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title: "4 Gangster Quotes By Freddie Gibbs"
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> [My core thing is gangster rap, but a lot of my music is melodic and carries a message of survival.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freddie-gibbs/my-core-thing-is-gangster-rap-but-a-lot-of-my-music-is-melodic-and/)

[Freddie Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freddie-gibbs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59e/freddie-gibbs-4383_gangster_my-core-thing-is-gangster-rap-but-a-lot_229167.png)

> [I wasn't fully aware of the things that Madlib did musically, but my manager put me up on game. I'm not gonna…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freddie-gibbs/i-wasn-t-fully-aware-of-the-things-that-madlib-did-musically-but-my/)

[Freddie Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freddie-gibbs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baf/freddie-gibbs-4383_game_i-wasn-t-fully-aware-of-the-things-that_971196.png)

> [I'm trying to bring gangster rap back to the forefront, like in the early '90s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freddie-gibbs/i-m-trying-to-bring-gangster-rap-back-to-the-forefront-like-in-the/)

[Freddie Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freddie-gibbs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c55/freddie-gibbs-4383_back_i-m-trying-to-bring-gangster-rap-back-to_1870009.png)

> [I'm a real gangster rapper and I'm a rapper. I just think my music takes different directions. I don't think you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freddie-gibbs/i-m-a-real-gangster-rapper-and-i-m-a-rapper-i-just-think-my-music/)

[Freddie Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freddie-gibbs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09b/freddie-gibbs-4383_different_i-m-a-real-gangster-rapper-and-i-m-a-rap_2746774.png)

## Other authors on Gangster

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-graeme-base-39187.jpg) Lorenzo Carcaterra 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gangster/lorenzo-carcaterra/)

## More by Freddie Gibbs

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freddie-gibbs/you-ve-got-a-lot-of-tupac-clones-but-i-don-t-think-i-m-one-of-them-i/)

[Freddie Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freddie-gibbs/)

> [I don't like people being something that they ain't, and we got a lot of that in rap right now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freddie-gibbs/i-don-t-like-people-being-something-that-they-ain-t-and-we-got-a-lot/)

[Freddie Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freddie-gibbs/)

> [I've been known not to bite my tongue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freddie-gibbs/i-ve-been-known-not-to-bite-my-tongue/)

[Freddie Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freddie-gibbs/)

> [I went to a Bulls game when it was still in Chicago Stadium before they built the United Center.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freddie-gibbs/i-went-to-a-bulls-game-when-it-was-still-in-chicago-stadium-before/)

[Freddie Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freddie-gibbs/)

> [I always feel like the underdog.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freddie-gibbs/i-always-feel-like-the-underdog/)

[Freddie Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freddie-gibbs/)

> [I feel like I influence more than just rap.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freddie-gibbs/i-feel-like-i-influence-more-than-just-rap/)

[Freddie Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freddie-gibbs/)

> [My core thing is gangster rap, but a lot of my music is melodic and carries a message of survival.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freddie-gibbs/my-core-thing-is-gangster-rap-but-a-lot-of-my-music-is-melodic-and/)

[Freddie Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freddie-gibbs/)

> [I tried to watch 'Inception,' but I fell asleep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freddie-gibbs/i-tried-to-watch-inception-but-i-fell-asleep/)

[Freddie Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freddie-gibbs/)

> [Most of my show is just improvisation. It goes with the energy of the crowd.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freddie-gibbs/most-of-my-show-is-just-improvisation-it-goes-with-the-energy-of-the/)

[Freddie Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freddie-gibbs/)

> [You have to evolve and change but you're always gonna get that street edge out of my music regardless. That's who I am. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freddie-gibbs/you-have-to-evolve-and-change-but-you-re-always-gonna-get-that-street/)

[Freddie Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freddie-gibbs/)

> [Drake makes some dope songs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freddie-gibbs/drake-makes-some-dope-songs/)

[Freddie Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freddie-gibbs/)

> [I always knew that I would be some type of public figure, but I never knew that it would be rapping.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freddie-gibbs/i-always-knew-that-i-would-be-some-type-of-public-figure-but-i-never/)

[Freddie Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freddie-gibbs/)

> [I never write a song before I get the track because I just feel that I have to make a marriage with that track…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freddie-gibbs/i-never-write-a-song-before-i-get-the-track-because-i-just-feel-that/)

[Freddie Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freddie-gibbs/)

> [Gary is a old factory town right outside Chicago. From my standpoint, my family migrated there in the '50s and '60s from Mississippi -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freddie-gibbs/gary-is-a-old-factory-town-right-outside-chicago-from-my-standpoint/)

[Freddie Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freddie-gibbs/)

> [Lil Wayne makes good music. He's one of the best rappers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freddie-gibbs/lil-wayne-makes-good-music-he-s-one-of-the-best-rappers/)

[Freddie Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freddie-gibbs/)

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