The goal of the work is always for it to come across as original material, as transformative material.

I can't wait to wake up in the morning and listen to music in order to try to find something to work with.

In the past, hearing music had more value.

It's hard to play a laptop in the midst of band and have people want to buy your t-shirts and CD's.

Anytime there is any lyrical meaning or combination in my mixes, it's very blatant. I'm not trying to make any statement or anything like that.

Something that distinguishes my solo work from normal rap production is that it has a lot of melody - it's not just cutting up a song and having someone rap over it.

I guess people naturally try to find meaning in music.