Musician

People only know me for what they've heard, but that only represents about 10 percent of what I've done.

I'm a laid back dude, I don't really get excited.

I don't like drama in my life, but I like reading about it.

I'm a man of few words.

The equipment doesn't matter, it's the vibe you put into it. If the music sounds good, music sounds good.

I don't have beef with anybody.

It's not easy to sound like Dilla, but you can make beats like Dilla with your computer, so that's why everybody sounds like Dilla.

If I sample a song, I usually make samples out of the whole album. Then I move on after that. Doesn't mean I'm going to release that whole album, but I do that.

I love zebras.

I do a few shows every year, but I'm mostly at home, making music. Day and night.

My pops had me at the studio since I was born. That's why I got into music. He would let me go up on the controls and mess with stuff.

I'm quiet, so people might think I'm a mute.

As long as I'm living decent, then I'm cool.

Interviews are my least favorite thing to do.

I'm constantly buying records.

I'm a jokester, man.

I'm usually bored with both gangsta rappers and underground ones, too.

I didn't want to put out 'The Unseen' because I thought I would be criticized. I thought everyone would think the sped-up vocals were a gimmick. I had to be convinced to put it out.

Dizzy Gillespie would come by, eating gumbo. It was crazy. My grandparents were friends with all of them. Dee Dee Bridgewater, all of them, they'd come through.

Sometimes I will slow down the beat for one bar on purpose, just to see if the rapper can adapt his flow and stay on beat.