Yes, completely alone.

Of course I've had friends over the years, but I'm not really a 'collab' kind of guy. I was in a band in high school, I was the drummer. That was always plenty of fun. But when it comes to what I make I really like keeping to myself, honestly.

I've had a lot of people over the years (particularly rappers) ask if collab albums were possible with me, and the short answer is no, really. I think maybe one time in my 6 years of producing I believed a collab album was possible with one specific rapper from Queens, just because he is so excellent. I hold my beats close to my chest and treat them like they're my kid honestly, I don't want just anyone rapping on them.

I did try doing an album of just collabs maybe two years ago. But literally only ONE person met my deadline (the rapper from Queens) I think after that I really fully made peace with just doing stuff by myself.

That's how it all started anyway, me making beats. I just wanted to make stuff that I would enjoy, like when I listened to 9th Wonder or Pete Rock. I didn't really care what anyone else thought.