Q: We're here with Bredwinna; how you feeling right now man?

I'm feeling real good right now; thanks for the interview.

Q: No problem. Tell us about how life was like growing up on the east coast?

It was crazy - being born ad raised in do--or-die Bed Stuy was wild son! Then we moved to Washington Heights and things just went downhill from there but I'm here today thankful for the trials.

Q: I feel that. How did you get into hip-hop? What about it grabbed you?

I got into hip-hop back in Brooklyn when I first heard the sugar hill gang - my man who was a DJ gave the single to my brother and that was our first record and we played it all day. I couldn't get over the rhymes, how cool they sounded and how crazy the flow was, I was hooked.

Q: At what age did you begin making music and when did you start taking it seriously?

I started recording with my boys at fifteen on a tape recorder so we had to rehearse a lot and bring our A game to the sessions - no playing around. I started taking hip-hop real seriously about ten years ago.

Q: And when did it really hit you that you could make a living off of hip-hop?

Well it hasn't hit me yet; I'm still waiting for the game to come full-circle and seek out true lyricists with raw talent. Right now, it’s just about trendy crap like Brittney with a do-rag and baggy pants (here today, gone tomorrow). It’s all the same wack formula: a cool beat that'll bang in any system, a wack vocalist who isn’t saying nothing but it doesn’t matter because people have been brainwashed to believe that the lyrics don’t matter - pay DJ's to play and voila the listeners now think that they're listening to "hip-hop". Chris Angel ain’t got anything on these clowns. I feel for hip-hop and perhaps Nas is right, it might be dead. If hip-hop is dead then I'm the only rapper who can single handedly rewrite the history of the art form and make people fiend for hot lyrics again.

Q: Speaking of lyrics, tell us about the 'I'm Done' track we had on here; what was the motivation behind it?

Right now my motivation is always to impress the true hip-hop listener; that’s all.

Q: Your really spitting on that track; do you consider yourself a hardcore lyricist, and if so, why?

I'm definitely hardcore; I'm the quintessential battle emcee. True lyricists will never diminish in importance, but these garbage "rap" labels try to make it seem that way by signing people with no lyrical skills and promoting the heck out of it until its all the public knows, its a real sorry situation.

Q: Tell me about it. Is the 'I'm Done' song off of any upcoming mixtapes or albums your working on? If so, tell us about that.

"I'm Done" is in limbo right now - without a budget or promotion nothin happens.

Q: What is your label situation like right now?

We're in the struggle.

Q: OK. How does it feel being from the east coast but being signed to a west coast label?

It’s all good, we’re all family.

Q: OK. Which would you consider more to be your style, east coast or west coast?

East coast – I’m always pushing the envelope and I’m always ready to battle.

Q: Got cha. Do you think unity between the west and the east is a problem right now or are you happy with where it's at?

I think it’s all good right now.

Q: Alright. Do you have any last words for the fans before I let you go?

Never settle for less than the best; don’t let radio and TV fool ya, keep it real. PEACE!

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