Things go wrong when the people who control that world stop listening to their own instincts and start catering to their fan base.

There are a lot of music startups that don't have anything to do with anyone's love for music. It has to do with them having a glorious IPO and then retiring to the Bahamas somewhere. It's important to keep that in mind.

Things go wrong when the people who control that world stop listening to their own instincts and start catering to their fan base.

If I wanted to contribute to the hyphy movement, what good is it making a hyphy record that isn't embraced by that community?

I feel like you're being coy if you don't do something and celebrate the 20th or 25th anniversary in some way. Just as I've never, ever had any kind of embargo on playing songs from Endtroducing, no matter how much I wanted people to like my new stuff - I've never, ever stopped playing Endtroducing, for that reason as well. It's a give and take - it's a balance. If there's one theme, I guess, to this entire discussion, then it's that.

I would agree with you that there's 90% imitation and 10% innovation. That's true of any genre.

I would much rather people kick and scream and tear their hair out and accuse me of all kinds of blasphemy, than just have no opinion whatsoever.