On Hip-Hop Culture in New York City
Guru: "I knew where all the hip-hop was. So then I could go mess with all these other cultures."
Martinez: "If you went to Red Zone or Mars or any of those clubs, there were kids listening to all types of stuff. It was house music. It was gay. It was straight. It was black. It was white. It was Puerto Rican. It was like the city, like how the city was. And then, hip-hop would live in these spaces also."
On Creating Art That Lasts
Martinez: "If you plan on having longevity, you can't just stay in that for your whole life. When you look at anybody who's had a really long career, there's a lot of life in there. I just thought of Usher because he was in the city, and looking at his career and everything he's done, and, you know, there were relationships, there was heartbreak, there was some drama."
Guru: "Sometimes the drama just fuels the verses. You know, take whatever is going on and that fuels the music."
On What's Next
Guru: "I want to break that thing of: Those who do, can. Those who can't, teach. And it's just like, I want to be able to do and teach at the same time."
Martinez: "I have some scripts that I've been working on, so I've been shadowing some directors that have been great to me. I've just been learning a lot about filmmaking"