I don't get jealousy, I don't get how people hate each other - I never did.

I live in L.A. because my kids do. Home is where my kids are for me.

I sip the Dom P watching Gandhi til I'm charged - writing in my book of rhymes, all the words past the margin

I wanted to say what wasn't being said. I wanted to give people a real story. I wanted people to know people like me exist in the world.

Some people say I'm saying what they wanna say. Some people don't agree. Some people are outraged. Some people want to see what the album is about. To me, hip-hop's been dead for years. We all should know that, come on. With that being said, then, the object of the game now is to make money off of exploiting it. That's what it's all about - get this money. That's basically what I'm saying.

Hip-hop is bigger than the South, hip-hop is bigger than New York.

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.