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.

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.

For the last year, I had to get out of my bubble.

I'm a well rounded artist and I love to make music and create and be different. Hopefully I get the opportunity to show the world that.

When I first got into the studio once again, and I started hearing the beats, the anger and bitterness was coming out of me. I guess somewhat I was also being brainwashed by what was going on today. I thought that to fit in, I had to do what was hot right now, which is not the case.

[Big Pun] loved the fact that I could sing, everybody around us were rappers. A lot of people didn't know that Pun really, really loved r&b music.

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.