I think it's harder to make a classic now, not because of what people say, but because artists now are so concerned with what people say.

Big L scared me to death. When I heard that on tape, I was scared to death. I was like there's no way I can compete if this is what I gotta compete with.

Hip-hop artist, especially the older ones, are the ones who new hip-hop was a worldwide phenomenon before the mainstream caught on, so hip-hop artists are forward thinkers. We want to stay with the new.

When I write a story, I just wanna tell you what's in my head. It can come from real life and then turn into fantasy, stuff just rhyming. And write about what you know. I just like to tell stories that have not been told or [told] from my perspective.

You don't want to disappoint. Especially someone like me who's been out of music for years and hasn't had an album in like, four years.

God gushed me out his nuts, the devil swallowed me up and I burnt a hole in his guts

If you really believe in yourself and your music that much, you're gonna do your thing, regardless what people say.