I get that mainly from novels and that style of writing or movies where there’s multiple characters who carry the storyline.
MF DOOMI 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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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 might as well use it to control the story. So why not do something like throw a mask on?
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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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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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The song ‘Bite the Thong’ in particular, with Damon Albarn, really encapsulates the whole dilemma of, ‘
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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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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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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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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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I spent 35 years growing up in the U.S., and it had its ups and downs.
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I liked different etymologies, different slang that came out in different eras. Different languages. Different dialects.
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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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When I listen to hip-hop, I listen to Just Ice, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MCs.
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Nobody knows me – I’m incognito. It’s all new, all fun.
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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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