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" 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

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" Coming up in America in the '80s and '90s, we were not too far removed from slavery. People forget that. "

Freddie Gibbs

People

America

" When I first came in the game, I had a bunch of homies that rapped that was hanging around me just because I was getting the rap attention, and they felt they could feed off of that. "

" I feel like some artists need a record label, and some don't. "

" I just want to put my stamp on all kinds of music. Everything I do is going to be gangsta rap, street-based, street-oriented. "

" It's in the American spirit to take advantage of an opportunity. "

" I look at some of my fans at my show, and a lot of them look like they're straight out of a punk rock show. They like what I'm coming across with. I had seen them same thing when I went to this Scarface show, so it lets me know that I'm on the right track. "

Freddie Gibbs

Fans

Know

" I like A$AP Rocky and his stuff - Kendrick too. "

" I grew up on N.W.A., Geto Boys. My dad was listening to that. "

Freddie Gibbs

Dad

Listening

" 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 started hustling in early adolescence. "

" I've been known not to bite my tongue. "

" I went to a Bulls game when it was still in Chicago Stadium before they built the United Center. "

" 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

" 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 can do a whole project with Madlib and turn around and do a record with Gucci Mane. Gucci Mane, E-40, and Black Thought on the same record. I like all those rappers, so why can't I work with them in some type of capacity? It just speaks to my versatility. I don't just listen to one type of rap. I listen to all of it so I can make all of it. "

" I've been engulfed in sports since I was a 2-year-old; I picked up any kind of ball - a basketball, baseball, football - I just loved to play something. I loved the energy of being in arenas and watching the game on TV. "

" I always feel like the underdog. "

" Just give me a mic, and I'll rock it. "

Freddie Gibbs

Give

Just

" I feel like I influence more than just rap. "

" 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. "

" I love Lil Wayne. I grew up on the Hot Boyz. "

" Scarface is my favorite rapper. "

Freddie Gibbs

Favorite

Rapper

" My mom had me at a young age, like 20, and she was the oldest child. All her brothers were seven and 10, so I was like a younger brother more so than the oldest child. I was the younger brother to all my uncles, so they were going through their childhood and their teenage years, and I was right there. "

Freddie Gibbs

Brother

Childhood

" 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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I remember I used to go school with guys who couldn't afford notebooks, pens, paper: the necessary tools needed in order to survive in school. It's a lot of kids in Gary who are at a disadvantage without that. "

" Drake makes some dope songs. "

" I've always played that role in my family: the breadwinner. "

" Stuart Scott was a hero. "