Freddie Gibbs

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

— Freddie Gibbs

I'm just glad we get to see old records being broken. That's what sports is all about.

— Freddie Gibbs

I study my competition for at least an hour a day. I get on the internet, look at what they doing, then…

— Freddie Gibbs

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

— Freddie Gibbs

My father took me to a lot of sports events as a child, and our TV stayed on ESPN.

— Freddie Gibbs

I don't ever really plan my sets. I just get out there and feel the energy of the crowd.

— Freddie Gibbs

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

— Freddie Gibbs

My core thing is gangster rap, but a lot of my music is melodic and carries a message of survival.

— Freddie Gibbs

I'd be quiet as a mouse if I didn't have the correct feeling about my music. I feel like I'm able to…

— Freddie Gibbs

I look at some of my fans at my show, and a lot of them look like they're straight out of a…

— Freddie Gibbs

I always want everything I do to be somewhat cinematic. I don't want to be the rapper that'll just post up and…

— Freddie Gibbs

I think that 'Pinata' album is going to stand the test of time. It's going to be a moment in hip-hop, whether…

— Freddie Gibbs

I remember I used to go school with guys who couldn't afford notebooks, pens, paper: the necessary tools needed in order to…

— Freddie Gibbs

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

— Freddie Gibbs

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…

— Freddie Gibbs

I've been interested in basketball since I was a little kid - like, 3. The Bulls were my team. If you grew…

— Freddie Gibbs

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

— Freddie Gibbs

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

— Freddie Gibbs

I don't like people being something that they ain't, and we got a lot of that in rap right now.

— Freddie Gibbs

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

— Freddie Gibbs

Every project might only sell like 30 to 50,000, but I mean, I'm getting seven, eight dollars every CD. I make more…

— Freddie Gibbs

I never write a song before I get the track because I just feel that I have to make a marriage with…

— Freddie Gibbs

I wanted to be a gangsta from birth, not because of the music but moreso what I was seeing, what my uncles…

— Freddie Gibbs

The things I rap about are 100 percent real. But at the same time, I don't rap about those things to tear…

— Freddie Gibbs

I feel like with a lot of Madlib's beats, they are made for storytelling. I feel like when I'm working on stuff…

— Freddie Gibbs

I'm cool with doing shows with 2,000 people. I don't have to rap in a stadium. As long as I can provide…

— Freddie Gibbs

I just have to go against the grain. I mean, I can be objective and do what I need to do, handle…

— Freddie Gibbs

I'd be a liar if I didn't say I learned things from Jeezy. Hell yeah, I took some things, some pluses and…

— Freddie Gibbs

'Kind of Blue' is one of the best records of all time. Miles' use of space is something rap fans can definitely…

— Freddie Gibbs

This is the land of getting over. The land of second or even third chances; the land of doing whatever you have…

— Freddie Gibbs

Everything I do is going to be gangsta rap, street based, street oriented... I'm from Gary, Indiana, and everybody's damn near at…

— Freddie Gibbs

I'm so hands-on and involved in my own music that I feel like if I put the same effort into another artist,…

— Freddie Gibbs