When I made Illmatic, I was trying to make the perfect album. It comes from the days of Wild Style. I was trying to make you experience my life. I wanted you to look at hip-hop differently. I wanted you to feel that hip-hop was changing and becoming something more real.

To me, it's an honour to be accepted as a hip hop artist, it gives me a lot of opportunity to express myself.

Through the lights cameras and action, glamour glitters and gold I unfold the scroll, plant seeds to stampede the globe.

I want to hear the artist. I want to hear them give me something that I can relate to, other than the fact that everything's about bragging.

You lose money chasing women, never lose women chasing money...

I broke into shakespeare's tomb and stole his remains, grinded the bones, smoked it, then got in the game

Your look reflects whats happening in your mind.