On The Outsider: “This album had a lot of particular reasons why it was the way it was — it was a provocation of sorts, I guess. I wanted to contribute to the scene that was happening in the Bay Area, ‘cause everyone felt that the Bay doesn’t get the chance to shine that often, like the last time was the late ’80s with Paris and Digital Underground, and it takes a while before you get that opportunity again. So just like everyone else, I wanted to contribute. I was massively inspired by what was taking place around me at that time. So it was like why would I make a song with Keak Da Sneak and not ask Keak to be who he is on the song? And why would I make a track that wouldn’t work with E-40? I always want to make my tracks sound authentic.”

(Check of the full album by album run-down over here.)