When we worked on Ice Cube's Amerikkka's Most Wanted album. Before we talked studios, beats, or lyrics, I said, "Two rules: Only say what you're able to vouch for. Number two, never repeat yourself twice, because we makin' an album that people will play over and over.
Chuck DMusic and art and culture is escapism, and escapism sometimes is healthy for people to get away from reality. The problem is when they stay there.
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