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" I really like G-Herbo. "
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" I've never been a mega-star. I'm more of a tastemaker of hip-hop. I try to be more of an ambassador for the era of hip-hop that I came in. "
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" Part of my growth as a producer was not just about making beats but also helping in the process of inspiring the song and making the song the center. "
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" Nas' longevity comes from him having strong lyrical value in his songs, him being more like a poet and improving over time. "
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" Hit records create slang, and if you create slang, you get into a broader conversation level. "
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" After 'Resurrection,' I was getting calls for people to do work with me, and I was turning it down. "
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" Honesty, vulnerability, pain - these are things that always supersede the trends of the day. "
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" I've got a philosophy I call 'no dancing in the end zone.' You score, get back, and run another play. "
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" A lot of my favorite artists didn't sell much out the gate. I didn't with Common at first. Neither did first albums from Outkast, Nas, or Jay Z. It doesn't scare me. "
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" I believe that when you really make the best music you can make from your heart, it will transcend all of those stereotypes, color issues, everything, because music is really made for human beings. "
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" If you want to make money, that's great, but if you make great music, you're going to make money anyway. Keep your eyes on making a great product. You don't even have to promote it. "
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" Common and I have a long history of making great music together. "
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" I'm not going to put my music up on some little corner of the Internet or give it away for free. What does that do? That's just giving up. I'm not giving up, ever. "
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" When you really make things that really challenge the status quo or challenge issues, and you do it artistically, and you do it with no fear, people are listening. "
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" My entire approach is built on the idea that things can be commercial and artistic. "
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" Wine gets better with time. So does art. "
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" Sometimes I think albums are so ambitious, they don't stand as bodies of work because you try to achieve so much, and sometimes we need to do less. Say less. "
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" Don't ever judge anybody. You don't know who anybody is, period... You gotta humble yourself. Just because you are where you are, it doesn't mean you aren't talking to someone great. "
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" 'I Used To Love H.E.R.,' from a production standpoint, was a brainchild of the style I developed on 'Soul By The Pound.' "
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" I tried to embrace the concept of the sampler as an instrument, looking at how to take it artistically to another place where it can be appreciated, more than just taking someone's song and doing a 4-bar loop. "
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" I take a lot of pride in helping people become great. I think that's an element of being a producer that people don't always take in: They want to be great for themselves, whereas I'd like to be recognized as having helped the most people get over the hump. "
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" I don't care whether something makes one dollar or a trillion because guess what? I don't know many happy rich people. And I know a lot of rich people. "
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" I hate filming in the studio. "
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" I think that sometimes, as producers, we just service the artists who's really just the main front or person. You know, our roles are really just to help them get where they're supposed to go. "
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" Ghostface, when it comes to hip-hop, was one of my favorite rappers and definitely one of my favorites in the Wu-Tang. He's also a really cool dude. "
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" As much as you act like everything is programmed or calculated or researched or numbers, spins, radio, and clubs, it's still human beings out here you can reach with music. "
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" I was a rapper. The reason I stopped rapping was because I realized that people wanted guys like Puff Daddy. That's not what I do. I quit. That was it. I had to sacrifice for my choice. I said, 'Forget it. I'll be a producer.' Nobody was going to make me do anything. "
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" Most of the greatest albums in the history of music are one producer. It's just a fact. Or one collective. "
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" I'm not here to put my music out on the Internet with no support and then say I got creative freedom. I've got creative freedom wherever I go: I don't create anything that I don't want to create. That's freedom. Since when does a company force you to make something that you don't want to make? If they do that, you leave. "
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" The effect that 'Illmatic' had on us at that moment was serious. "
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" The truth needs to explain why you are the way you are, why you did what you did. "
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