Speaking on his rudimentary rapping technique and vacuous lyrical style, in a November 2010 interview with XXL Magazine, while Way was explaining how he has grown as an emcee he stated: "I can't keep playin' around, because if you keep playin' around, people are gonna think you're a joke..
Way further clarified there was no animosity between him and Fiasco and that the two had planned to record a song together.