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" 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. "

Freddie Gibbs

Baseball

Energy

Game

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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. "

" 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. "

" Every project might only sell like 30 to 50,000, but I mean, I'm getting seven, eight dollars every CD. I make more money per record than an artist on a major label - I can definitely say that. "

" Eminem heard my music, and he didn't wanna take a meeting with me. "

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" I played wide receiver in high school; then I went to college at Ball State and played safety. "

" I always feel like the underdog. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" A lot of improvisation and freedom went into 'Pinata.' "

" 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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" 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. "

" 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. "

" Gary is a old factory town right outside Chicago. From my standpoint, my family migrated there in the '50s and '60s from Mississippi - Sardis, Mississippi - shout out to Sardis, Mississippi. My family migrated there just like a lot of black families in that area: they migrated there to get jobs, to get those factory jobs, that steel mill job. "

" 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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Meaning

Rapper

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

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Left

Most

" My core thing is gangster rap, but a lot of my music is melodic and carries a message of survival. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I'm not a big video game dude though, but I like 'Madden.' "

" I'm not really comfortable with being on songs with cats I don't really know. "

" 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 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. "

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" 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. "

" I am the evil seed. "

" I'm not trying to obey the rules of radio. "

" Scarface is my favorite rapper. "

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