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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 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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" I come from an era where you just build something. Me and Common built what we built from Chicago from scratch. "

" Pillow talk is the strongest conversation on the planet. "

" 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. "

" My entire approach is built on the idea that things can be commercial and artistic. "

" 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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" If you think about 2Pac, Biggie, and Nas, all of those guys were teenagers or in their early 20s when they got started. Everybody acts like young people have to be silly and lack perspective. Those guys had incredible perspective, and everything that they said was before 25 years old. "

" I don't speak out of place, but if you ask me, I will definitely speak the truth. Also, my opinion is my opinion. I don't feel the need to force anybody to agree or disagree with me. But if you ask me, I do feel it's important to speak with confidence about my feelings about whatever the questions are. "

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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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" When you do your art, and you may think people don't recognize it or appreciate it, you actually go and try to get better. "

" Wine gets better with time. So does art. "

" The effect that 'Illmatic' had on us at that moment was serious. "

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" Common and I have a long history of making great music together. "

" I've won; I've lost. I'm at the point where I do what I believe in and, win or lose, believe in what I do. "

" There's this concept in urban music and lifestyle that money is everything, and I'm just not with it. If it makes money, it doesn't make it good. If it's good, it's good. "

" After 'Resurrection,' I was getting calls for people to do work with me, and I was turning it down. "

" You make some good music, people are gonna find you. "

" 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. "

" If you look before the '90s, you might not find many - if any - albums with multiple producers. It just didn't exist in the history of music. That would have been like Michael Jackson telling Quincy Jones, 'Look man, I know we did well on 'Off The Wall,' but I'm hot now, and I need to see some other producers for 'Thriller.'' "

" I hate filming in the studio. "

" 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. "

" I really like G-Herbo. "

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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. "

" I just want to work on music and make some new stars. I'm not interested in being a star. "

" Most of the greatest albums in the history of music are one producer. It's just a fact. Or one collective. "

" Trophies or no trophies, we are all just striving to do some really good art and help people's lives with it. "

" I'm not interested in anything besides making some good music, helping some artists, being an executive. I'm pretty happy with that. "

" 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. "

" I've got a philosophy I call 'no dancing in the end zone.' You score, get back, and run another play. "

" There's the way modern music is produced, which is, 'Here's a piece of music, and I'm the producer, so pay me and make sure my credit is right and get me my splits.' But I'm trying to go backward. Now, it's more like 'What's the texture? What's the over-arching story?' There are more things to pay attention to than 'Is this the right snare?' "

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