38 Spesh

Who inspired, outside of G-Rap, who inspired you to your rap, your rhymes, and who inspired you on the production side?

Yo, believe it or not, man, I pulled from different rappers for certain things and shit.

So I went through certain different...

phases at different ages so when i first started getting the understanding of music i probably was around like 12 13 when i got introduced to proper lyrics it was around the time like it was written okay so nas started off as like my favorite rapper by the time i started getting into the streets and having to support myself

I started, Jay-Z started to become my favorite rapper.

Now, I used to go back and forth with Jay-Z and DMX because DMX was so passionate and I felt the energy.

I loved the energy.

But I loved the energy and the authenticity that X gave me.

And I loved the motivation that Jay gave me.

So like,

And then you got a lot of motherfuckers that like the puns.

You know what I mean?

The lyrical monsters, the G-Raps.

You know what I'm saying?

I take pages from all of their books.

But then you got motherfuckers like Tupac,

who knew how to capture emotion.

It wasn't really all based about lyrics, it's about how it made you feel.

And you know, he was my favorite for that.

So each one of these guys, then I had to throw Young Jeezy in there.