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Hip-hop lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it's not up to people's expectations anymore, its still here, and that's says a lot.

When I was growing up, hip-hop was still a pretty specialised thing.

Hip-hop educated me about other forms of music, because it sampled from all different styles.

I don't know, I feel like as time has gone on, hip-hop has become really redundant and repetitive.

Hip-hop is all over the planet.

For us to keep claiming this isn't Hip Hop and that isn't Hip Hop doesn't make sense to me.

Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as art.

Hip Hop has become real constrained. The creative juices and creative flows have been diminished.

We have this really retro vibe and style of songwriting and, personally, I wasn't embracing the current state of music until I fell in love with hip-hop. It felt good to suddenly embrace where music was headed, and I think hip-hop is the best at that, because it feels so progressive and everybody wants to be the best.