Freddie Gibbs Quotes

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Freddie Gibbs

Profession : Musician

Birth : June 14, 1982

When everybody goes left, I'm gonna go right most of the time.

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I played wide receiver in high school; then I went to college at Ball State and played safety.

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I wanted to be in the NBA. I wanted to be in the NFL.

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Lil Wayne makes good music. He's one of the best rappers.

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I've been known not to bite my tongue.

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I still bump 'Smells Like Teen Spirit.' I used to listen to it before all my football games.

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The Bears need to let me be GM.

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I ain't on no major. Everything independent. Either way it goes, I am doing me, and I am doing Freddie Gibbs.

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It's in the American spirit to take advantage of an opportunity.

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I feel like with a lot of Madlib's beats, they are made for storytelling. I feel like when I'm working on stuff with him, I can really get into the storytelling aspect mode of my flow.

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Eminem heard my music, and he didn't wanna take a meeting with me.

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Nobody else was saying what he said on air, and sometimes he pushed the envelope when he said the newest Jay Z line with a Michael Jordan highlight. But Stuart Scott was an artist.

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'Kind of Blue' is one of the best records of all time. Miles' use of space is something rap fans can definitely appreciate. Sometimes you have to let the track breathe and throw a melody in here and there. He never did too much on 'Kind of Blue.' It's the perfect vibe.

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'Pinata' is a great rap record for jazz fans.

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Madlib isn't a beatmaker, he's a producer.

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A lot of improvisation and freedom went into 'Pinata.'

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Ninety percent of the general public aren't gangstas, so all of the rappers aren't going to be gangstas.

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I study my competition for at least an hour a day. I get on the Internet, I look at what they doing, and then I look at ways to defeat them. I know their mixtapes track-by-track. I know some of their lyrics.

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There's some dudes that did Gangsta Grillz tapes who probably weren't worthy of it - their label just put up the bread, or they did a favor.

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I wasn't fully aware of the things that Madlib did musically, but my manager put me up on game. I'm not gonna act like I was a Madlib head when I wasn't. I didn't understand a lot of it at first. But it opened my mind to some things, and it's me bringing that gangster element to things that he does. It's like a perfect marriage.

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