I have a luxury of people coming to see me whether I play for the crowd or not. I don't take that lightly.

I started rapping because I wanted people to hear what I have to say, I want as many people to hear me as possible, and I do everything in my power to make that pop.

If you go to a college campus and you do stop and frisk, you're going to find a lot of drugs there too.

So I think hip-hop is moving and is going to continue to move in the direction of rappers just being honest with themselves, whether you're talking about Common and Mos Def or Nas and 50 cent.

Love is blind, you just see bright light

With Prisoner of Conscience, the focus was - I've worked with Madlib, High Tech, Kanye West, J Dilla. I feel like I've worked with some of the greatest of all time. That's been overlooked. That's been overshadowed by the weight of the lyrics.

I ignored your aura but it grabbed me by the hand, like the moon pulled the tide, and the tide pulled the sand.