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" I think doing a record with B.B. King allowed me the opportunity to blend two different generations across the board and make a song that I hope is extremely impactful. "
Big K.R.I.T.
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" In my house, I don't just always listen to rap. "
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" With music, it's a therapy for me. So whatever I'm dealing with at the time, I talk about it when I rap. "
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" I'm in competition with myself, and I'm always going to challenge myself. "
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" I never lost my faith. "
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" Where I'm from is humble, and people are mad appreciative of what they have. "
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" It seems like music gets put in this hub where you have to rap about this, and the minute you do something else, it's like you changing. Nah, I'm being creative. "
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" My music's gonna evolve as I get older. "
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" People will reach out because they know I'm trying to put my best forward when it comes to subject matter and creation of song. "
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" I have to feel like my grandmother was my first mix engineer. "
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" I always wanted to prove myself. I think I naturally can't help but want to do something and push the boundaries. "
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" Sometimes you think you didn't win, and you focus so much on that instead of really looking at it from the perspective of it not being your time yet. "
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" If I could have stayed independent from the jump, then, maybe, things would have been different. 'Return of 4Eva' would have been an album instead of a mixtape. "
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" I'm thankful for all the support I've received over the years. "
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" I think if I wanted to get to a point where I could actually grow in my music, I had to almost step away from sampling so much and start making the kind of music that people wanted to sample. "
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