Brooklyn, New York emcee Joey Bada$$ and his Pro Era collective are the latest rappers featured in an interview with Nardwuar. During their video session, Bada$$ discussed his admiration for MF DOOM. He shared that “you could never get enough” of his music and explained how he feels about the masked emcee going mainstream.
“He’s relevant to the people who know about it,” Bada$$ told Nardwuar in the interview, done at SXSW. “That’s the dope thing about it. He shouldn’t be mainstream. That just wouldn’t be DOOM.”
Pro Era’s Chuck Strangers shared this sentiment.
“Imagine DOOM famous,” Strangers noted. “It’d be weird as fuck. I don’t think he even wants to be famous.”
Later in the interview, Pro Era members were given MF DOOM related gifts including vinyl, a mask and Frank 151’s The DOOM Book.
“You can never get enough DOOM,” Bada$$ added.
The entire interview can be viewed below, courtesy of Nardwuar.
Bada$$ later shared that this was one of his favorite interviews “ever” via Twitter but he also added that he was receiving backlash for the way he interacted with Nardwuar during the session. His comments can be viewed below.
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respect kid got a good head on his shoulders
dont like his delivery
didnt like unorthadox either
https://soundcloud.com/beenfresh91
take it or leave it
These stupid internet kids will find anything… really ANYTHING to try to hate on or criticize. WTF was wrong with the way Joey was acting in the interview? Seriously, someone help me out here
Psh DOOM, nobody wants to hear the same damn beat on 4 different albums in an era where some kid in mom’s basement probably has enough dope original beats to fuel an entire crew. Funny interview though.
fuck doom hes a con artist – no mister porter
still an artist though
SO YOU’RE STRIVING FOR NERD RAP??? NEXT!
Well it’s definitely not nerd rap, and MF has collaborated with Ghostface Killah and other Living, Legends, in the game. Sorry if intelligence is not your preference.
But I like how you’re trying to determine his demographic for him. Bold. Cute.
MF DOOM is the dopest MC ever. His lyrics are so real and witty. If you don’t like Doom, he is probably glad you don’t like him either. You that hate do not know real gems when you hear them. Operation Doomsday and Mmm food two of the realest albums ever.