Music Is Not An Exact Science So

I See That Happening With Hip Hop Purists Now. Where You Have An Artist Like A Kendrick [lamar] Or A Drake, Who Are Really Trying Different Things Emotionally, Different Things Musically, And On A Mainstream Level. And You Have Underground Hip Hop Fans Dissing It, For The Simple Fact That It's Mainstream - Not Because What They're Doing Is Whack, Or What They're Doing Is Not Sincere.

People Consider Black Star A Great Album, And I Think It's A Classic Album. But The Fact Is, Both Me And Mos Def Have Made Better Albums Since Black Star.

We Send Young White Boys To The Army. We're Sending Young Black Boys To The Prisons.

As An Artist, I Have To Be A Leader Of My Fans, Not Like Follow Them. Because If I Chose To Follow Them, You Know, They Could Do It.

The Problem With Our Role Is Americans Live In A World Of Illusion.