I'm Blacked Than Midnight On Broadway And

Record Companies Are Not Necessarily Interested In You Realizing Your Artistic Dream. The Bottom Line Is That They Got To Sell Records.

I Can't Control What People Think. I'm Not Trying To Manipulate People's Thoughts Or Sentiments. I Write All The Time. You Have To Experience Life, Make Observations, And Ask Questions. It's Machine-like How Things Are Run Now In Hip-hop, And My Ambitions Are Different.

What I Take From Writers I Like Is Their Economy - The Ability To Use Language To Very Effective Ends. The Ability To Have Somebody Read Something And See It, Or For Somebody To Paint An Entire Landscape Of Visual Imagery With Just Sheets Of Words - That's Magical.

With Guys I Revere, Like Marcus Garvey Or Malcolm X, Their Look Is Less About Style Than Purpose And The Expression Of Beauty. It Wasn't Just About Being Noticed, You Know?

Man, I Smashed Her Like An Idaho Potato