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" I'm not trying to act like I'm Superman or better than anybody else in the game. I'm just telling my story, showing my strengths and weaknesses - as a human, as a person, as a man. "

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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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" Sports is one of the keys to my life. It definitely kept me out of a lot of trouble and gave me a lot of discipline. "

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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. "

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

" I had a nightmare that I was mopping floors and that this Freddie Gibbs thing was all a dream. "

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

" I started hustling in early adolescence. "

" Probably dancing to Cassie's 'Me & U' - That's my guilty pleasure. "

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" 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. "

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" When everybody goes left, I'm gonna go right most of the time. "

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" If you say your product is the best, back that up. "

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" I never took a dollar from Young Jeezy. No advance, nothing. "

" I think that with me and Madlib, I was never afraid to really experiment with his tracks and things. "

" We have good, neighborly people in Gary. "

" 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. "

" I don't mind travelling. I'm independent, so I gotta get on the grind. "

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

" Ain't nothin' changed with me. I'm Eastside Gary til I die. "

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" Lil Wayne makes good music. He's one of the best rappers. "

" 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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" 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. "

" 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 feel like with a lot of Madlib's beats, they are made for storytelling. I feel like when I'm working on stuff with him, I can really get into the storytelling aspect mode of my flow. "

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

" I'm so hands-on and involved in my own music that I feel like if I put the same effort into another artist, then I can definitely cultivate something great. "

" 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. "

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" He's been my number one influence. If you say Tupac didn't influence you, then you don't really need to be rapping because nobody evokes that kind of emotion on a track like Tupac does. "