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NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRapper
Date of Birth10 April 1970
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Shorty, let me tell you about my only vice: It has to do with lots of lovin', and it ain't nuttin' nice.
In 1999, I just came out of putting out the song 'Vivrant Thing' and 'Breathe and Stop' off the 'Amplified' album. Clive Davis signed me to Arista.
You can tell how good a filmmaker is if you can turn the sound down but you can still feel the story.
Rap is not pop. If you call it that, then stop.
I grew up on the rough side of the tracks. If you looked like you were soft, you would be fodder for the wolves. I came up in my neighbourhood like, 'I'm just gonna be me,' and all the thugs just said, 'It's OK, he's special.' They knew I had the talent with the rhymes, so they kept me around.
So concisely, musically we are the herb So sit back and light me. Inhale... My style's kinda fat, reminiscent of a whale.
For people who love Tribe, I'm the defector. They say, 'You should get back with Ali to do the beats.' But a lot of people don't realize I did all the music in Tribe. In the first three albums, I did all the beats!
You never know: rain, sleet, hail, snow, See you gotta accept that's how things go. Prepare for the rainy day, or the sun's glow, But there's clouds movin' in and the clouds gonna blow.
Funky like your grandpa's drawers, don't test me We in like that, you're dead like Presley
When I watch films now, theres more of a musicality to the way the film are written.
The world is kinda cold and the rhythm is my blanket, Wrap yourself up in it, if you love it, then you'll thank it
One step at a time, a man walked on the moon. One record got played, Kool Herc said, 'Boom!'
I like music with soul and passion and the good of humanity. As long as it has those things, I'm all the way in.
I'm a cinephile. I love movies, I love film at every level. I'm a student of it. It informs me as does all art in my music, because there's stories, there's acts, there's moods, there's dynamics, there's moodiness, emotion. All of those things that play into a film. I think that could equally be said about music. It definitely informs me. Beats is stories.