I think Def Jam happened to be one of the labels that really didn't have a good grip on things that were going on. I'll say that - that's my political answer.

Don't ask for a cig' - I'm so self-centered, I won't even share this cancer.

Project X now, but it started as a Hunger Game.

Destiny made a mistake and gave my fate to someone else.

If I'm trading bars with somebody, it certainly is not because I have a release coming. Joe Budden prides himself on the music and not the sales aspect.

I believe that life is meaningless without hope, which is really what that line is about. Without hope, what are we living for? I wouldn't wanna see where exactly I'd be in five years. I wouldn't wanna know my exact date of death. I wouldn't want to know my exact cause of death. Certain things I just want to allow to take place rather than just have the knowledge beforehand.

I'm not in a competition with any other artist, anything that's goin' on - I'm strictly competing with myself.