I make hip-hop, but use Doom as a character to convey stories that a normal dude can’t.
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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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’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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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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Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for fun.
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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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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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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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Nobody knows me – I’m incognito. It’s all new, all fun.
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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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The song ‘Bite the Thong’ in particular, with Damon Albarn, really encapsulates the whole dilemma of, ‘
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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 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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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 different etymologies, different slang that came out in different eras. Different languages. Different dialects.
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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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