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" I played wide receiver in high school; then I went to college at Ball State and played safety. "
Freddie Gibbs
Safety
College
High School
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" I ain't never detached myself from Gary. "
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Never
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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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Young
Way
" Sports is one of the keys to my life. It definitely kept me out of a lot of trouble and gave me a lot of discipline. "
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Sports
Me
Life
" I still bump 'Smells Like Teen Spirit.' I used to listen to it before all my football games. "
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Listen
Spirit
Teen
" 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. "
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Working
Flow
Feel
" Scarface is my favorite rapper. "
Freddie Gibbs
Favorite
Rapper
" I don't mind travelling. I'm independent, so I gotta get on the grind. "
Freddie Gibbs
Travelling
Mind
Grind
" Just give me a mic, and I'll rock it. "
Freddie Gibbs
Give
Just
Me
" I'm not a big video game dude though, but I like 'Madden.' "
Freddie Gibbs
Video
Big
Dude
" 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. "
Freddie Gibbs
Bread
Gangsta
Favor
" Probably dancing to Cassie's 'Me & U' - That's my guilty pleasure. "
Freddie Gibbs
Pleasure
Me
Guilty
" I like good music, whichever lane it comes out of. As long as it's dope, that is all that matters with me. "
Freddie Gibbs
Me
Good
Music
" 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. "
Freddie Gibbs
Try
Shoes
Best
" My TV stays locked at 'SportsCenter.' That and 'Pardon the Interruption.' "
Freddie Gibbs
Stays
Interruption
Locked
" I've always played that role in my family: the breadwinner. "
Freddie Gibbs
Family
Role
Always
" I'm trying to bring gangster rap back to the forefront, like in the early '90s. "
Freddie Gibbs
Early
Bring
Gangster
" 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. "
Freddie Gibbs
Artist
Great
Music
" You've got a lot of Tupac clones, but I don't think I'm one of them. I just think I give people a little piece of the feeling he gave them. "
Freddie Gibbs
You
People
Got
" 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. "
Freddie Gibbs
Good
People
Live
" I'm not trying to obey the rules of radio. "
Freddie Gibbs
Radio
Obey
Trying
" I'm an educated individual. "
Freddie Gibbs
Educated
Individual
" I never took a dollar from Young Jeezy. No advance, nothing. "
Freddie Gibbs
Dollar
Never
Young
" 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. "
Freddie Gibbs
Game
Story
Person
" I love Lil Wayne. I grew up on the Hot Boyz. "
Freddie Gibbs
I Love
Hot
Grew
" The neck is not something you should have surgery on that much. "
Freddie Gibbs
Neck
You
Surgery
" It's in the American spirit to take advantage of an opportunity. "
Freddie Gibbs
Take
American
Opportunity
" Jeezy just recognized my grind, and I jumped on board with him to enhance it. Artistically, we're in the same mind frame. We come from very similar backgrounds - poverty. That's something that we can both relate to, something that we can convey in our music. "
Freddie Gibbs
Grind
Him
Mind
" I think that 'Pinata' album is going to stand the test of time. It's going to be a moment in hip-hop, whether people know it or not. It's nothing else like that in rap. It's going to forever hold its place. "
Freddie Gibbs
Stand
Moment
People
" Stuart Scott was a hero. "
Freddie Gibbs
Stuart
Hero
Scott
" Madlib isn't a beatmaker, he's a producer. "
Freddie Gibbs
Producer
He