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Too much shine, can dull the soul
I love tearing people's speakers up.
My music's gonna evolve as I get older.
If I abuse myself daily, who can I love?
Favorite cereal is Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
In my house, I don't just always listen to rap.
Obama cool, but he ain't sending me no free checks
If it don't touch my soul then I can't listen to it.
My conversations with God always seem leave him speechless.
I learned a lot while working on 'Live From the Underground.'
I have to feel like my grandmother was my first mix engineer.
Dealing with business and trying to create never mixes for me.
Twenty-fourteen is all about growth musically and new agendas.
I'm thankful for all the support I've received over the years.
The more you walk with God, the harder it is to scrape your knee
Sample clearances and roll-out plans is what separates mix-tapes & albums.
Where I'm from is humble, and people are mad appreciative of what they have.
The only difference between a winner and a loser is a winner plays until he wins
People don't necessarily expect singles from me. They expect full bodies of work.
People know, lyrically, I go in, and you should never take me lightly on any record.
I'll say one of my all time favorite albums would have to be Willie Hutch, 'The Mack.'
I started making my own beats because I just couldn't afford to pay for the other ones.
I worked on 'Cadillactica' with the mind to not sample as much and focus on creativity.
I'm used to producing all of my projects, doing all the beats, and writing all the hooks.
I'm still trying to do me and just make good music and quality music, music that you can feel.
I don't think I'll ever become comfortable with just being here. I always want to take it further.
With music, it's a therapy for me. So whatever I'm dealing with at the time, I talk about it when I rap.
Success happened for me when I dropped my first major label album for Def Jam, 'Live From The Underground.'
I listened to a lot of old school, golden era music. It gave me a lot of insight on how to rap and give my all.
I always wanted to prove myself. I think I naturally can't help but want to do something and push the boundaries.
With some of the samples that I chose to use, tracking down the person that owns the publishing has become a task.
Just know that I was once considered just a dreamer... Then I paid my dues and turned so many doubters to believers.
Thank God for the day. Thank God for the morning. Won't take this here for granted; no, good Lord, I gots to get on it.
There ain't no time to be wasted, the world is going under... Nowadays, can't tell Fall from Spring, and Winter from Summer.
Looking back on all the things I went through to get here. It was all worth it. It's a blessing that I can write about it all.
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.
It's so hard to make noise coming from a small town that by the time you start branding yourself, you've grown in a certain way.
I think us, especially as black people, we don't necessarily talk about our feelings enough or talk to someone about our feelings.
You've got to keep being 100 percent, keep doing what's best for you and your legacy, and then build and help other people around you, too.
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.
The things that I leave creatively are going to stay here long past me. That's the reason why the album is called '4Eva Is a Mighty Long Time.'
Sometimes you think you didn't win, and you focus so much on that instead of really looking at it from the perspective of it not being your time yet.
To be able to work with Bun B and be able to have a conversation, and the insights the OG has, and really be able to get just advice from him, is amazing.
We all wish we could stay with one franchise and it work out the way it work out but it doesn't necessarily work that way, but you've got to keep balling.
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.
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.
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.
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.
They love the fact you made it, but hate the fact you got it. The stairway to heaven is packed...I'm in the lobby. Too scared to go to sleep, cause most times I often doubt my dreams.
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.