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" When I think of trap, I think of something that is unrehearsed. It's something that's edgy, not too well put together. "
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" I like V-Nasty a lot, and I know anytime I like an artist and the majority of people really don't like her, I know it's something special. That's the same way I felt about Gucci. "
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" I was a military brat. My dad was in the military, so I was born in Germany. I moved around a lot; I was in church a lot. "
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" Guys like Future and me, we help create and shape the sound of music - not just Atlanta music, but music all over. If you really pay attention to the music being made, a lot of that is very heavily influenced by the stuff that we created. I listen to so many songs that's like, 'Damn, this sounds like my music!' "
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" Future is a real workaholic, so he's the type of guy that's gonna do more than enough songs to make sure you got everything you need. "
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" Just the instrumentation of the whole 'Beast Mode' made people open up and respect me in a whole other way. With Gucci, I don't use as many instruments. I don't play the piano as much because that's not really the style of music that me and Gucci have built. "
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" If you listen to my early music, I didn't know how to mix. I barely knew how to record for real, and I didn't care. "
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" Atlanta can do crunk music, it can do snap music, it can do swag music. Atlanta has it all. "
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" I've been doing two things my whole life: I've been cuttin' hair, and I've been playing the organ at church. Those two things are what I looked at as my life: this is how I'm gonna make my money, this is how I'm gonna make my living... It helped me to be stable in what I do. "
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