Freddie Gibbs Quotes

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Freddie Gibbs

Profession : Musician

Birth : June 14, 1982

Every project might only sell like 30 to 50,000, but I mean, I'm getting seven, eight dollars every CD. I make more money per record than an artist on a major label - I can definitely say that.

Freddie Gibbs

I'm so hands-on and involved in my own music that I feel like if I put the same effort into another artist, then I can definitely cultivate something great.

Freddie Gibbs

If you say your product is the best, back that up.

Freddie Gibbs

I'd be quiet as a mouse if I didn't have the correct feeling about my music. I feel like I'm able to talk about it and say I'm one of the best because I think I got the music to back that up. I got the live show to back that up. That's all that matters.

Freddie Gibbs

Everything don't work out for the best. You have to use a lot of those things as lessons in order to build yourself up.

Freddie Gibbs

I always want everything I do to be somewhat cinematic. I don't want to be the rapper that'll just post up and shoot a video anywhere with no real meaning to it.

Freddie Gibbs

I think that 'Pinata' album is going to stand the test of time. It's going to be a moment in hip-hop, whether people know it or not. It's nothing else like that in rap. It's going to forever hold its place.

Freddie Gibbs

I always feel like the underdog.

Freddie Gibbs

I can do a whole project with Madlib and turn around and do a record with Gucci Mane. Gucci Mane, E-40, and Black Thought on the same record. I like all those rappers, so why can't I work with them in some type of capacity? It just speaks to my versatility. I don't just listen to one type of rap. I listen to all of it so I can make all of it.

Freddie Gibbs

I feel like some artists need a record label, and some don't.

Freddie Gibbs

Gary is a really impoverished town; it's in industrial decay. There's low employment and things of that nature.

Freddie Gibbs

I don't ever really plan my sets. I just get out there and feel the energy of the crowd.

Freddie Gibbs

I grew up on N.W.A., Geto Boys. My dad was listening to that.

Freddie Gibbs

My mom had me at a young age, like 20, and she was the oldest child. All her brothers were seven and 10, so I was like a younger brother more so than the oldest child. I was the younger brother to all my uncles, so they were going through their childhood and their teenage years, and I was right there.

Freddie Gibbs

I wanted to be a gangsta from birth, not because of the music but moreso what I was seeing, what my uncles were doing. I was just fascinated with the street lifestyle from a young age.

Freddie Gibbs

I'm an educated individual.

Freddie Gibbs

Different rappers got different talents. It's like X-Men.

Freddie Gibbs

I want to be one of the most versatile rappers in the game.

Freddie Gibbs