A lot of people thought I was going to be a one-hit wonder, so I had that chip on my shoulder.

I had deeper, more reflective songs on the first album.

I feel that my ear candy is a little different from the ear candy most people are receiving right now.

But then again in the East Coast, I think, Tupac, inspired everybody on the East Coast, everybody down south, everybody in the West Coast you know what sayin'.

As far as the work I did with Timbaland, it was his sound and I just kinda floated in his direction. I just rapped over his traditional beats.

As far as back in that era, my formative years, me finding out what hip-hop was and what I really liked about it, and what made me want to rap.