Adrian Younge

When people make the educated argument that things should go back, it's more like going back to a feeling they had when they heard some of the music that came out. Not going back to that music being rehashed. That's stupid. ”

I try to find a vocalist that I don't have to make better. I try to find a vocalist that can make me better, and in turn, I can make them better so that we are, as a team, making ourselves better. I like the vocalist to challenge me. I love to challenge a vocalist. ”

To me, recording with live instruments and tape takes things back to an older sound that I like but that's still fresh. ”

It's important for a young black kid to see a Mexican hero, just to know that we're all equal. ”

When you get older, you try to get what you wanted as a kid. Maybe you wanted an arcade in your house or Q-Tip rapping on your beats. ”

Luke Cage' is a gift. There's so many different ways you can look at it. ”

I've always been a big fan of Kendrick's, but it's different when you hear him on your own production. ”

My music sounds different because the techniques are archaic, seeing as most people only record digitally. ”

As me being somebody that makes arguably nostalgic music, I cannot stand when somebody tries to make old music just to sound old. ”

I love the song 'Picasso Baby,' and I think the performance art piece was brilliant. I love that fact that Jay Z is continuing to raise the bar on hip hop. ”