DX: You mentioned controversy. You released a track that surfaced, “My Bitch.” You were around when Kurupt released “Calling Out Names” as a hidden track or 2Pac had “Hit ‘Em Up” as a b-side on the “How Do You Want It?” maxi-single. With that said, those records erupted. “My Bitch” is crazy, why didn’t it stir up more controversy?
G: I just threw it out. One day I felt like, “Let me just throw this shit out.” I didn’t do a "Game, make a lot of noise, here it comes"…

DX: You didn’t push the button.
G: I didn’t push the button. I just threw it out. People got it, they heard it, appreciated it, but it never hit. I could fuckin’ re-release that on a mixtape today, make some noise, and it would fuckin’ go, ‘cause “My Bitch” was incredible. The way that I formatted the song, the things that I talk about, the people that I talk about…I never got responses from nobody; I’m just that reckless, man. It is what it is, man. I respect all rappers until they disrespect me, and then after that, they will be disrespected, and that’s how it is, man. I got the reckless tongue, man. Busta Rhymes called me yesterday on Rap City the “Troublemaker Man.” “Aw, here comes Troublemaker Man.”

DX: Whether it’s it with this album, in 10 years, how do you think you’ve taken something legendary in rap like Compton and furthered it?
G: I don’t think I did anything. I think that N.W.A., DJ Quik, MC Eiht and Comptons Most Wanted, they put in all the work for me. They left it wide open for me. All I had to do was come, put on the hat and make sure I wore it right – make sure I didn’t disrespect the letters on it, and that I stayed true to my city and my people. I think that I’ve done that. I think that Eazy-E would be proud, I’m pretty sure that Dr. Dre knows who I am, what I’m about, how strong my voice is. I know Cube respects it. King Tee, [MC] Ren – I never met Ren; I met King Tee, I met D.O.C., who thinks highly of me. That’s all the praise that I need, in my whole career – stamped by niggas who did it before me, did it the right way, did it for me…it always feels better when Michael Jordan tells Kobe [Bryant] “You’re doing a good job.” That’s how I feel by being stamped by all those cats.

Even other cats – on the east coast. Havin’ Nas say that I’m the only cat in Hip Hop that he fucks with; the rest of these niggas is pussies. That, coming from Illmatic is like – it’s huge, man. Even though me and [Jay-Z] don’t talk or do songs, he knows. He listens. He heard the “You’re 38, and you’re still rappin’, ugh” [from “It’s Okay (One Blood)”] [click to read]. He came back on “Kingdom Come” and I was like, “Yeah! Jay listens to my shit!” [quoting] “I used to think that rapping at 38 was ill / Till last year I grossed about 38 mill.” I was like, “I know who he is talkin’ to. I know he listens. I know his antenna’s up." Maybe one day he’ll do a song with me, and then I’ll stop shootin’ subliminals.

I’ll let you know this - and only you: if I do come back with another album, it’ll be called The D.O.C. It’ll have 10 songs on it. It won’t have titles, it’ll just be Chapter One through Ten, and [it stands for] The Diary of Compton. The only way that I’ll do The D.O.C. or comeback to do that album is if I can get Ren, King Tee, Dre, Cube, because I don’t want any features except people who’ve been through Compton and really made their mark. I’m gonna get some DJ Quik tracks on there. If I can make The Diary of Compton happen, and can get Dre to executive produce that, then you’ll see a fourth album. If not, you’ll see me drivin’ by the park in California, you’ll see me throwing balls with my kids, that’s it. That’s my reality.