Doom is a classic supervillain, akin to the Phantom of the Opera. It’s not about revenge so much as, like.
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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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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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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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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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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A visual always brings a first impression. But if there’s going to be a first impression.
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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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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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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 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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Nobody knows me – I’m incognito. It’s all new, all fun.
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Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for fun.
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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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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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You have writers that write about crazy characters, but that doesn’t mean the writer himself is crazy.
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