I would rather have 10 people working on a record that are really committed and believe in it and love it, than 50 people who have no idea who I am or what I'm for.

I personally feel the need to experience life and new music and ideas before I can sit down and start writing music again.

I don't hate what I love. I love what I love and I hate what I hate.

When I play that music live nowadays, there's a lot of things I feel I'd like to do - even things I don't think the audience is aware of, like layering subs underneath the kicks, and layering crisp hats underneath the muddy, trashy hats of the '90s. If I tried to play the music as it was next to my contemporary music, it just sounds like you're closing up half of the sonic spectrum.

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

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

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