We'll never change the fact that we are hardcore hip-hop and we make rebellious hip-hop music, and we're going to keep doing that and progress with our production, progress with our lyrical styles, be creative, and just have fun with it.
I always make hardcore songs, hits for the block.
Anything that Havoc or I do is always going to point back to Mobb Deep.
I think the sound of 'The Infamous' came naturally from our lifestyle and some of the criminal things we were doing. We always rap about what we're living, and to put a beat to lyrics like those is hard.
My family had a lot to do with 'My Infamous Life.' They were the inspiration behind me starting to write. I had an interesting family life dating way back, and they did a lot in their lifetime.
Intellectuals that read a lot of books might not have been interested in Mobb Deep before 'My Infamous Life,' but now they might go, 'Who are these guys?' and check us out.
When we were making 'Juvenile Hell,' we were listening to the Jungle Brothers, Big Daddy Kane, Rakim, Biz Markie, A Tribe Called Quest.
I'm a big fan of Kurt Cobain. I put a picture of him holding a gun on my Instagram for his birthday. He's definitely one of my favorite rock artists.
Obama represents one-world government, a.k.a. Neocolonialism. Presidents don't change anything locally - they only deal with foreign policy.
When I was locked up, I went through a big personal change with my attitude and spiritual, everything. I went through some major changes locked up.
I don't like new people coming around me. I'm going to really be leery and watch you and take my time before I embrace you.
Sickle cell was my life before hip-hop. I ain't really have no life - that was it.
The NYPD is just a branch of corruption connected to a giant, corrupt tree called the United States government.
I wanna like Obama, but he's all about the world government, world banking, war, and stuff like that. You know what I'm sayin'? He's a phony.
Music and physical activity goes hand in hand. Music and basketball, man.
To me, I got a bunch of haters. Mobb Deep - and Prodigy, speaking for myself - I got a bunch of haters.
You got a lot of fradulent rebels and revolutionaries who are really false prophets.
You can never go back to a time and try to recreate that sound, because that time is done.
My kids know they can't make the same mistakes I've made. They've been through a lot with me always being on the road.
All the 'Scarface' beats that you hear Mobb Deep sample, that was my idea.
