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.
MF DOOMYou have writers that write about crazy characters, but that doesn’t mean the writer himself is crazy.
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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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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’m doing the shows. The stage is my canvas; I’ll put whatever up there for the visible eye.
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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 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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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’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 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 song ‘Bite the Thong’ in particular, with Damon Albarn, really encapsulates the whole dilemma of, ‘
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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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Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for fun.
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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 always trying to show versatility. I’m juggling, and I’m flipping fire, and I’m chewing gum and rhyming at the same time… on a unicycle, while playing the drums.
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When I listen to hip-hop, I listen to Just Ice, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MCs.
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