Play It Cool, That's The Old School

My Success Symbolizes Loyalty, Great Friends, Dedication, Hard Work, Routine Builds Character. In A World Full Of Snakes, Rats And Scavengers

Every Time I Get In The Studio, I Feel Like I Wanna Have Some Fun. My Fun Is Not Doing The Easy Work. My Fun Is Doing What's Me.

In Hip Hop No One Cares. No One Stands Up For It And It's A Mess. We Need Order So We Can All Follow The Tradition Of Where We Came From. We Need To Keep Referring To The Pioneers.

Hip-hop Ain't Died Because Of The South, That's Retarded. When I Named The Album Originally, I Thought I Bit Off More Than I Could Chew But You'd Be An Idiot To Think I'm Talking About How The South Killed Hip-hop Or How New York Isn't Where It Should Be Or Where It Once Was. It Was Like, "damn, I Need To Explain This?" But I Thought, "nah, The Proof Is Right There. We Should Know What It Is." I Expect The Hip-hop Audience To Be Avant Garde. I Want Them To Be Where I'm At Or Beyond Where I'm At.

I Lay Puzzle As I Backtrack To Earlier Times, Nothing's Equivalent To The New York State Of Mind