Exclusive: While previewing his next solo LP, the architect of east coast Reality Rap candidly notes that "there "s no way you can be a gangsta and rap at the same time."

Recently, the legendary lyricist with the signature lisp, Kool G Rap, provided an early sneak peak to HipHopDX of Riches, Royalty & Respect (tentatively due in April). From the preview he provided, the first new offering from G Rap since 2008’s Half A Klip EP is shaping up to be a career comeback on par with Raekwon’s renaissance last year.

With a new EP, Offer You Can’t Refuse, boasting a half-dozen non-album cuts in addition to the previously leaked “Sad” due in the coming weeks to serve as an appetizer to tide over famished fans until the springtime release of G Rap’s triple-R return to releasing long players (his first solo full-length since 2002’s The Giancana Story), the Corona, Queens native is officially declaring 2011 to be the year he reclaims his legacy as Hip Hop’s premier street poet.