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Hip-hop is really standoffish. It's really competitive and it's really about who's number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand.

I take pride in being one of the most successful producers in hip-hop history, having the most successful record in hip-hop history, I have the most number ones.

I'm still trying to be No. 1 in the world, like everyone else is out there.

I think most players would love, at one stage in their career, to say, 'I've been No. 1 in the world.'

Hip hop has always been braggin' and boasting and 'I'm better at you than this' and 'I'm better at you than that.'

The people decide who's No. 1, the best in boxing.

If you're the greatest, it's okay to say you're the greatest. My suggestion to everybody is to be their own greatest fan. Weaker personas and personalities define that as egotistical or arrogant, but what it means is their self-esteem isn't that strong.

There is no doubt in my mind who is number one - I have always been number one.

The weird thing about rap is that you don't get compared in the same way that athletes do, even though it's probably the most competitive sport in music. In basketball, they look at a player and say: 'This guy was the best in his prime at this sport.' But in rap it's not until you're dead or retired that people think about it like that.

A No. 1 record is hard to come by.