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

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I have a very connected history with Bilal. I heard his demo years ago. I heard all of the magic instantly. He's a master at interpretation of song.

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When I watch films now, theres more of a musicality to the way the film are written.

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We got to stay awake for all these lizards and snakes; Some of them come as friends, some of them come as Jakes.

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I like music with soul and passion and the good of humanity. As long as it has those things, I'm all the way in.

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Back in the days when I was a teenager, Before I had status and before I had a pager, You could find The Abstract listening to hip-hop, My pops used …

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Ayo, shout out to Mobb Deep, the Extra P Busta Rhymes, De La, the J Beez, so don't sleep

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

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

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