The materialism, the brashness, the misogyny - everything in hip-hop is amplified. Misogyny is a good example of something that is completely amplified in hip-hop. I do think there is more than enough of a balance, though, for fans who are willing to search it out.

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.

I'd like to work with Outkast, I'd like to work with RZA, I'd like to work with Timbaland, York, a whole bunch of people.

You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to when to be humble. You have to know when to be hard and you have to know when to be soft.

I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.

It’s very seductive to focus on what you don’t like as opposed to celebrating all that it is that you do.

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.