Having the savvy to know what you want to say, how you want to say it, and what music you want to say it over comes with time spent and wisdom gained in a music career.

Having the savvy to know what you want to say, how you want to say it, and what music you want to say it over comes with time spent and wisdom gained in a music career.

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.

The stuff I'm working on is quite dense. I'm seeing every four bars as a scene in a film.

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

There are situations where I'm uncomfortable saying, "I'm a hip-hop artist." In some circles, the response is like, "Oh, OK, so... you have whores and your ties are shiny?"

Unless somebody who's already eleven thousand times platinum is like, "We're ushering this project in," it's not really gonna pop commercially.