I was with PolyGram; that was the big label that I was with for the longest, like 12 years.

DJs and people in the street know what they like.

You grow and learn a lot about the industry and what happens behind closed doors over the years.

I don't like rap that you can't understand. The youth is so quick and alert.

I don't trip on that much. I just like to enjoy life and be happy.

What we call soul has been around a long time. It comes out of a particular culture that is African in origin, but influenced by 250 years of slavery, as well as other forms of racial oppression.