To be honest, I didn't really get into making music to be an album artist.

Just like on Guitar Hero, there are things that are similar and things that are not similar at all. When I first played DJ Hero, I wasn't very good. The control surface is similar in some ways to a turntable, but in other ways not at all the same.

My main thing is constantly looking forward and trying to make music that I couldn't have made at any other time.

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

You can be a great DJ and still be not very good at DJ Hero. And vice-versa: You can have never spun in your life on real turntables and be fine on DJ Hero.

I don't care if I get kicked out of every rich kid club on the planet. I will never sacrifice my integrity as a DJ...ever.

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