They Ask Me What I'm Writing For

By The Time You Get Into Other Kinds Of Music - R&b, Country, Or Whatever - It Becomes Something That's Romantic. It Becomes Something Unattainable. Never-ending Undying Love. And In Hip Hop, We're Still Taking Direct Inspiration.

If You Look At My Career, Doing Albums With Norah Jones, Justin Timberlake, Gucci Mane And Lil Wayne Or Krs-one And Jean Grae, I Can't Be Pigeonholed.

Coltrane Had A Sax, Dale Earnhardt Drives A Race Car And Everybody Has Their Tools.

I Feel Like People Mislead Themselves When They Tell Themselves They're Into Me Because Of The Lyrics. From My Vantage Point, People Aren't Into Me Because Of The Content, Because Of The Lyrics. Because There's A Million Of Rappers Who Have Great Content.

I Gotta Be Dope First. I Gotta Be Appealing To Your Senses, And To What You Like First. Then The Message Happens. Then You Relate To The Message.