empire state of mind

Mr Shawn Carter gave a piece of his (empire state) mind in the latest Interview magazine. The wax lyrical. The game. The change. The influence. And his thoughts on Kanye.

"Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who've never done anything because if you haven't been successful, then you don't know how it feels to lose it all. You don't have that fear. So why do you think people get stuck in those boxes? It's that fear of going back down."

“Rap for me is like movies, telling stories, and getting the emotions of the songs through in just as deep a way."

More on the interview here