I'm glad I had kids young because we have a strong bond and listen to the same music.

I listen to all types of music so I'm influenced by everything.

My kids listen to everything because I listen to everything, so it's not far-fetched to hear them playing Metallica and then playing A Tribe Called Quest or N.W.A.

[It influenced the music] in our own little way, just with the Ragtime feel. It's Hip-Hop. It's OutKast. It is what we've been doing for years. Some songs have a little more piano or whatever, but the whole project was a natural progression from a double CD. It was like, where do we go from here?,

I'm glad that's one of the things I chose to do as a man - to be a father to my child.

I called Jermaine [Dupri, artist/producer and head of black music at Virgin], and it was on.