Hiphop producer Prefuse 73 AKA Scott Herren responded to his upcoming album Surrounded By Silence leaking with the following note on his website:

To all you wonderful people that have downloaded my fucking album. thanks!! To you fantastic people responsible for posting my fucking album = an extra thanks to you!! I should shelve this album, let the computer have it, quit Prefuse and start a hand clapping orchestra. If I could afford to give this album to everyone - i would do it, but instead i fucked up and forgot i was wearing a sign around my neck that says; "I work for free!", my bad... Alright - big up yourselves. Gracias...!

In an exclusive interview, Riff Central sits down with Herren to discuss this monumental crisis:

RIFF CENTRAL: DO YOU THINK Y OU OVERREACTED

SCOTT HERREN: YOU MEAN DID PREFUSE BLOW HIS FUSE?

RIFF CENTRAL: SURE

SCOTT HERREN: IS PREFUSE POSTFUSE?

RIFF CENTRAL: HOWEVER YOU WANT TO PUT IT

SCOTT HERREN: IS 73 THE NUMBER OF PREFUSE'S ANGER?

RIFF CENTRAL: SCOTT, PLEASE STOP

SCOTT HERREN: HAS PREFUSE BEEN THIS ANGRY SINCE 1973, THE YEAR BEFORE THE FUSE?

RIFF CENTRAL: SCOTT

SCOTT HERREN: YOU SEE I WAS BORN IN 1973

RIFF CENTRAL: OK SCOTT

SCOTT HERREN: AND NOW IT'S 2005 AND I'M ANGRY!

RIFF CENTRAL: SCOTT YOU HAVE TO SETTLE DOWN. PLENTY OF PEOPLE HAVE THEIR ALBUMS LEAK. DON'T TAKE IT PERSONAL

SCOTT HERREN: OK IM COOL -- I AM EXTINGUISHED!

RIFF CENTRAL: GREAT, SO

SCOTT HERREN: I SAID I'M EXTINGUISHED!

RIFF CENTRAL: DO YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE DOWNLOADING YOUR RECORD BECAUSE YOUR LAST ONE UNDER THE SAVATH & SAVALAS ALIAS WAS REALLY FUCKING BORING

SCOTT HERREN: ...

Download Prefuse 73's "Just The Thought" Featuring Masta Killa & GZA

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