Certain majors [lables] just know what they're doin', and got a good grip on the dynamic of what's happening, and some don't.

I think the time in between albums, as much as it was not anticipated, it was much-needed, and very helpful, very useful. I've done nothing but hone my craft, and get better, and learn, and gather information in the process. So I'm grateful for it in retrospect.

I have some things that I've been workin' on, such as delivery, wordplay, breath control, just a lot of other things that artists work on, that the listener may not be listening for.

I came up in battling and just wanting to compete. Even if you had no real problem with someone, you just wanted to compete.

I chose the name "Padded Room," because, when I'm in the booth, it would be the padded room. When I'm in the booth, I can say a lot of things and speak about a lot of things that normally I wouldn't be able to speak about to a friend or to family or to a crowd. A lot of times, the things that I say, if you had to categorize it, they would probably call me nuts or crazy. So, you add that aspect of "The Padded Room," which would be almost like an insane asylum.

Most important to me is being able to release music and have an astounding relationship with whoever would be distributing the music.

Maybe I'm regular and the world needs to adjust?