People consider Black Star a great album, and I think it's a classic album. But the fact is, both me and Mos Def have made better albums since Black Star.

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.

Honestly, you have to take care of yourself. That's probably something I have learned on the road.

War is not civilized.

Now people won't beat you up if you are gay; they might just talk behind your back.

But there's so many things in life like women, like children, like God and family that transcends the world of hip-hop.

I listened to a mind joint, and I wanted to do my own version of it, and what you hear on my mixtape is my take on what the whole CD sounds like.