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" You know how a person is made for something? Eminem is made for hip-hop. The best rapper is a white man. "
Curtis Jackson
Best
Hip-Hop
You
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" A man becomes as attractive as an attractive woman when he becomes successful and is publicly noted. Power's an aphrodisiac. "
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" Out of frustration, I say things. Now, people listen to me so much I can say it under my breath and everybody hears me... I said in the past that I'm a work in progress, and I feel like I'm progressing. "
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Past
" The opportunity and the concept of merging music culture with actual boxing is exciting. It's bringing a younger demographic to the sport. "
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" When you've been in life-threatening situations, you become aware that life is not for ever. "
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" My grandmother, she's been the positive portion of my life the entire time. She raised us Baptist, and when I got old enough to say I didn't want to go to church, she didn't force me. She was cool. "
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Life
Cool
" I just feel really good about my accomplishments. I haven't had, like, a party because a deal goes through or something like that. I don't know. I need to develop that - I need to have something that I do when things go right. "
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" My new music video, 'My Life' featuring Eminem and Adam Levine, the only person in the actual video who you can physically make out besides myself and Adam Levine is Andre Dirrell. "
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Music
" Hip-hop - it's the safari: it allows people who aren't under those circumstances to come closer to inner-city life, to explore it without actually being in danger. It's something kids in middle America indulge in to be rebellious. "
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People
America
Explore
" I'm not trying to save the world. As a musician and artist, it just ain't me. "
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Me
Just
Artist
" I don't display emotions. I have every feeling that everyone else has, but I've developed ways to suppress them. Anger is one of my most comfortable feelings. "
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Most
Feelings
Feeling
" People often say I have so much energy, that I never stop; but that's what it takes to accomplish your goals. "
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Say
Accomplish
Goals
" I like generals. I like Napoleon. I like strategy. The majority of them are praised for mass destruction, but it's exciting to see how it comes to the mind mentally. "
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Strategy
Generals
How
" I like the story writing process. I usually use someone who has been trained for structure to take the story that I actually want, place those elements in the right places. "
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Place
Someone
" My work out routine is always changing. It should never stay the same for long periods of time. "
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Never
Time
Always
" It's Fifty, not Fiddy. "
Curtis Jackson
Fifty
" STREET by 50 is all about giving our fans the finest music experience we possibly can. The response to the limited edition colors so far speaks for itself - the fans want the opportunity to match their headphones to their personal style, and we definitely want to make sure to give them what they want. "
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Opportunity
Music
Colors
" The new artist is meeting the general public before they meet the record company. They're able to put the material on YouTube and have a million views before they even meet an executive at a record company, and get the deal based on that. "
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Company
Artist
YouTube
" Since I did the SK Project and I partner with the United Nations World Food Program, I got a lot of different feedback from people online. Through social networks and through the Twitter. I read the comments and see 'em saying, 'People hungry here, Fif.' "
Curtis Jackson
Saying
Partner
World
" Because hip-hop has no requirements, you deal with people that have the least intelligence on the planet. Some of the people that compare themselves to me, compare themselves to me because they rap and I rap. They can't even read the contracts that they sign to be a rapper, to do the deal. "
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People
You
Me
" Puffy's contribution to hip-hop culture was the remix. He offered us the music that his mom played in front of him, with newer drums and younger artists. That worked, and will consistently be there. The remix comes right after the original record, that's something Puffy did to influence the culture. "
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Culture
Hip-Hop
Mom
" I have a romantic side. "
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Romantic
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" Just be confident. I think confidence is the most attractive part of a person. "
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Confidence
Person
Think
" My grandparents went through a bad experience themselves; they invested money in a church and got burned - the pastor had his own agenda - and my grandfather lost interest in the church after that. That was when I had the option to not go. 'Grandpa ain't going; I'm gonna stay with Grandpa.' "
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Church
Lost
Bad
" I think either you're creative or you're not. In general, I don't think you need to be in pain to actually be creative unless you're writing love songs. Then you might need to have some ups and downs within your emotions to start to capture that. "
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" The importance of 'Dream School' is monumental. Helping to inspire these students to reach their potential is personally gratifying. "
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School
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" I started boxing at 12, and I was above weight for my age, so they put me in the ring with adults... When you're fighting all the time, it gives you the ability to fight without getting angry. "
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Fighting
Me
" A recession is predominantly for the middle class. Where I come from, the majority of people have always lived in a recession. "
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Always
Lived
People
" I think I'll be going to Heaven, because I had good intentions. But my actions are another thing. "
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Think
Heaven
Good Intentions
" It's difficult for me to trust a woman. Men are attracted to beautiful women. Women are attracted to men who offer security - financial security. And if you have money and you're famous, women find that sexy. "
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Beautiful
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Woman
" I think Frank Ocean is a talented artist; I think he's created material that made me know his name, that impressed me, with things he said on a song like 'Novacane.' "
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Me
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