Hip-hop is a vehicle.

I see that happening with hip hop purists now. Where you have an artist like a Kendrick [Lamar] or a Drake, who are really trying different things emotionally, different things musically, and on a mainstream level. And you have underground hip hop fans dissing it, for the simple fact that it's mainstream - not because what they're doing is whack, or what they're doing is not sincere.

Love is blind, you just see bright light

We get high on all types of drugs when, all you really need is Love

I'm not an artist that has a big, huge radio record that's going to be on BET. I'm not, at this point, gunning for like, "Oh, I'm gonna kill them in the first week." But as people slowly discover the album they realize it's better than a lot of what they've been listening to all year.

Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing.

As an artist, I have to be a leader of my fans, not like follow them. Because if I chose to follow them, you know, they could do it.