Str8HipHip

"I'd rather be clone of a nigga who sold 20 million records wit two albums than a clone of a nigga who sold 100k with five albums. I'd love to be a rich clone rather than a poor one. (Laughs) Nah, but seriously I don't take offense to it because at the end of the day that means I make good quality music. Plus I have so many different flows and patterns it’s kind of hard to say I sound like one particular artist. I have my own sound and it’s my responsibility to provide the public with more material so they can experience my sound..."

"Well with Oprah, I believe she has her reasons for why she does what she does. Me personally, as long as she continues to do well and is actually helping the betterment of the future in what she's doing, I'm all for it. I do understand why people are angry though, they feel, they are being judged without getting a chance to have there say. I myself have been in that position for years and feel I'm a good example of someone people misjudge until they meet me..."

"I wrote Beyonce's song 'Irreplaceable' Beyonce is an amazing artist and its great working with her. We actually did a couple of songs but that's the song that ended up making the album because in the process of her making the album the direction she was originally going totally changed and 'Irreplaceable' was the song that fitted in with the new direction of her album..."

"I got tracks from Em(inem), Dr. Dre, J Henn, Dangerous LLC, Rockwilder, Pete Rock, Kadis-N-Sean, M.Rell, Focus, Scott Storch, Lab Ox, Polow, Nate Danjahandz, The Runners and others. I'm gonna have to narrow the tracks down so its gonna be a real hard process cause I've recorded all smash hits..."

"I've been having situations all my life, whether it be in the streets or in prison- in those situations you're coming out your house and you got your gun and you see the dude that you got beef with, and when you catch up to him you shoot him or vice versa, as opposed to the rap game when most of these dudes they like to disrespect each other then when they see each other they like to talk it out, so its two different kind of men..."

"When I do a record that requires little thought I still want you to feel what I felt when I recorded it. I want you to get the picture in your head. When my song is about something I went through that you may share or can imagine I want you to think about it, not just hear it, I want you to see and feel it. What I’m talking about transcends rapping and putting words together"

"There is some hope. I think artistry will definitely make a comeback. Its people like me, and Nickel-Us F, Aynjul, Drake, Donland Ent, etc; that are definitely ushering in another level of artistry. So as long we can play the right positions, the game will definitely take a better turn..."

"Well me I’m making my own lane. I call it that New Old School. I created my own genre of music. My style never sounds the same; I don’t even write anymore, I know that I have a talent. I can store my rhymes in my head without having a pen and paper. I’m not afraid to be different…"

"Because we have always had talented artist making hot music, it’s just our time to shine right now, but I’ll be around much longer after the “phase”..."

"What separates me the most is the fact that I am me; meaning what you hear on the record is ME. Some metaphors need to be exaggerated to be effective, but I guarantee that you won’t find me riffin even one bar that’s untrue. Everything that comes out of my mouth is 100% official..."