Top 112 Quotes & Sayings by Freddie Gibbs

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Last updated on December 20, 2024.

Fredrick Jamel Tipton, better known by his stage name Freddie Gibbs, is an American rapper from Gary, Indiana. After initially being signed to Interscope Records in 2006, Gibbs recorded his debut studio album under the label. However, he was eventually dropped and the album was cancelled. Gibbs later signed with Young Jeezy's CTE World and released a number of mixtapes through the label, including 2012's highly acclaimed Baby Face Killa.

American - Musician | Born: June 14, 1982

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Ninety percent of the general public aren't gangstas, so all of the rappers aren't going to be gangstas.

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I had a nightmare that I was mopping floors and that this Freddie Gibbs thing was all a dream.

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I'm an educated individual.

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When you go to places like Gary and Detroit, you see the economic problem in this country and who it's really affecting.

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After I got dropped by Interscope, I knew in my heart that I had to fight back some way or not rap at all. I just took it upon myself to get myself where I needed to be.

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I'm trying to bring gangster rap back to the forefront, like in the early '90s.

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'Pinata' is a great rap record for jazz fans.

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I played wide receiver in high school; then I went to college at Ball State and played safety.

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Lil Wayne makes good music. He's one of the best rappers.

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The Bears need to let me be GM.

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Scarface is my favorite rapper.

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I'm not a big video game dude though, but I like 'Madden.'

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I like A$AP Rocky and his stuff - Kendrick too.

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Coming up in America in the '80s and '90s, we were not too far removed from slavery. People forget that.

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I love Lil Wayne. I grew up on the Hot Boyz.

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Drake makes some dope songs.

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Probably dancing to Cassie's 'Me & U' - That's my guilty pleasure.

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The neck is not something you should have surgery on that much.

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I don't really know what a debut album is no more. As long as you got music on the streets, you've debuted.

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I still bump 'Smells Like Teen Spirit.' I used to listen to it before all my football games.

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Madlib isn't a beatmaker, he's a producer.

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I have a respect for Young Jeezy. But the reason things didn't work out for me and Young Jeezy was because our approach to the industry... My approach to the industry was a tad bit different than his. I wanted to approach my career a different way; he wanted to go a different way.

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I like good music, whichever lane it comes out of. As long as it's dope, that is all that matters with me.

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There's some dudes that did Gangsta Grillz tapes who probably weren't worthy of it - their label just put up the bread, or they did a favor.

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I grew up on N.W.A., Geto Boys. My dad was listening to that.

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Just give me a mic, and I'll rock it.

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A lot of improvisation and freedom went into 'Pinata.'

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Everything don't work out for the best. You have to use a lot of those things as lessons in order to build yourself up.

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I'm from Gary, Indiana, and everybody's damn near at the poverty level. It's a rough city to grow up in, and it's a modern-day ghost town.

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I ain't on no major. Everything independent. Either way it goes, I am doing me, and I am doing Freddie Gibbs.

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I'm not trying to obey the rules of radio.

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I ain't never detached myself from Gary.

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I'm a loyal dude.

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I am the evil seed.

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My TV stays locked at 'SportsCenter.' That and 'Pardon the Interruption.'

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Me separating from CTE - I'm extremely happy about that because a lot of guys wrote me off, Jeezy included. He really wrote me off.

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I study my competition for at least an hour a day. I get on the Internet, I look at what they doing, and then I look at ways to defeat them. I know their mixtapes track-by-track. I know some of their lyrics.

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I tried to watch 'Inception,' but I fell asleep.

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I've always played that role in my family: the breadwinner.

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I've been known not to bite my tongue.

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Nobody else was saying what he said on air, and sometimes he pushed the envelope when he said the newest Jay Z line with a Michael Jordan highlight. But Stuart Scott was an artist.

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I never took a dollar from Young Jeezy. No advance, nothing.

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I remember I used to go school with guys who couldn't afford notebooks, pens, paper: the necessary tools needed in order to survive in school. It's a lot of kids in Gary who are at a disadvantage without that.

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I wasn't fully aware of the things that Madlib did musically, but my manager put me up on game. I'm not gonna act like I was a Madlib head when I wasn't. I didn't understand a lot of it at first. But it opened my mind to some things, and it's me bringing that gangster element to things that he does. It's like a perfect marriage.

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If you say your product is the best, back that up.

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I just want to put my stamp on all kinds of music. Everything I do is going to be gangsta rap, street-based, street-oriented.

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Ain't nothin' changed with me. I'm Eastside Gary til I die.

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I went to a Bulls game when it was still in Chicago Stadium before they built the United Center.

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We have good, neighborly people in Gary.

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Eminem heard my music, and he didn't wanna take a meeting with me.

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When I first came in the game, I had a bunch of homies that rapped that was hanging around me just because I was getting the rap attention, and they felt they could feed off of that.

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You've got a lot of Tupac clones, but I don't think I'm one of them. I just think I give people a little piece of the feeling he gave them.

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'Kind of Blue' is one of the best records of all time. Miles' use of space is something rap fans can definitely appreciate. Sometimes you have to let the track breathe and throw a melody in here and there. He never did too much on 'Kind of Blue.' It's the perfect vibe.

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He's been my number one influence. If you say Tupac didn't influence you, then you don't really need to be rapping because nobody evokes that kind of emotion on a track like Tupac does.

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I don't mind travelling. I'm independent, so I gotta get on the grind.

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When everybody goes left, I'm gonna go right most of the time.

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I always knew that I would be some type of public figure, but I never knew that it would be rapping, 'cause my dad sang: I saw him deal with the ills of the music industry, just on the outside looking in.

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Tupac is definitely an icon. There'll never be another Tupac, so I'm not gonna ever, ever try to fill those shoes. I'm just gonna stay in my lane and be the best me that I can be.

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I feel like I influence more than just rap.

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I don't like rap that doesn't have a story behind it.

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Top 112 Quotes & Sayings by Freddie Gibbs

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