I liked different etymologies, different slang that came out in different eras. Different languages. Different dialects.
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.
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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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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’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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I’m doing the shows. The stage is my canvas; I’ll put whatever up there for the visible eye.
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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 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 spent 35 years growing up in the U.S., and it had its ups and downs.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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