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" When I was cutting hair, I felt like that was my trap. I started selling haircuts. I started selling beats; that's me trapping. So trap music is like hustling music to me. "

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" I was listening to Young Jeezy and Shawty Red, and to me, the trap music they had was something special. "

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" There's no record that you done heard me produce that I spent more than ten minutes on. "

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" Now, I made the most money I ever made in my life with 'Papers' - I think my first check was like $101,000, my folks couldn't even believe. At this time, this is like 2010, I'm still in the barbershop cutting hair, still being the regular Zaytoven because I felt like after 'Papers,' it wasn't going to get any bigger than that. "

" I'm always up for the challenge of doing more and doing different things. I love being inspired like a new producer all over again. "

" 'So Icy' is always going to be one of my favorites because this is a song that blew my mind. I was just making beats for the fun of it. I went to the club and heard the song being played, so I asked the DJ to stop playing the song, and the whole club started rapping word for word. "

" My formula is not thinking about what I'm doing; it's about still having fun and making music. I don't go into the studio with a thought pattern or certain goals in mind - sometimes I'll start with drums, other times I'll start with the piano - but it's all done spontaneously, so nothing is premeditated, and nothing takes a long time. "

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Night

Crazy

" When people wanna come buy beats or wanna record a song, I'm trappin'. "

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Than

" Future's the guy, like, where, if I send him some beats while he on the road, and there's a pack of beats that he really like, if there's a new vibe or new wave, he's like, 'Man, keep feeding me more. Feed me more of this every day.' "

" Trap music, to me, is hustling music. "

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Trap

Music

" When I think of trap, I think of something that is unrehearsed. It's something that's edgy, not too well put together. "

" Music is about feeling. "

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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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" Anything that me and Gucci do is never thought out or planned real deeply. We always just go off of what we feeling. It's sporadic. "

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Always

" I can show these folks I can do more than just the 'trap.' But what I realized is the trap is what they really recognize me for - that's what they want to hear. "

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Hear

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" I listen to a lot of music... but there still hasn't been a project yet that touches me like 'Beast Mode' has. "

" It's been a blessing that I can provide for my family just by doing music. I never thought this would ever be my occupation. "