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" I can show these folks I can do more than just the 'trap.' But what I realized is the trap is what they really recognize me for - that's what they want to hear. "

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" I'm always up for the challenge of doing more and doing different things. I love being inspired like a new producer all over again. "

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" There's no record that you done heard me produce that I spent more than ten minutes on. "

Zaytoven

Heard

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" We did 'Bricks' and 'Ridiculous' all in one day. Gucci came here, like, 8 in the morning - we were done 4 the morning the next day. "

" Most artists value my opinion a lot, and I think that's due to 'Beast Mode.' "

" I started with the organ and drums, and I later got into drum machines as a teenager. "

" When me and Gucci sit down, I make tracks real fast, and he can write songs real fast. "

" When I was a youngster, I might have been about 17 or 18 when I first started making beats. "

" My formula is not thinking about what I'm doing; it's about still having fun and making music. I don't go into the studio with a thought pattern or certain goals in mind - sometimes I'll start with drums, other times I'll start with the piano - but it's all done spontaneously, so nothing is premeditated, and nothing takes a long time. "

" When your dad is a preacher and your mom is a choir director and you're in church all the time, as a youngster, you've got to find something to do. That's where my musical background comes from. "

" I'm the type of guy, I make a lot of different beats, but sometimes I might stick to a sound for a little while. "

" If you listen to my early music, I didn't know how to mix. I barely knew how to record for real, and I didn't care. "

" I was listening to Young Jeezy and Shawty Red, and to me, the trap music they had was something special. "

Zaytoven

Listening

Music

" People looked at me - people still look at me - as 'this is Gucci Mane's producer.' But the music that me and Future put together was so different than what me and Gucci do, it just made people look at the music like, 'Hold on - Zaytoven is the real deal.' "

" I know it sounds funny coming from me, 'cause I produced it, but that's one of my favorite bodies of work. That's what 'Beast Mode' was when it came out and still is. "

" To me, my studio is my trap house. That's where I trap out of; that's where I hustle. That's where I make my money. "

" If you know Gucci Mane, controversy is always surrounding Gucci. "

" You can always know, when it comes to a Gucci Mane or Migos project, there is no such thing of them putting out a project without me being a part of it. These are guys that I'm really close with, and we built a sound together, and we got a certain chemistry. "

" When people wanna come buy beats or wanna record a song, I'm trappin'. "

" Trap music, to me, is hustling music. "

Zaytoven

Trap

Music

" I can do R&B, pop, gospel... whatever genre of music that's out. "

" When Zaytoven and Future are working together, then Future's not working on no other tracks, and Zaytoven's not making no beats for nobody but Future. "

" I was a military brat. My dad was in the military, so I was born in Germany. I moved around a lot; I was in church a lot. "

" What's so crazy is I always looked at Jay Z and guys on the caliber of Jay Z like they just the big dogs. I didn't think they listen to my music or even know who I am. "

" I like V-Nasty a lot, and I know anytime I like an artist and the majority of people really don't like her, I know it's something special. That's the same way I felt about Gucci. "

" I almost never pitch myself. Me being an independent producer, never having a manager and never being signed, I pretty much just did my own thing: go out and search for the new talent, and when the new talent blows up, it just kinda brings everyone else to me. "

Zaytoven

Myself

Talent

" When I work with Future, it's almost like a work of art. "

" When I approached my own movies, I went in it real innocent. I didn't pay attention to nobody else's score. I was just going to do it with how I feel it should sound. To me, that's how you create new things. "

" A lot of people want to blow up as a producer, but what helps you blow up as a producer is an artist that matches well with your music. When that artist gets popular and blowing up, and people start knowing them, that's when they start knowing you. "

" Gucci is a guy that promoted me to the fullest. It don't matter where we go. "

Zaytoven

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" When I was in high school, the girls used to tell me I looked like Usher, so to be doing a song with Usher was mind-blowing. "