On the difference between Back on my B.S. and his other albums:
“It’s a reaction to the different space I’m in now. As you grow, you evolve and experience different adversities and learn how to make new adjustments to your life to accommodate the changes. “Back on My B.S.” comes as a direct result of the last few years, issues ranging from personal to professional. It allowed me to put things in a new perspective, and I think I put all that into the music. “Back on My B.S.” is the whole vibe to the music, from my delivery, to the edgy, creative risks I’m taking, to my desire to come back and take it again. The whole vibe of the project is that “I’m back on my …” The people who love me and who have grown to love me will love it. It’s definitely me back — I’m in my space 100%.”
On the controversy surrounding his latest hit, “
Arab Money“:“It was produced by Ron Browz and he sent me the track with the hook already in, and I didn’t even know what he was saying at first. In the end, we thought it was a good idea to play around with. If you look around, the value of the dollar is declining; Fortune 500 companies are falling on their faces. Companies we once considered rich are broke. The Arab world has invested $700 billion in the country and they have a rich culture that’s thousands of years old. I have a lot of Arab friends and love and respect the Arab culture. I’m Islamic and I respect their close relationship with God and the value and significance of their financial and economic stability. At the end of the day, we need to increase our standards of cultural awareness. For the last eight years, we unfairly targeted Arab people and I thought it was a cool thing to do to promote and big up another culture. I’m acknowledging the greatness in another people’s culture, one that hadn’t seen much of a positive depiction during the last eight years. A lot of people loved the record and it was unfortunate that some media outlets don’t want to shine the light on the positives.”
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