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.
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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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’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 spent 35 years growing up in the U.S., and it had its ups and downs.
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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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You have writers that write about crazy characters, but that doesn’t mean the writer himself is crazy.
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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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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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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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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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I’m doing the shows. The stage is my canvas; I’ll put whatever up there for the visible eye.
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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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I make hip-hop, but use Doom as a character to convey stories that a normal dude can’t.
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I liked different etymologies, different slang that came out in different eras. Different languages. Different dialects.
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