I’m doing the shows. The stage is my canvas; I’ll put whatever up there for the visible eye.
MF DOOMEverybody 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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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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I make hip-hop, but use Doom as a character to convey stories that a normal dude can’t.
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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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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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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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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 spent 35 years growing up in the U.S., and it had its ups and downs.
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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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Nobody knows me – I’m incognito. It’s all new, all fun.
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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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When I listen to hip-hop, I listen to Just Ice, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MCs.
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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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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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