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" 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
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" I'd be quiet as a mouse if I didn't have the correct feeling about my music. I feel like I'm able to talk about it and say I'm one of the best because I think I got the music to back that up. I got the live show to back that up. That's all that matters. "
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" Scarface is my favorite rapper. "
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" I always knew that I would be some type of public figure, but I never knew that it would be rapping, 'cause my dad sang: I saw him deal with the ills of the music industry, just on the outside looking in. "
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" I'd be a liar if I didn't say I learned things from Jeezy. Hell yeah, I took some things, some pluses and some minuses, do's and don'ts. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I like good music, whichever lane it comes out of. As long as it's dope, that is all that matters with me. "
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" Lil Wayne makes good music. He's one of the best rappers. "
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Best
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" 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. "
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" I don't mind travelling. I'm independent, so I gotta get on the grind. "
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" 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. "
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" My father took me to a lot of sports events as a child, and our TV stayed on ESPN. "
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" The things I rap about are 100 percent real. But at the same time, I don't rap about those things to tear my city down. I give you the reality of what it is and what I been through and how it is living in those conditions in Gary, Ind. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Just give me a mic, and I'll rock it. "
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" I'm not a big video game dude though, but I like 'Madden.' "
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" I always feel like the underdog. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm a loyal dude. "
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" I'm an educated individual. "
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" Probably dancing to Cassie's 'Me & U' - That's my guilty pleasure. "
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" A lot of improvisation and freedom went into 'Pinata.' "
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" 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. "
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" Nobody else was saying what he said on air, and sometimes he pushed the envelope when he said the newest Jay Z line with a Michael Jordan highlight. But Stuart Scott was an artist. "
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" I think that with me and Madlib, I was never afraid to really experiment with his tracks and things. "
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" I never write a song before I get the track because I just feel that I have to make a marriage with that track with my raps. And if it's something that's already there, it ain't gone really fit, I don't think. "
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" Everything don't work out for the best. You have to use a lot of those things as lessons in order to build yourself up. "
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