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I needed an opportunity to get back in the studio and get my recording chops back together.

I got caught up in doing records for other artists. I just stayed behind the scenes, and time just kinda passed.

Jive has been really, really good to me.

I used to record but just in my own studio or in my friend's back when I toyed with the idea of being a rapper.

I played djembe, percussion, keyboards and I sang.

I also tried to avoid doing obvious dance records.

I tried to make a honky-tonk country record - rough-hewn, cut fast, and all analog - like I wasn't hearing anymore.

I did my first recording. It was called The Champ.

I started my career as a singer in Japan, but left it all behind to focus on my dancing career.

I was rapping as a hobby. It was something I did for my friends and just played around on ideas and stuff like that.