Havoc believes that an artist should stay true to their own sound rather than attempting to conform to current musical trends.

“I just kind of like that's all I wanted to do is just stay in our lane and not try to go above and beyond and try to sound like I'm doing some drill music or something like that. You know what I'm mean? I just wanted to stay Mobb Deep.”

Artists should embrace their authentic selves rather than chasing current trends to produce timeless, legendary music.

“This Album you are showing how you ain't got the change you could be exactly who you are and still make classic great legendary music”

They advocate for artists to remain authentic to their personal sound rather than compromising their music to chase commercial radio success.

“we always used to say yo I'm not making a song for the chicks I'm not making a club song because that was how the labels used to say yo we need this for the club we need this for the radio we need this for the chicks so out of those three we was just like nah all we know how to do is make what's wha”

Key Glock stays original by consciously avoiding trending styles and doing the opposite of what others are doing.

“I try to be the opposite of what that is. Like not in a bad way, but I just don't I don't want to do nothing that's trending basically. I want to do the the opposite of that.”

He believes the key to maintaining a long career in hip-hop is to stay authentic, pass knowledge to the next generation, and avoid taking oneself too seriously.

“And then when you get it, you you you you wrong if you don't pass it on. You wrong if you don't share it in some kind of way. Don't give it away. But teach the next [ __ ] how to how to get it too.”

Hip hop is inherently competitive and benefits from conflict between artists.

“HIP- HOP HAS ALWAYS BEEN WHAT? COMPETITION.”

He believes that the conflict between Kendrick Lamar and Drake was a necessary event for the hip hop culture.

“I'm not just going to say, you know, reignited, but I felt like, you know, that was something that was necessary. It was something that, you know, the streets needed, the culture needed.”

Common believes that the recent lyrical battle between Drake and Kendrick Lamar was a positive development for hip-hop and one of the best battles in the genre's history.

“it was just to me it was like one of the you know so many battles because we grew up in it some some adira to me this one of the best battles hip hop has ever seen and when you can make a hit recck out of a diss track you got yo let me just tell you something you just you you just literally said wha”

Beef in hip hop is a beneficial element of the culture because it increases competitiveness and draws public attention to the genre.

“it's good when it's on a competition level because now it makes people pay attention to the genre you understand sometimes beef makes people pay to the genre not to say what a real per se but then it makes the genre competitive more people want to go in more people you know but then overall it's it'”

Documenting urban street life in hip hop is not glorifying the lifestyle but reflecting the reality of the environment.

“I don't feel like us documenting Street Urban culture or the lifestyle itself is celebrating or glorifying it I think is a is I think when you in that circumstance right you have to kind of have some sense of Pride because you don't have nothing else until you get something else”

Yak Gotti claims that rap lyrics about violence are intended as entertainment rather than factual accounts of reality.

“it's entertainment. It's like like it's entertainment and that why I say the the tongue is powerful because it's down like we ain't know we were influencing the whole generation on the real. We just like trying to make it out of our situation.”