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" With music, it's a therapy for me. So whatever I'm dealing with at the time, I talk about it when I rap. "
Big K.R.I.T.
Therapy
Whatever
Me
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" I think doing a record with B.B. King allowed me the opportunity to blend two different generations across the board and make a song that I hope is extremely impactful. "
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" Where I'm from is humble, and people are mad appreciative of what they have. "
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" With some of the samples that I chose to use, tracking down the person that owns the publishing has become a task. "
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" I have to feel like my grandmother was my first mix engineer. "
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" I'm in competition with myself, and I'm always going to challenge myself. "
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" People don't necessarily expect singles from me. They expect full bodies of work. "
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" It seems like music gets put in this hub where you have to rap about this, and the minute you do something else, it's like you changing. Nah, I'm being creative. "
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" I think us, especially as black people, we don't necessarily talk about our feelings enough or talk to someone about our feelings. "
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" There's no real network, and every city in Mississippi is so spread out, so it isn't easy to drive around and pass out CDs. So when an artist from Natchez or Gold Coast or Meridian breaks out, they already know exactly what kind of artist they want to be. The grind and the hustle is just so adamant. "
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" I'm thankful for all the support I've received over the years. "
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" If I could have stayed independent from the jump, then, maybe, things would have been different. 'Return of 4Eva' would have been an album instead of a mixtape. "
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" I never lost my faith. "
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" I think if I wanted to get to a point where I could actually grow in my music, I had to almost step away from sampling so much and start making the kind of music that people wanted to sample. "
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" It's a lot of people that died for me to have the opportunity that I have now, just the freedom. It shouldn't be forgotten as far as the past is concerned. "
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" People will reach out because they know I'm trying to put my best forward when it comes to subject matter and creation of song. "
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" I always wanted to prove myself. I think I naturally can't help but want to do something and push the boundaries. "
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" When you say, 'Man, what kind of music does Outkast make?' You be like, 'They make Outkast music.' What kind of music does N.E.R.D. make? They make N.E.R.D. music. I want to be one of those people, because there's so many layers to the music I create that I don't want people to expect me to do one thing. "
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" Everyone needs a lay-up at some point in life - just somebody to look out, something good to happen in your life to kind of push you forward. "
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