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" Biggie is my favorite rapper, for sure. No other artist has impacted me that much. "
Pusha T
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" I don't even know how to think about running out of things to talk about. Certain things are inescapable to me. I'm connected by the hip with so many things in the streets. "
Pusha T
Me
Connected
Think
" I had a really successful 2013, '14, '15. Touring, just doing my thing. Super - I mean, can't complain about nothing. And my road manager got killed. And it ruined everything. Now, I tell people - I don't know if this is a word. But I tell people that that re-sensitized me. "
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Know
Road
People
" Playing a room, it's a real dictator-type situation - you can really move the crowd the way you want to. In a festival, there's a sea of people, and it's harder to lock in on any one group. "
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People
Sea
You
" I just look at capitalizing on everything that I feel like G.O.O.D. Music brings to the music industry, our following, and the culture. First of all, we have incredible artists. It's definitely about getting those albums out in a very manicured fashion. "
Pusha T
Culture
Look
Feel
" As a writer, you're always trying to say the best thing. You're always thinking about what's the best thing to say, and what's the hardest way to say it, and what's the best line? Sometimes the best line is the simplest line. Sometimes the best line is the line that evokes more feeling than actual wordsmithing. "
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Trying
Best
Feeling
" The Re-Up Gang mixtapes are going down in history, man. I still listen to them in my car, and the 'Hell Hath No Fury' album. I tell people all the time that I'll never make another album like that one again. Never! "
Pusha T
History
Time
People
" Oh, I'm up at 6:00 A.M. every morning because I have a lot to do. Plenty. I work out probably at, like, 8:00. I gotta eat at 6:00 so, therefore, I can workout at 8:00. "
Pusha T
I Can
Morning
Work
" I felt like when I got with Kanye, and we discussed me being on G.O.O.D. Music, he just really took me to a place in regards to music that I love and music that I had made previously. We had a clear understanding of what I wanted to make, and he just seemed like he was an advocate for hardcore, uncompromising hip-hop. "
Pusha T
Me
Love
Understanding
" Allen Iverson is, like, my all-time hero. "
Pusha T
Like
Hero
All-Time
" 'Darkest Before Dawn,' the short film, is basically the film of a man who faces the darkness when his back is against the wall and just about how miracles come in all forms, and even in your darkest times, it comes. "
Pusha T
Darkness
Man
Film
" I think adidas really understands that it's cool to be in business with the right people. It really feels like a bunch of creative minds rather than some rap guys stamping their names on a sneaker. We're arguing over shoes, ideas, and everything - it's like a tug of war. "
Pusha T
War
People
Business
" My mood board says that there should be a G.O.O.D. Music festival. Why not? Like, we haven't - I don't think - and I think all of the G.O.O.D. Music artists and affiliates are doing so many different things that we never get to Voltron up. So that would be a thing of mine. "
Pusha T
Music
Think
Why
" My music is airy; it's spacious. It requires you to be able to rap and articulate your message over it. That's what the beat demands of you. Not a lot of people try to rap over my beats because it's a bit of a task. "
Pusha T
Music
Over
You
" Pharrell has definitely influenced my style in regards to streetwear. Simply because we're from that era that Nigo and A Bathing Ape started. That's where it all started at for us. "
Pusha T
Because
Ape
Us
" I've been going to Europe for some time on the festival circuit, and once you get in that element and see others reacting to it, it's easier to understand. You get trapped in the wave. The beats are driving and super-aggressive - like, so hard. I was curious. "
Pusha T
Wave
Time
See
" I've always had some level of having to be independent outside of music because the music wasn't a smooth ride. We lost a lot in the mix: Everybody that I came in the music game with - friends I brought in with me - are all doing 10-34 years in jail. That's why if you want to get the real, you gotta get it from me. "
Pusha T
Friends
Ride
Music
" I just start my day really early. Everything happens in the morning time. Writing. Just everything. I can't - I don't know how to work late. "
Pusha T
Work
Writing
Day
" I got two stores, two streetwear stores, at home. Have to tend to those. Play Cloths. Have to tend to that business. "
Pusha T
Play
Business
Got
" I feel like my lyrics are just dark and scathing. I feel like the lyrics on 'Darkest Before Dawn' are uncompromised hip-hop and really speaking to my core fan base. Basically what's been known in my discography the entire time. "
Pusha T
Dawn
Feel
Time
" I never understood why movies don't have to be as responsible, or the responsibility stops with Rated R. I feel like music, you gotta - you put the sticker on it, you make the clean version, then you're explaining yourself, and then you have to do charities to offset what you just said. No one else has to do this! "
Pusha T
Responsibility
Music
Movies
" I think about nothing but business the whole time. Even when I go out to my after-parties, people are like, 'You're drinking water?' I'm like, 'Yeah I am.' "
Pusha T
Business
You
People
" When you make albums like I do, and it's based off fanfare and based off touring - I make these albums, and I get on the road. It's not really a radio-driven thing. I get on the road, and I see my fans, and I touch each and every last one of them. "
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Last
Fans
You
" I tell people that the Clipse were the first Internet rap darlings. "
Pusha T
First
Rap
People
" My vision for G.O.O.D. Music is just carrying on with the tradition of putting out high-quality music, high-quality art. G.O.O.D. Music is entrenched in the culture of hip-hop. It's entrenched in the culture, period. "
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Music
Tradition
Vision
" When we were growing up, I got kicked out of Timbaland's house every day. He was the DJ for my brother's rap group in junior high school. So I was 7, and while Tim's DJ'ing and my brother's rapping, I'd be upstairs dancing. "
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School
Growing Up
Group
" I've got my travelling, my packing, my after-show activities all down to a science. I used to not work out on tour; now I take a trainer with me. I do things to make sure that I can give the crowd my all, because that's what I'm all about. "
Pusha T
Me
I Can
Down
" A good villain exudes charisma and power. He has principles, though; that just gives him a level of dimension. It makes him seem to be a bit unpredictable, because he's usually deemed as some type of evil, ruthless person, and then he shows you his principles, and you don't know what to think of it. "
Pusha T
Good
Villain
Think
" I make a timeless music. I think I've made my mark as a lyricist and as an innovator and as a tastemaker. "
Pusha T
Make
Mark
Timeless
" My hip-hop fans are a little spoiled - they want a particular level of lyricism and energy that I'm known for. When they don't get that, it takes a little time for them to open up to it. But electronic fans are as free as the music. On social media, they were so excited and loud; they're in awe. "
Pusha T
Media
Energy
Social Media
" The crafting of lyrics is really a task, and when it comes to street culture, I don't feel like anyone else articulates it better than me. "
Pusha T
Culture
Better
Task