"Just hating on it, hating on yourself," he said about recording the album over the pasttwo years. "I hated on the joint. Say what you want about me, but everything I domusically is on purpose and by design. I know what I'm doing. And that being said, whenit's time to make a joint, I hated on the joint. 'Make a new joint, flip it. I'll make two typesof joints.' There's two types of albums I make: Albums I make by myself when I'm beingartsy and albums I make as a hip-hop fan. I made this album as a hip-hop fan."Mama Said Knock You Out — that was, maybe, almost a year," he continued. "[Exit 13]is crazy. Two years to get it right, B. I'm telling you. I promise you. It's gonna be mailmenthat ain't bought a hip-hop album in 10 years that's gonna buy this album. It's gonna be junior high schools that never bought an LL album buying this album once it gets in thesystem, God willing."

Michael Phelps"It's going to be really strange, but fun," he said. "We'll see if I really am a fish out of water and if I have a comedic side to me. All of my friends are giving me a hard timeabout it and saying I better not mess up and better not do this or do that."And the in-demand Phelps will add another credit to his acting resume: The star swimmer also filmed a cameo on Thursday for an upcoming episode of HBO's Entourage, one of his favorite shows.

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