It wasn’t necessary to speak on the recession, you know what I mean, but I just though it made a lot of sense. I was like, “okay, cool,” I’m going to go with this approach for the name of the album [ The Recession].
JEEZYEveryday, all day I have to be productive. And when I ain’t productive, I get concerned.
More Jeezy Quotes
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All my albums always go with the times.
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I always try to go back and check my old stuff. It’s like watching the tapes of the game. You want to go back and go as hard as before.
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My hustle is nonstop. I never stop hustling.
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I’ve pretty much done records with everybody.
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To be honest, I think about the clubs when I write. But I should probably start thinking about stadiums, because the songs sound even better there – and bigger.
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I don’t think nobody should compare me to anyone, ’cause, at the end of the day, you’ve got a ‘Pac, you’ve got Snoop, you got Tip, you got Wayne – there’s only one Jeezy, man. Ain’t nobody walked in these shoes but me.
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I don’t just do music for the clubs, I do music for the struggle. I do music for everyday niggas, the kids who ain’t got no sense of direction. I’m trying to restore some of the morals back into the game, as far as the street.
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Anybody that I ever dealt with knows that I’m a very focused individual, and when it comes to my work and what I do, you might have to play the back burner to that.
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I don’t know how to be a rapper. I just know how to be me.
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A lot of people question how talented I am. But I’m a real dude and I know real things and I’ve seen real people get their head blown off.
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With rap, it’s a funny thing. You can say things, and people can take ’em the way they wanna take ’em.
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Anything that looks good makes you feel better.
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If I’m gonna put a message out there, I want to make sure I stay consistent. I’m up on my game, because I said it. People take your words and they live by them.
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A lot of things come with fame, whether it’s losing friends or losing family. You still gotta stand up and be that guy even when you ain’t having great things. Because you’ve gotta be the spokesperson for your people.
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When money was plentiful, I was the first one who told you to stack it. Live your life with it. Now that money slowed up, I’ma be the one telling you to save it like they ain’t gon’ make it no more.
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