You a slave to a page in my rhyme book.

My record company had to beg me to stop filmin' music videos in the projects. No matter what the song was about, I had 'em out there.

Play it cool, that's the old school rule man.

Calling Michelle 'Obama Barack's baby mama?' Tell me, is that acceptable? But the Obamas aren't the only targets. Fox's pattern of race-baiting and fear-mongering regularly focuses on black leaders, black institutions and ordinary black people.

I'm over dey heads like a bulemic on a seesaw

Hip-hop ain't died because of the South, that's retarded. When I named the album originally, I thought I bit off more than I could chew but you'd be an idiot to think I'm talking about how the South killed hip-hop or how New York isn't where it should be or where it once was. It was like, "Damn, I need to explain this?" But I thought, "Nah, the proof is right there. We should know what it is." I expect the hip-hop audience to be avant garde. I want them to be where I'm at or beyond where I'm at.

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