Maroon 5 is crazy to me, I would love to work with them.

I had to fall back and rethink and get into the studio and listen to real r&b music. This is what I do and this is what I need to do.

When I first came back into the booth, I starting rapping.

With the way music is going right now, it's difficult for an r&b singer to make real music. If it's not with a trap beat and you're not mumbling, no disrespect to all of the great artists out there doing what they're doing, I'm not hating, I'm just saying it's difficult for r&b singers right now to make quality music.

I'm business savvy and my will is only to win. I can't hit rock bottom any lower. It's only up from here. The weight is off the shoulders with that.

It is a blessing. When I first got wind of [Chris Rivers] taking the rap thing serious and wanting to make a career out of it.

I've always had a passion for rap, and I might not be the greatest rapper, but I'm better than half of them out there.