MUSIC! WHAT MORE CAN I SAY BUT I LOVE IT. IT'S SOMETHING ABOUT CREATING A PICTURE OR PAINTING WITH A COMBINATION OF INSTRUMENTALS, MELODIES AND WORDS. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THE PAINTING OR MESSAGE IS GOOD OR BAD, BECAUSE YOU NEED BOTH TO BALANCE EACH OTHER. IT ONLY MEANS THAT YOUR HUMAN IN AN INPERFECT WORLD. GOOD VS. EVIL, YING AND YANG. I SEE THE MEDIA EXPLOIT MUCH OF THE NEGATIVE SURROUNDING HIP HOP MUCH RATHER THAN THE GOOD. EVEN OUR OWN PEOPLE TRY TO BLACK BALL US FOR THE WAY SOME ARTISTS EAT. I REMEMBER WHEN THIS sh*** WAS JUST A HOBBY TO ME. WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AROUND 1999 I USE TO SWING WIT A BOY NAME RAYMOND. THIS BOY LOVED HIP HOP. FROM THE TAGGING TO THE SCETCHING AND FINALLY THE RHYMING. I REMEMBER HEARING HIM AND A COUPLE OF CATS BATTLING EACH OTHER IN HOME ROOM. THAT sh*** WAS CRAZY WITH SOME OF THE PUNCHLINES AND METAPHORS THEY WAS DROPPING. SOON I WAS JOTTING DOWN LINES ON LUCE LEAF. GOT IN A COUPLE BATTLES, NEXT THING YOU KNOW I WAS KILLIN TALENT SHOWS. I WAS IN LOVE EVER SINCE. THAT SUMMER I LINKED UP WITH SOME CATS AROUND THE WAY IN SOUTH PHILLY. I MET A MAN THROUGH MY MAN'S THAT WAS TRYING TO PUT A COUPLE GROUPS TOGETHER TO SEE IF HE COULD GET US SIGNED. I WAS EXCITED YA DIG BECAUSE I WAS YOUNG AND I FELT LIKE I WAS GETTING HOTTER BY THE DAY. IT WAS CRAZY THOUGH. WHEN WE FIRST STARTED WE WAS RECORDING IN MY BOY SCRUGE APARTMENT. WE WAS KNOWN AS "NFL" "NIGGAZ FLOSSIN LOVELY"(CHEESY I KNOW) THIS WAS AROUND THE TIME MAC AND THE FIGGAZ JUST