I want to get into the whole clothing thing, movies, but I just want to make sure that my artistry is locked down.

As far as the work I did with Timbaland, it was his sound and I just kinda floated in his direction. I just rapped over his traditional beats.

You know, that's kind of the thing, I can't freestyle and I used to always wonder why I couldn't, and when I would try once out of every six months, but I was always a great writer!

I want to get into the whole clothing thing, movies, but I just want to make sure that my artistry is locked down.

If you take any populated place - any major city in America - and drive 45 minutes from that spot directly out of town you'll be in about as country a place as you'll ever find.

Whatever is about you that is translated into your art, that's gonna keep you completly original and fresh and I just think that, that's just the best advice I can give, to an artist creatively.

I wanted to tell my story in a way I haven't done before, things I've been going through in my life.