People Consider Black Star A Great Album,

When I Was A Teenager, The Way Some Of These Kids Out Here Be Actively Gay, It Would Have Been Ridiculed In The Hood. And Now The Hood Is A Bit More Accepting. Begrudgingly Accepting, But Definitely More Accepting Than 20 Years Ago When I Was A Little Kid. That Doesn't Mean That Anybody Should Stop Fighting For Equality Just Because People Are Begrudgingly A Little More Accepting.

We Speak The Love Language, They Speak From Pain And Anguish. Some Don't Love Theyselves, So They Perception Is Tainted.

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.

I Have A Luxury Of People Coming To See Me Whether I Play For The Crowd Or Not. I Don't Take That Lightly.

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.