I believe hip hop is being used in some mass way to influence underachievement.
I'm an artist, and I like the risk - I'm not in it for the sure things.
I hate hateful people.
It's a double-headed coin, because technology is a convenience but it's stifled our attention spans. At one time, albums had songs that were like ten minutes long, with different variations and chord progressions and changes.
I don't sell dope, I sell hope.
A great deal of it is personal. But the persona is, I guess, the out of body experience that takes place. Because I'm not conscious of what the outcome is going to be, I'm only conscious of my intentions, do you know what I'm saying? And even my intentions were simple initially.