I liked different etymologies, different slang that came out in different eras. Different languages. Different dialects.
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 make hip-hop, but use Doom as a character to convey stories that a normal dude can’t.
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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 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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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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You have writers that write about crazy characters, but that doesn’t mean the writer himself is crazy.
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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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When I listen to hip-hop, I listen to Just Ice, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MCs.
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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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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 spent 35 years growing up in the U.S., and it had its ups and downs.
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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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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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The song ‘Bite the Thong’ in particular, with Damon Albarn, really encapsulates the whole dilemma of, ‘
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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 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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