I think what's happenin' is that, with the overflow of music, it's been diluted. There was a time when people would go search out underground records….

You have to come in on a professional level to make it, otherwise you just can't get into rap..

You could be a Green Beret and a kid could jump out from behind a building and hit you with a rock. No matter how tough you become in the military, t….

What's bad for the culture is wack rappers that get held in high regard like they're some great thing because it's the flavor of the month, but every….

I couldn't possibly have lived all the things that Ice-T on the records lived..

There's a point where a cop pulls you out of that car and starts abusing you or beating on you and at that moment he is no longer within the law..

I'm like a monkey. You don't let go of one branch until you get a hold of the other..

I ain't got no beef with east coast, I think it's just being hyped up..

Redemption just means you just make a change in your life and you try to do right, versus what you were doing, which was wrong..

I always knew that I had to direct. That was something I'd wanted to do. Finally, I was just looking at the situation and I said, "I wanna document h….

When you start a business, go for the lowest hanging fruit..

Real men hold themselves accountable for stuff..

When you hit the wall, it's how fast you come back..

If one person comes in and says, this is the way life should be, I think you're asking for chaos. I think you gotta let different people live differe….

It's not about being mad at everything. It's about being really mad at the right things..

The truth is, everybody I've ever met who's successful is a workaholic..

I've never been competitive with anybody but myself..

You have the core hip-hop, which would just be beats and breaks, more something like what you hear with DJ Premier. Then you get into the more highly….

An MC is somebody who can control the crowd. An MC is a master of ceremonies so not only can you say your rap, you can rock the party..

I think everybody wants to redeem themselves after they've done something that might be considered negative. I don't think anyone wants to go to the ….

As long as I'm around the cats in the hip hop scene, they'll throw me a track and I'll write a rap over it..