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" I have a respect for Young Jeezy. But the reason things didn't work out for me and Young Jeezy was because our approach to the industry... My approach to the industry was a tad bit different than his. I wanted to approach my career a different way; he wanted to go a different way. "

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" When you go to places like Gary and Detroit, you see the economic problem in this country and who it's really affecting. "

Freddie Gibbs

Detroit

You

" I'm a common dude. "

Freddie Gibbs

Dude

Common

" I'm like LeBron, man. I'm like a smaller LeBron. That's why I'm not in the NBA. If I had about five, six more inches, I'd be in the league. "

Freddie Gibbs

Why

Five

" I like A$AP Rocky and his stuff - Kendrick too. "

" I'd be a liar if I didn't say I learned things from Jeezy. Hell yeah, I took some things, some pluses and some minuses, do's and don'ts. "

" I'm just glad we get to see old records being broken. That's what sports is all about. "

" My TV stays locked at 'SportsCenter.' That and 'Pardon the Interruption.' "

" I just have to go against the grain. I mean, I can be objective and do what I need to do, handle my everyday living, follow directions, etc. But there's something that's always been attracted to that taboo. It's been like that since I was a child. "

" Madlib isn't a beatmaker, he's a producer. "

Freddie Gibbs

Producer

" Tupac is definitely an icon. There'll never be another Tupac, so I'm not gonna ever, ever try to fill those shoes. I'm just gonna stay in my lane and be the best me that I can be. "

" I'm trying to bring gangster rap back to the forefront, like in the early '90s. "

" Probably dancing to Cassie's 'Me & U' - That's my guilty pleasure. "

Freddie Gibbs

Pleasure

Guilty

" I feel like I influence more than just rap. "

" I've been engulfed in sports since I was a 2-year-old; I picked up any kind of ball - a basketball, baseball, football - I just loved to play something. I loved the energy of being in arenas and watching the game on TV. "

" I'm cool with doing shows with 2,000 people. I don't have to rap in a stadium. As long as I can provide for my family and my art and live comfortably and live well, then I'm good. "

" It's in the American spirit to take advantage of an opportunity. "

" I've been known not to bite my tongue. "

" There's some dudes that did Gangsta Grillz tapes who probably weren't worthy of it - their label just put up the bread, or they did a favor. "

" I feel like some artists need a record label, and some don't. "

" I don't really know what a debut album is no more. As long as you got music on the streets, you've debuted. "

Freddie Gibbs

Long

Music

" This is the land of getting over. The land of second or even third chances; the land of doing whatever you have to do by any means necessary in order to fulfill the American Dream. "

" I grew up on N.W.A., Geto Boys. My dad was listening to that. "

Freddie Gibbs

Dad

Listening

" Drake makes some dope songs. "

" I still bump 'Smells Like Teen Spirit.' I used to listen to it before all my football games. "

" I want to be one of the most versatile rappers in the game. "

" Coming up in America in the '80s and '90s, we were not too far removed from slavery. People forget that. "

Freddie Gibbs

People

America

" I'm not trying to act like I'm Superman or better than anybody else in the game. I'm just telling my story, showing my strengths and weaknesses - as a human, as a person, as a man. "

" I wanted to be a gangsta from birth, not because of the music but moreso what I was seeing, what my uncles were doing. I was just fascinated with the street lifestyle from a young age. "

" Ninety percent of the general public aren't gangstas, so all of the rappers aren't going to be gangstas. "

" Every project might only sell like 30 to 50,000, but I mean, I'm getting seven, eight dollars every CD. I make more money per record than an artist on a major label - I can definitely say that. "