And The Stuff That I

When I Made Illmatic, I Was Trying To Make The Perfect Album. It Comes From The Days Of Wild Style. I Was Trying To Make You Experience My Life. I Wanted You To Look At Hip-hop Differently. I Wanted You To Feel That Hip-hop Was Changing And Becoming Something More Real.

To Me, Hip-hop's Been Dead For Years. We All Should Know That. With That Being Said, Then, The Object Of The Game Now Is To Make Money Off Of Exploiting It. That's What It's All About - Get This Money. That's Basically What I'm Saying.

When I Try To Sound Like The Contemporary Sound, It Never Turns Out That Way.

Respect All Fear None My Pride Is Everything

I Think It's Harder To Make A Classic Now, Not Because Of What People Say, But Because Artists Now Are So Concerned With What People Say.