That's one of my struggles as a hip-hop artist. If I feel like doing a super conscious song where I don't even rap.

Throughout the whole Stroll album, I'm breaking barriers. Whether I'm doing acoustic hip-hop, singing my own hooks or singing my own verses... There's always going to be people who don't like it, cause they're stuck in their ways, or they just don't like you in general... but it's been good.

This album [Stroll] and all my songs that break barriers are more reflective of my personality.

People know who I am, but I'm feeling so lonely in the middle area, because I feel like I should be at the top.

I always use familiarity in my music, whether it's in my song writing or whatever.

I feel like I've got the skills to be at the top, I feel like I've got the mind-state, so basically what I'm saying is there's people all around me, there's artists all around me that are in my zone, but I still feel alone. I feel like I can't relate to them as much as I can related to maybe somebody that was a little bit higher up.

I work with a lot of production that's really positive and contains a lot of soul stuff. Those instrumentals project the happiness out of me. But, sometimes I get a darker beat, with some dark piano or something... and then I'll do darker tracks.