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I love Atlanta.
Miley Cyrus is the new Madonna.
I want to work with anybody original.
A lot of people slept on Rae Sremmurd.
If I get a Grammy, that would be dope.
It's like I have three different brains.
Drake is damn near the best with melodies.
I like everything rare - cars, shoes, clothes.
I'm just expanding my sound and making it bigger.
I'm a producer, not just a beatmaker but a producer.
I've just got to keep a balanced head and stay focused.
Whoever has a next-level ear needs to be an Eardrummer.
I'm always that dude that's looking for the next thing.
I love the grind. Gucci taught me to never stop working.
A lot of times, older people don't get the new generation.
I like to listen to the Police, Sting, Queen, Pet Shop Boys.
In 2011, a lot of people didn't even know I did 'Tupac Back.'
You wanna champion someone from your city and it blows it up.
I don't want to be on the mic, man. I want to stay producing.
Future is my brother. He has no idea how big what he does is.
Putting together a hit record is like putting together a puzzle.
Me and Miley just clicked. She has good ideas. She's real creative.
Future was always the person to knock out multiple bangers in one night.
I do it all, man. I produce, I do my own wardrobe and my own ironing, too!
I have a 200-song catalogue in the streets and I never got any money off that.
I really like coming across all types of different music, and hearing new things.
I'm looking at EarDrummers like a boutique label, like an Interscope or a Def Jam.
If you put your time and energy into developing creatively, that's where you'll go.
I don't spend a bunch of money on jewelry or sunglasses, because I lose them a lot.
I used to listen to songs on the radio and play that junk back on that little keyboard.
You can't please everybody. As long as you make dope music, you're gonna have your fans.
With 'HUMBLE.,' I knew that beat was going to capture a moment. It just felt real urgent.
When I do music I don't think about urban music, pop or country, I just think about a good song.
People told me that Miley's '23' wasn't hip-hop. Let me tell you, she went in and owned that track.
As far as rapping goes, as long as you are telling the truth and you have a good flow, then you win.
I wouldn't say money can buy happiness. Happiness starts with yourself. Money can buy a smile, though.
Tupac Back' was the first single I had, but prior to that I already had 20-something songs in the street.
I wanted 'Formation' to be a woman empowerment song, but Beyonce made it into a culture empowerment song.
I like blessing others around me. When you work hard, it's just dope to give back to the people around you.
No teacher ever skipped the student process... if you want to be a leader, you have to be a follower first.
I feel like when I came in the game, I was more focused on like, 'yo how many times can I get on the radio?'
I'm just trying to bring the sound from Atlanta over to the mainstream radio in a way that everybody can enjoy.
I'm not really the type that likes to put out a project just to say I've put it out - I like to make them count.
Those are two artists that I worked with real closely. Me and Miley are real close, me and Future are real close.
That's what music is all about, vibes. That's what makes people react and relate to a song, what makes it soulful.
Matter fact, my girl complains about how much I'm in the studio working. But she sees the results as they roll out.
God has blessed me with something. One day, I do see myself being like Jimmy Iovine. I'm trying to build an empire.
I really believed in 2 Chainz, I really believed in Future, and I was going to the studio with them every single day.
I was able to bring Gucci and Rae Sremmurd on a track together. It was crazy because it seemed like it was destined to be.
That's the most important part of all the music I produce: making sure the artist is bringing themselves out in the music.