I'm a cinephile. I love movies, I love film at every level. I'm a student of it. It informs me as does all art in my music, because there's stories, there's acts, there's moods, there's dynamics, there's moodiness, emotion. All of those things that play into a film. I think that could equally be said about music. It definitely informs me. Beats is stories.

I have a very connected history with Bilal. I heard his demo years ago. I heard all of the magic instantly. He's a master at interpretation of song.

Satisfaction, I have the right tactics... And if you need em I got crazy prophylactics.

It's not just a struggle for blacks to be accepted by whites, but the other way around as well. A lot of people don't see that.

When I watch films now, theres more of a musicality to the way the film are written.

Predating the Internet and predating videos, you had an active imagination. You would hear sounds and then get mental pictures of what these sounds felt like to you. It engaged you and made you more invested in it. It made you want to get tickets to the show, buy the album, put the poster on the wall. Now it's sensory overload.

I like music with soul and passion and the good of humanity. As long as it has those things, I'm all the way in.