I realized I liked being in the studio and working on translating the ideas into recordings.

Hip-hop has never had boundaries - the more adventurous it is, the more popular it seems to be.

The goal is to make something that sounds new and different.

Im still an idealist. My manager is always trying to talk me out of it, but thats just the way I am.

I was never in the business of trying to put my name out there - I was really focused on music and records and being in the studio.

If the chemistry between me and the artist is good, then that's half the battle.

The best bands kept making records and had this evolution, where by the end, by their commercial phase or sellout phase, the records are from outer space.