When I listen to hip-hop, I listen to Just Ice, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MCs.
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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 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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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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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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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 make hip-hop, but use Doom as a character to convey stories that a normal dude can’t.
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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 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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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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You have writers that write about crazy characters, but that doesn’t mean the writer himself is crazy.
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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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I’m doing the shows. The stage is my canvas; I’ll put whatever up there for the visible eye.
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