If you holding up the wall then you missing the point

It mattered what someone did to allow you to have the forum to do what you're doing.

There's a need for pop. There's a need for radio. There's also a need to understand the brilliance and the depth of jazz and soul - and what hip-hop can be at its most brilliant and what hip-hop can be at its most simplistic.

When new artists come out and they're not being cosigned or some company doesn't have a stake in it, or someone's not getting paid under the table to produce the whole record or bring it to video, the artist really suffers.

Man, I would demand that artist come to the table with better variety. I would demand that musicians know music history, not just Hip-Hop, so that we could understand. The better your 'listening ear' is, the better your music will be.

The battle thing is very important in hip-hop, but at the same time, I want to sit down and have a beer and listen to Rakim.

There needs to be someone who can lead you in the right direction.