The budgets are runnin’ low, the streets ain’t really got money no more, things are just dryin’ up; I just felt like people needed some motivation, so I took ’em ‘Overtime.’
ACE HOODI could go old-school; I listen to a lot of old-school music, like Teddy Pendergrass, the Temptations, people like that. I’m an old-school dude, and I’m vibin’ with stuff like that to clear my mind. I like listening to that old-school music.
More Ace Hood Quotes
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We’ve got goals we’re trying to reach, and “Overtime” is the only way to do it, and “Champion” is the only thing we’re tryin’ to be.
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Due to success I started losing friends.
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Not only my favorite producers, but those are actually brothers, they’re part of our We The Best family. To me, they’re the biggest guys out, and the music they produce and the records they put out are phenomenal records.
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It’s a lot of people that’s tried to stop my grind, there’s been a lot of hate, but even more love.
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I’ve always believed in self, I’ve always believed that as long as I believe, nothing else matters. I just put that type of motivation and that type of energy into my music, and I’ve always had confidence in my music as well.
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Regardless of what people say, that’s what they gotta bang in their heads: Ace Hood is the future. You ain’t got nobody else in my lane.
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Stay focused. You gotta believe in yourself. I think that’s the biggest thing I’ve been able to do throughout my whole career, even before I actually had a big career in this industry.
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What I wanted with that Ruthless state of mind,: just to show people who I am as a person and why I do what I do, and why I go as hard as I do go.
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We’ve got a lot of people that support, but The Runners are definitely one of my favorites.
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I want certain things out of life. I want my grand kids, my kids’ kids, being able to inherit what I’ve worked so hard to build.
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I would just encourage any artist to stay focused, of course keep God first, and just keep working hard. Try to outwork those who you idolize.
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I wanted people to feel me as a person. I do this music for the people, man, so at the end of the day I feel like, [given] our state of mind and the state our economy is in
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People acceptin’ me for me, people lovin’ my music was big for me.
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I just wanted to let people know that, in any aspect in which you’re getting’ money, you’ve gotta go overtime in order to provide for your loved ones or those who are around you. So that was my state of mind.
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Even though I’m out there as an artist, I continue droppin’ mixtapes, I continue doin’ this and continue showin’ DJs love personally. That’s why I continue doin’ a lot of things other artists don’t do.
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