My making it is a combination of grinding, grinding, grinding and being lucky enough to finally get a shot.

Hip-hop reflects the truth, and the problem is that hip-hop exposes a lot of the negative truth that society tries to conceal. It's a platform where we could offer information, but it's also an escape.

Got demons on both shoulders.

I have no trouble being a good dude because that's what I am.

New York is traditional New York, you know what I'm saying? It's the stomping ground of the hustlers and go-getters

At the end of the day, man, you can't protect yourself from a haymaker that's coming in toward your face if you don't see it coming.

I wanted to make something that reminded people of the way albums used to feel. I wanted something as good as the stuff put out by the Bomb Squad, or Dr. Dre and his production crew, or 'A Tribe Called Quest.' I miss albums like those.