As An Artist, I Have To Be

With Prisoner Of Conscience, The Focus Was - I've Worked With Madlib, High Tech, Kanye West, J Dilla. I Feel Like I've Worked With Some Of The Greatest Of All Time. That's Been Overlooked. That's Been Overshadowed By The Weight Of The Lyrics.

To Be Honest, That Whole Exchange With Crunk Feminist Actually Made Me Write The Song Because I Realize There's A Lot Of Young Women Out There So Hurt By The Misogynistic Images In Hip-hop They Paint It With Such A Broad Brush Stroke That They Think Anybody That Defends Hip-hop Is Defending Misogyny.

What Is Norah Jones' Style? Is It Just The Albums That We've Heard? She Has A Rock Group Where She Plays Guitar In, Downtown In New York, So Do We Really Know Her Style?

My Fondest Memories Were Watching The Beastie Boys Get Prepped To Come On Stage. They Had A Lot Of Antics And They Play A Lot Of Basketball... Then They Were Giving Out Cameras To The Crowd, And Performing From The Bleachers. The Most Important Thing I Learned Was That You Control Your Crowd, Not The Other Way Around.

Do The Math: You Never Settle For Less Than The Whole If You Knew The Half.