I was so Brooklyn and so Harlem at that time that when a person was singing about New York and getting encouraged, I took those phrases in a literal feeling. "We ended up seriously gung-ho about the approach of ‘Jeanius.’ It took 4 to 5 times to operate on the album. She’s now in the studio inserting the closing touches on the prolonged-awaited "Cake or Death" album and contemplating recording a new album.