Being by the ocean is the greatest thing.
All the songs are pieces to the puzzle. They each represent something different. So it's really difficult to say one song represents the album.
We need to do stuff we've always done, even though you might not like it.
If you see yourself reflected in art, you feel validated.
Nas' Illmatic blew my mind when I first heard it. The poetry was done on such a high level that in a way, it validated our existence, our culture. He used the language of the street at the time and made it art. Art tends to be validating.
The things Nas' Illmatic was saying were sometimes hard realities but it was done on such a high level, I felt I could point to him as a representative. Someone who put my struggle and my worldview into poetry.
Hip hop is still strong. As an art form, music helps people express themselves, find meaning in their own lives and connect with their tribes.
I expect my next job to be outside government.
I am doing better now though one of my legs is shorter than the other due to the operations.
People are too busy putting things under microscopes and so forth. Creativity is greater than the sum of its parts.
Actually, the animal pictures came about in a funny way.