crazy.
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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 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’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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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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Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for fun.
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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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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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When I listen to hip-hop, I listen to Just Ice, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MCs.
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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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Nobody knows me – I’m incognito. It’s all new, all 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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