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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'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. "

Freddie Gibbs

Live

Think

Music

" Gary is a really impoverished town; it's in industrial decay. There's low employment and things of that nature. "

" 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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Scarface is my favorite rapper. "

Freddie Gibbs

Favorite

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 still bump 'Smells Like Teen Spirit.' I used to listen to it before all my football games. "

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

" The neck is not something you should have surgery on that much. "

" I don't ever really plan my sets. I just get out there and feel the energy of the crowd. "

" I ain't never detached myself from Gary. "

" I'm just glad we get to see old records being broken. That's what sports is all about. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Freddie Gibbs

Nothin

Changed

" I don't like rap that doesn't have a story behind it. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

Freddie Gibbs

Off

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

" 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. "

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

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

" I study my competition for at least an hour a day. I get on the Internet, I look at what they doing, and then I look at ways to defeat them. I know their mixtapes track-by-track. I know some of their lyrics. "

" 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. "

" My father took me to a lot of sports events as a child, and our TV stayed on ESPN. "

Freddie Gibbs

Child

Sports

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