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" 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. "

Freddie Gibbs

Always

Need

Mean

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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'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 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. "

" I'm not a big video game dude though, but I like 'Madden.' "

" I ain't on no major. Everything independent. Either way it goes, I am doing me, and I am doing Freddie Gibbs. "

Freddie Gibbs

I Am

Independent

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

" My core thing is gangster rap, but a lot of my music is melodic and carries a message of survival. "

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

" I don't ever really plan my sets. I just get out there and feel the energy of the crowd. "

" I always want everything I do to be somewhat cinematic. I don't want to be the rapper that'll just post up and shoot a video anywhere with no real meaning to it. "

Freddie Gibbs

Meaning

Rapper

" I tried to watch 'Inception,' but I fell asleep. "

" I never took a dollar from Young Jeezy. No advance, nothing. "

" A lot of improvisation and freedom went into 'Pinata.' "

" The neck is not something you should have surgery on that much. "

" Everything don't work out for the best. You have to use a lot of those things as lessons in order to build yourself up. "

" 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

" I'm so hands-on and involved in my own music that I feel like if I put the same effort into another artist, then I can definitely cultivate something great. "

" I feel like with a lot of Madlib's beats, they are made for storytelling. I feel like when I'm working on stuff with him, I can really get into the storytelling aspect mode of my flow. "

" After I got dropped by Interscope, I knew in my heart that I had to fight back some way or not rap at all. I just took it upon myself to get myself where I needed to be. "

" I wasn't fully aware of the things that Madlib did musically, but my manager put me up on game. I'm not gonna act like I was a Madlib head when I wasn't. I didn't understand a lot of it at first. But it opened my mind to some things, and it's me bringing that gangster element to things that he does. It's like a perfect marriage. "

Freddie Gibbs

Head

Gangster

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

Freddie Gibbs

Producer

" We have good, neighborly people in Gary. "