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At The End Of The Day, I Don't Release Any Records That I'm Not Proud To Put My Name On. I Never Got To That Point.

I Think All Of This—the Roots And Djing Included—was Meant To Prepare Me For The Tonight Show.

Every Time A New Record Started, People Exhaled With Pleasure, Or Their Bodies Moved Automatically. I Really Started Getting High Off Of The Euphoric Exclamations. Every Record I Put On Was Like A Baptism.

I Grew Up In Somewhat Of A War Zone In West Philadelphia In 1985, '86. It Wasn't As Extreme As Someone Coming In The Classroom And Just Unloading On A Class, But I Knew To Take The Scenic Route To Go To The Grocery Store To Avoid Certain Elements.

Hip-hop Is An Instant Gratification, Winners And Losers Circle, And Often Those Who Are Losing Give Up After Three Or Four, Five Years.