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" 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. "

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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. "

Freddie Gibbs

Things

You

Yourself

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

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

Freddie Gibbs

Left

Most

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

Freddie Gibbs

Nothin

Changed

" 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. "

" Scarface is my favorite rapper. "

Freddie Gibbs

Favorite

Rapper

" 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 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

" 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. "

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

" I'm an educated individual. "

Freddie Gibbs

Educated

Individual

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Ninety percent of the general public aren't gangstas, so all of the rappers aren't going to be gangstas. "

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

Freddie Gibbs

Heard

Meeting

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

" 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. "

" Drake makes some dope songs. "

" I'm a loyal dude. "

Freddie Gibbs

Dude

Loyal

" 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 love Lil Wayne. I grew up on the Hot Boyz. "

" I like good music, whichever lane it comes out of. As long as it's dope, that is all that matters with me. "

Freddie Gibbs

Good

Music

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

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

" When you go to places like Gary and Detroit, you see the economic problem in this country and who it's really affecting. "

Freddie Gibbs

Detroit

You

" I wanted to be in the NBA. I wanted to be in the NFL. "