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Having been incarcerated since 2004, the former No Limit soldier has plenty to catch up on - like Twitter, mp3s, and email. Although he declined to discuss the charges for which he was incarcerated (extortion and sexual battery), he did detail his plans to recapture the rap game in 2010 with his new album and new label, Big Truck Records. You’ve been gone for over six years. What are you doing to update your sound? Man, production. It has changed so much in only six years. I listen to the boy Plies; I listened to his shit. I listened to a lot of Lil Wayne shit, and the boy Drake when he first hit the scene. What’s changed the most since you’ve been gone? Just this fucking technology. I’ve been telling people to Fedex me and they said they were going to email me [tracks]. I was like, “Stop playing with me.” (laughs) I was fucking with the Pro Tools prior to me leaving, but I didn’t know muthafuckers could email me a beat now. Everything is so vital. A lot of other artists who have been to prison have continued doing interviews and tried to really stay in contact with their fans throughout their time, but you seemed to do the complete opposite. Was that intentional? What was the purpose? To keep the anticipation. It was a real delicate situation. I didn’t
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