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I’ve never looked at myself and said that I need to be a certain way to be around a certain sort of people.

Jay-Z

Primarily I see myself as so much more than a rapper. I really believe I am the voice for a lot of people who don’t have that microphone or who can’t rap.
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Believe Lot Microphone More Much Myself People Primarily Rapper Really Voice
I never wanted to just glamorize the playa lifestyle and not touch on the down side. I wanted everyone who’s in a desperate situation to know that, if they wanna choose that kinda lifestyle, they gotta be aware of everything that comes with it! It’s not just about the cars, the ladies and the money.
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Down Glamorize Just Lifestyle Playa Side Touch Want
I remember the first time I saw the ‘Sugarhill Gang’ on Soul Train. I was 11 or 12. I was like, ‘What’s going on? How did those guys get on national TV?’ And then, when I was a little older, a rapper from the neighborhood got a record deal. I was shocked.
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First Gang Remember Show Soul Sugarhill Time Train
Belief in oneself and knowing who you are, I mean, that’s the foundation for everything great.
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Belief Everything Foundation Great Know Mean Oneself
I listen to everything – from Sarah McLachlan and Alanis Morissette all the way down to rap like Scarface, UGK and Lauryn Hill.
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Country Everything Listen People Person Way
I love what I do, and when you love what you do, you want to be the best at it.
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Best Love Want When
I don’t know where streaming will go in the future. The analytics that we’re seeing tell us that streaming is the next thing, and downloads are going down.
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Analytics Download Future Know Next Stream Time
People are intermingling, hanging out, having fun, enjoying the same music. Hip-hop is not just in the Bronx anymore. It’s worldwide. Everywhere you go, people are listening to hip-hop and partying together. Hip-hop has done that.
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Enjoy Everywhere Fun Hip Hop Intermiging Listen Music Party People Together
When you have a reputation for making not only good songs but great albums, that in itself creates added artistic pressure. But, at the end of the day, I guess that pressure is something I welcome.
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Album Artistic Create End Good Great Guess Make Only Pressure Reputation Something Song
My brands are an extension of me. They’re close to me. It’s not like running GM, where there’s no emotional attachment.
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Attachment Brand Close Emotional Extension Like Run
By the time I got to record my first album, I was 26, I didn’t need pen or paper – my memory had been trained just to listen to a song, think of the words, and lay them to tape.
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Album First Listen Memory Need Paper Pen Record Song Time Trained Twentymsix
I’m far from being god, but I work god damn hard.
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Far God Hard Work
I was talking about in slang, and it was something that people in the music business was not really privy to. They didn’t understand totally what I was saying or what I was talking about.
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I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can.
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Famous Made More Yankee
If your dad died before you were born, yeah, it hurts – but it’s not like you had a connection with something that was real. Not to say it’s any better – but to have that connection and then have it ripped away was, like, the worst.
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Away Better Born Connection Die Like Real Reap Something Yeah
You don’t have that fear. So why do you think people get stuck in those boxes? It’s that fear of going back down.
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Back Boz Down Fear People Stuck Think

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