Zaytoven Quotes

Zaytoven

Profession : Musician

Birth : January 12, 1980

When me and Gucci sit down, I make tracks real fast, and he can write songs real fast.

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We did 'Bricks' and 'Ridiculous' all in one day. Gucci came here, like, 8 in the morning - we were done 4 the morning the next day.

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I can do R&B, pop, gospel... whatever genre of music that's out.

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I can show these folks I can do more than just the 'trap.' But what I realized is the trap is what they really recognize me for - that's what they want to hear.

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When I was cutting hair, I felt like that was my trap. I started selling haircuts. I started selling beats; that's me trapping. So trap music is like hustling music to me.

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I've been doing this since 'So Icy' back in 2005.

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I almost never pitch myself. Me being an independent producer, never having a manager and never being signed, I pretty much just did my own thing: go out and search for the new talent, and when the new talent blows up, it just kinda brings everyone else to me.

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Al Nuke is almost like a real brother to me. Our chemistry is crazy because we're like night and day, but we blend so well.

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The most memorable part of filming 'Finesse,' I'd have to say, was the kissing scene. It was just so odd for me.

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I tell people that it's one thing to have the gift and the talent and work hard but another thing to have the favor of God in making it all work, and I think all those are factors.

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If you know Gucci Mane, controversy is always surrounding Gucci.

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I like V-Nasty a lot, and I know anytime I like an artist and the majority of people really don't like her, I know it's something special. That's the same way I felt about Gucci.

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When you take your music around to your people in the city or your label, and don't nobody like it, but you really like it, and you like, 'Dang, these folks don't hear what I hear.'

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It always surprises me and always makes me proud when I see people that I know I worked with at the house in the basement on TV being superstars.

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For a producer, I've been behind the scenes my whole career.

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What's so crazy is I always looked at Jay Z and guys on the caliber of Jay Z like they just the big dogs. I didn't think they listen to my music or even know who I am.

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I feel like every time I make a beat, and the Migos rap on it, it's gonna be fire.

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'So Icy' is always going to be one of my favorites because this is a song that blew my mind. I was just making beats for the fun of it. I went to the club and heard the song being played, so I asked the DJ to stop playing the song, and the whole club started rapping word for word.

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When I was in high school, the girls used to tell me I looked like Usher, so to be doing a song with Usher was mind-blowing.

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Now, I made the most money I ever made in my life with 'Papers' - I think my first check was like $101,000, my folks couldn't even believe. At this time, this is like 2010, I'm still in the barbershop cutting hair, still being the regular Zaytoven because I felt like after 'Papers,' it wasn't going to get any bigger than that.

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