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?"

You have to understand the vehicle, the form that allows you to do what you do, and why that is.

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

If you holding up the wall then you missing the point

You've rarely got an artist that's not being chauffeured into the business by some huge-ass names.

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?"

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.