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" It's in the American spirit to take advantage of an opportunity. "
Freddie Gibbs
Take
American
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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. "
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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. "
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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 ain't never detached myself from Gary. "
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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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" Me separating from CTE - I'm extremely happy about that because a lot of guys wrote me off, Jeezy included. He really wrote me off. "
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" I'm a common dude. "
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Common
" I've been known not to bite my tongue. "
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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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" We have good, neighborly people in Gary. "
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Gary
" I'm from Gary, Indiana, and everybody's damn near at the poverty level. It's a rough city to grow up in, and it's a modern-day ghost town. "
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" I don't like rap that doesn't have a story behind it. "
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Behind
Story
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" I'm cool with doing shows with 2,000 people. I don't have to rap in a stadium. As long as I can provide for my family and my art and live comfortably and live well, then I'm good. "
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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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" I have a respect for Young Jeezy. But the reason things didn't work out for me and Young Jeezy was because our approach to the industry... My approach to the industry was a tad bit different than his. I wanted to approach my career a different way; he wanted to go a different way. "
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Young
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" If you say your product is the best, back that up. "
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Say
Up
" I don't ever really plan my sets. I just get out there and feel the energy of the crowd. "
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" My core thing is gangster rap, but a lot of my music is melodic and carries a message of survival. "
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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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