I’m a performer. That’s what I do. That and making money – it’s the passion and the care factor for the people that support your passion, the people that support you, it’s the kind of people that go crazy and love your stuff.
SCHOOLBOY QI hate the business part of music. Music is just like the streets. There’s loyal and disloyal people, people saying one thing and then don’t do it.
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I would definitely want a hit record, but I still want the success to be around the album. Only the music can help me.
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You already past 21 and you still talking about “I’ma be a rapper.” You ain’t did one show, niggas ain’t seen you on TV. So Kendrick kind of went through the same thing I went through. He just had his mom’s house to go to.
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I’m not anti single. I’m not one of them niggas that say “Aww record sales ain’t everything.” No. I wanna sell good. I would love a platinum record on radio and charts.
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One thing I’m big on is believing in giving an album time. I’ll say you’ll have to give an album three years before you can call it a classic. If you can’t listen to it three years later then it’s not really a classic.
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All these niggas that have good music have longevity.
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I never wanna have a time where I’m on the big lawn just sitting back smoking cigars and drinking lemonade. I wanna work forever. Until I die. I wanna die on the way to a show.
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When you become an artist you’re working away from home for so much time. You really see what the use of time means to you once you’re an artist and you travel so much.
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I hate the business part of music. Music is just like the streets. There’s loyal and disloyal people, people saying one thing and then don’t do it.
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I would ditch school if my CD was scratched up or I couldnt get batteries. I wasnt trying to get on the bus and not be listening to music.
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I’m not the ‘rappity-rapper’ type dude. All my music is really true. I can’t just rap about nothing, just metaphors and putting words together. I can’t just smash out material like other guys. I just want my albums to be crazy every time I drop one.
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I think thats what most of us rappers do too often. We put too much information in some of our albums that could actually be on the next ones.
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I’m a real stubborn person. I’m still humble, not too cocky, but I’m big headed. I know what I wanna do and I know how I wanna do it and I know what needs to be done.
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I remember listening to Sugar Free and Jay Z and I never really understood some of the stuff they used to say until years later. Then you hear it again like, Damn that’s crazy. I just got what he’s talking about.
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I didn’t spend money on nothin’. Besides my daughter, bucket hats, and weed.
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People look at me and keep walking – but you can tell they know who I am. I want them to bug me. Its gonna be a sad day when they dont.
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