DX: So, will we see a lot of this maturity on the new Big Doe Rehab album?
GFK: On this Rehab album? This shit right here, yo - I just went back. I went back. When I was just talking about the maturity thing-I wasn’t talking about this album. I went back on some real grime ball shit because brothers respect violence, man. Sometimes, you gotta give them what they want. Hip Hop ain’t been the same since back then so that’s what I’ma give them on my tape.

When I talked about maturity, there’s gonna be a time when you are gonna hear Ghost probably talking about a female who got a baby and she go out every Friday or Saturday and brings a man to the house, even if it’s once a month. That’s 12 months in a year and she had sex with 12 guys. That’s not right. Learn how to take care of yourself. You gonna give the baby cereal every morning, instead of cooking! That’s how the kids come up with diabetes and all that with nothing but sugar! Get up and be a woman! Or, I’ll be getting on the guys not taking care of their kids and beating on women, because the woman is the reflection of the man. How he carries himself at home, that’s how she’s gonna reflect to the babies when he’s not home. If he’s one to yell a lot, then she’ll be yelling a lot. [I’ll be] going into those realms and shit like that. Just cool out shit. That’s what it’s gon’ lead to. Still raw situations, though but it’s how you do it.

Both The Big Doe Rehab and 8 Diagrams are ready to hit stores this winter. For now, fans can catch Ghostface along with Rakim and Brother Ali on the Hip-Hop Live Tour, which is being presented by Dodge and FlowTV. The tour will be going on until Thanksgiving and it matches these three emcees up with The Rhythm Roots All-Stars, a live band that sounds as ill as the actual record, live.

For more on the tour, peep the dates below:

November 7 - Park City, UT - Harry O's
November 8 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
November 9 - Aspen, CO - Belly Up
November 10 - Kansas City, MO - The Beaumont Theatre
November 11 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
November 12 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
November 13 - Bloomington, IN - Bluebird Theater
November 15 - New Haven, CT - Toad's Place
November 16 - New York, NY - Nokia Theatre
November 17 - Baltimore, MD - Sonar
November 18 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
November 21 - Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero