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My Fans Like To Be Romantic. I Feel Like I'm Creating At Least At The Same Level Or Even A Higher Level Of Creativity Than I Was At Twenty-one. I've Gotten Better As An Artist.

I'm Not An Artist That Has A Big, Huge Radio Record That's Going To Be On Bet. I'm Not, At This Point, Gunning For Like, "oh, I'm Gonna Kill Them In The First Week." But As People Slowly Discover The Album They Realize It's Better Than A Lot Of What They've Been Listening To All Year.

I Feel Like I Have Way More Resources, Way More Experience. I'm Better. But My Fans Romanticize The Earlier Stuff, And I Don't Think It's Just Like A Nostalgia Thing Of "he's Not As Good" - I Think It's Because That Earlier Stuff Was Aggressively Marketed As A Lifestyle To Them.

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 Ain't Using All The Talents God Provided You With For The Betterment Of Man, Understand, You Ain't Nothing But A Waste.