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Well they are both different; you know what I'm saying. Performing is more of an energy release and recording you can get as intricate as you want. It's more like taking care of a baby. It's a project; you can mix it master it, go back and re-record it. Just form it into whatever you want to form it into. So, I like both.

How old were you when you wrote Unforeseen Shadows?

A lot of it I wrote when I was sixteen. Most of it was between 16 and 18. A lot of the stuff I used is from when I was in high school. A couple of the songs I wrote in college.

When did you write "Hate in a Puddle" because that is one of your most impressive tracks to me.

I wrote that when I was 18 years old

So why did you cut the dreds?

It was just time for me to cut them. I believe they have spiritual purpose and it was just time for me to start over because I had a lot of memories and history in my hair. I had to get rid of it.

So will it be the same with your music?

Not necessarily. I mean, I'm always doing something new. I try and expand what I'm doing with my music and re-invent myself lyrically. So, it's a lot of stuff in store.

What else are you working on? How about 8076?

Yeah, that is me and Walter Rocktight; he's a producer out of Columbus, Ohio. He did a track on the S.A. Smash album that was on Def Jux. We've done a 7 inch for a hip hop site.
Other than that we've got an album done and we're waiting to see what we're going to do with it, because Celestial isn't even out yet. So, I have time to plan it out. But, it's a more crowd rocking - show album.

Oh Definitely, I've heard you perform "Wyld Out" a few times at shows. So I was hanging out with Qwel when you approached him about doing a track. I felt like history was going down in front of me, but along with him who else would you like to collaborate with?

Well, Lord 360 from Chicago. He's definitely somebody to look out for. He's going to do big things. He's amazing. He's a writer, seriously! On weightless we've got CJ the Cynic; he's on the Weightroom album. Bahdaddy Shabazz, also on the Weightroom. There's so many people that I have worked with that I want to work with again and there are people I haven't even met and hopefully I'll get that opportunity. I would like to do something with Murs. I'd like to do something with (MF) Doom! That would be great!

I think just about anybody would like to do something with Doom.

Yeah everybody wants to do a song with Doom.

Did you catch his performance last night? (Friday at Scribble Jam).

Yeah! Doom has hits. Doom has hits! He just commands presence, he commands attention on stage. He doesn't have to move a lot. He has that mask on and he just goes and?..yeah.

Well what haven't we talked about?