I remember a day and time when the streets indicated what was hot online, and now I think it's starting to reverse a little bit.

Where I'm at physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually usually dictates where my music goes.

I get a lot of support from the West Coast. But I think that's beginning to change. I think, as the awareness goes up, and as I continue to be consistent, more people from my area come around, and they're converted into Joe Budden fans.

When you're young and you're comin' up, and you dream of gettin' this record deal, and then you actually get it, and, you know, its apples and oranges from everything that you pictured. The line was pretty self-explanatory to me: once I got in my major label agreement, I definitely couldn't deal with it. It was drivin' me crazy, givin' me gray hairs at an early age.

Even at my lowest I was sittin on my high stool.

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 remember a day and time when the streets indicated what was hot online, and now I think it's starting to reverse a little bit.