Nobody knows me – I’m incognito. It’s all new, all fun.
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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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 song ‘Bite the Thong’ in particular, with Damon Albarn, really encapsulates the whole dilemma of, ‘
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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 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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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 might as well use it to control the story. So why not do something like throw a mask on?
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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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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 liked different etymologies, different slang that came out in different eras. Different languages. Different dialects.
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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 spent 35 years growing up in the U.S., and it had its ups and downs.
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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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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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A visual always brings a first impression. But if there’s going to be a first impression.
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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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