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In 1999, I just came out of putting out the song 'Vivrant Thing' and 'Breathe and Stop' off the 'Amplified' album. Clive Davis signed me to Arista.

Predating the Internet and predating videos, you had an active imagination. You would hear sounds and then get mental pictures of what these sounds felt like to you. It engaged you and made you more invested in it. It made you want to get tickets to the show, buy the album, put the poster on the wall. Now it's sensory overload.

You can tell how good a filmmaker is if you can turn the sound down but you can still feel the story.

In theory, people would pick progression every time over being idle. But if you look at us as a culture, as a people, you would say that if you get up at five o'clock in the morning, eat your breakfast, go to work, make money, pay your bills, you're progressing, when you're still doing what's comfortable.

You never know: rain, sleet, hail, snow,_x000D__x000D_See you gotta accept that's how things go._x000D__x000D_Prepare for the rainy day, or the sun's glow,_x000D__x000D_But there's clouds movin' in and the clouds gonna blow.

I don't really listen to my work. If I have to DJ and I play something, I hear it. But I don't sit quietly and listen to my work; I'm always off to do the next thing.

For people who love Tribe, I'm the defector. They say, 'You should get back with Ali to do the beats.' But a lot of people don't realize I did all the music in Tribe. In the first three albums, I did all the beats!

I think I have great responsibility, and when I do my music, when I try to relate to my audience, I just try to do it in an honest fashion, you know, just try to be as earnest as possible and sometime it may be self-effacing. Sometimes it may be finger-pointing. Sometimes it may be beautiful, and sometime it may be ugly.

Rap is not pop, if you call it that then stop...

Rock and roll to the beat of the funk fuzz _x000D__x000D_Wipe your feet really good on the rhythm rug _x000D__x000D_If you feel the urge to freak, do the jitterbug _x000D__x000D_Come and spread your arms if you really need a hug.

The world is kinda cold and the rhythm is my blanket _x000D_Wrap yourself up in it, if you love it, then you'll thank it.

Funky like your grandpa's drawers, don't test me _x000D__x000D_We in like that, you're dead like Presley

So pay attention, it's not hard to decipher, _x000D__x000D_And after the horns, you can check out the Phifer

And even though we both fly_x000D__x000D_Give each other space and not the evil eye

How far must you go to gain respect? Um..._x000D__x000D_Well, it's kind of simple: just remain your own._x000D__x000D_Or you'll be crazy sad and alone.

The thing that men and women need to do is stick together_x000D_ Progressions can't be made if we're separate forever

We got to mediate our greedy levels,_x000D__x000D_Cause the lust of currency can have us sleepin with the devil.

All we want in this life is peace, prosperity and a little paper...

Shorty, let me tell you about my only vice:_x000D__x000D_It has to do with lots of lovin', and it ain't nuttin' nice.

Satisfaction, I have the right tactics... And if you need em I got crazy prophylactics.

I'm kind of a pop culture stew, you know.