I feel less and less like that every year, and I guess maybe even more so with every new record that I put out. I just think, as the years go by, it's harder and harder to really find a reason to be annoyed that you made something that people want to continuously talk about. Certainly there are contexts in which the record can be discussed which will get me on the defensive and make me want to put some kind of calibration or some kind of context on what the record means in relation to my career as a whole.

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 think I would be much more enthusiastic about a band that covered more than just one particular album of mine. I don't ever really intend to record or to do shows with a live band. I don't really have a problem with it, but it doesn't really affect me either way.

I've always been compared to people. It's a revolving cast that comes and goes - obviously, sometimes people stay.

I always managed to fly a bit below the radar, but high enough to avoid colliding into anything.

I've always feel like it's been my place to offer an alternative.

It's satisfying to put out new music. And I think that's the context in which I'm comfortable revisiting things from the past.