Gangsta comes in many forms. You can watch a movie like Die Hard, which is full of violence that’s in your face. But if you watch a movie like The Godfather, the violence is subtle—it’s in a word, a nod, a gesture. I think you walk out of Die Hard and leave something in the theater. With Godfather, you walk out with something put in you. Hip-hop is the same way. The smooth gangsta shit puts it into you—which is cool, in a way. But the hard-core shit gets it out of you, and I think that’s better. Otherwise, you have it all bottled in—you go to your car, drive home, and kill your wife.
