The Fort Minor record is all about getting back to basics in Hip-Hop, both sonically and for me personally. And working with Jay-Z again has been phenomenal. We can't wait for people to hear the final product.

The Fort Minor record is all about getting back to basics in Hip-Hop, both sonically and for me personally, ... And working with Jay-Z again has been phenomenal. We can't wait for people to hear the final product.

It's a hip-hop record, but it's a musician-based hip-hop record,

No one can identify the uninformed until they voice their ignorance about a topic. Silence is a fool’s best friend. Sadly, he is often too foolish to realize it.

For so-called conscious rappers, it is an opportunity to rap about ways to educate others about African American history, politics and even relationships: all of which would be missed if society merely focused on the “hook” and ignored the influence.

The business of hip hop is probably the most tangible example of the genre’s dramatic maturation.