My dad is my biggest fan.

I love to have fun when I do a song.

I knew Kanye way before he was signed.

I'm doing bass trap; I'm doing EDM songs.

'Hood Rich' was super important to Cash Money.

There will never be another Biggie ever again.

'Bling Bling' was originally a Big Tymers song.

New Orleans just embraces people who love music.

I don't bash Cash Money, Birdman, or none of them.

I think I have automobile skills and musical background.

Kanye inspires me through his work ethic and his approach.

I can see how paperwork and foolishness can destroy something.

When I know it's like a bass song, I gotta go with my SP-1200.

The single 'Tha Block Is Hot' was a song that was true to life.

'Chopper City in the Ghetto' - a lot of it was B.G.'s real story.

'Macbeth' is one of those books that demand all of your attention.

I always say that I'm a hip-hop fan, and I'm definitely a Drake fan.

If you know Down South production, Roland 808 is in almost everything.

We recorded 'Chopper City in the Ghetto' in a house that we was living in.

There are so many talented people that are on G.O.O.D. Music that it's nuts.

Flow Tribe is a great bunch of New Orleans guys who have that funkiness to them.

The streets buy records, but they don't really buy records in incredible numbers.

I've always found some way to kind of incorporate second-line music in what I did.

When a lot of people are calling it a night at 2 A.M., New Orleans is coming alive.

B.I.G. was like the Alfred Hitchcock of rap. Like, this dude's story form was so nuts.

I always felt like the trumpet or trombone player was always the coolest dude in the room.

I have some songs on 'Tha Carter V,' but if I hear a song five times, I don't like it no more.

The cool thing about G.O.O.D. Music is it's a bunch of great ideas, and I'm one of those ideas.

With time, everything changes. I know I'm not the same person who I used to be. I totally get that.

Just look at the name of Kanye's label: G.O.O.D. Music. That's what it's all about, creating good music.

It's weird being a DJ and you have a playlist of your own songs that you could hold it down for an hour.

'Chopper City in the Ghetto,' real talk, it's what changed Cash Money from a Bounce label to a Rap label.

I thank God I've never burned no bridges with nobody, and when it's time for me to call in my favors, they're coming.

I've always had good connections with cars and always knew how to fix them, so I didn't have trouble with breakdowns.

With a lot of young entrepreneurs, it always start rotten, but then something good happens - but do you keep it good?

When 'And Then What' was made, Jeezy already had a street appeal, but 'And Then What' put him on the national appeal.

We still have money issues. We will always have them as long as Cash Money is selling anything that has Mannie Fresh on it.

There's been enough building of fences with labels trying to categorize artists, limiting artists' ability to be themselves.

I get most of my reading done whenever I'm in the airport waiting on a flight, have some time to kill, and I have a book with me.

For those from my era, my age, that 2Pac vs. Biggie war will go on forever about who is the greatest. But I was more of a Biggie dude.

The whole '400 Degreez' album was inspired by what Outkast was doing, Organized Noize. That was what I was listening to around that time.

All throughout Cash Money, I never abandoned the SP 1200. At the end of the day, I still use my SP 1200 'cause I like the way the drums sound.

What made '400 Degreez' great is that Juvenile already had those raps. He already knew them. It was something that he knew every one of those raps.

I see how attorneys are, and nobody is really on your side. It's about money. The attorney is not chasing after your money; he's chasing after his fee.

If I was working on Michael Jackson if he came back to life, I would be ready. I would be ready. 'The Resurrection' Michael Jackson album, I would be ready.

I've got different drum machines that I use for different things, but I think the older ones are always the best when it comes down to getting that 808 bass.

'Solja Rag' was designed for Juvenile. It wasn't one of them beats where I was gonna chop it and see who I was going give it to: it was Juvenile all over it.

I'm saying nobody's got the guts to be a J. Cole. Nobody's got the guts to be a Kendrick Lamar. We need more of them... Everybody wants to go the easy route.

The Cash Money sound pretty much changed the era. It kind of put the business into rap. It was like, 'Get your money, dude. This is a billion dollar business.'

Hey, you gotta love a gangsta girl. Even the suburban and preppy girls wanna be gangsta girls. That's the whole gimmick to it. Everybody wants to be a gangsta girl.

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