I've always tried different stuff in the studio. I use rakes, spoons, cans... I'm a surround-sound type of guy.

Everyone wants to work with the big new producer or the hot new singer. The key is to find them before they're hot.

I look at Lil Wayne as being from my generation.

You don't question where the music comes from, because it all comes from God.

I don't have beef with nobody.

I know somebody in every culture.

I wanna be selective... very selective. Right now, hip-hop's very boring to me. It's no excitement.