hold up before we get started i rise today to speak on an issue which now more than every needs immediate action a lot of these new artists don t know the history you know what i mean if you don t know your history you re not gonna know where you re going so if you don t know the coogee raps and the big daddy kanes and sub rocks and and de la soul and slick rick and bismark if you don t know those then you don t even know shit pay homage respect not as the rest uh jazzy j bambaataa cool herc cool herc cool herc and uh i do it the old way the original way the way the vintage producers the early hip hop producers they paved the way for me to sit here and do this motherfuckers have no knowledge of the history if you can t sing no eric b and rakim and sing the to one record you ve gotta leave this alone then i started telling stories more and i started leaning more towards like a nas or a 2pac but i fell in love more in love with the way they told stories and that s kinda how i evolved if you are doing this independent and you are in control of what you put out do you put the same shit you hear on the radio or do you put out what hip hop is you know what i mean like if you don t know how to make this shit you can t make it if you don t know how to create it you don t know how to do it is hip hop you got cats like dj premier and pete rock uh of course j dilla souls of mischief singing 93 to infinity one of the most phenomenal groups of all time mos def talib kweili black star one more time apollo show your love for me fugees the wu tang clan you know i m sayin please welcome to award winners for the best album of the year outkast if you don t know bout zero zero is like one of the biggest artists in to you know ever come out of houston to this day still packed out show jay z nas mf doom uh nah i get influenced easily by like you know great music you know i just hear it and it hits my spirit and that s just trapped in