I didn't have no college friends. All the artists the college folks were listening to were my homies. I was leaving class, literally, to record with them.
You can't please everybody. As long as you make dope music, you're gonna have your fans.
That's the most important part of all the music I produce: making sure the artist is bringing themselves out in the music.
I feel like soccer brings another dynamic to the city, it makes it more eclectic... I feel like it opens doors for people who grew up playing soccer here their whole life. We've got some rings on the way, trophies on the way, and we're gonna win, and we're gonna stand behind Atlanta United just like we stand behind everything else out of Atlanta.
This is the city of the underdog champion, so they want to see the next person out of their city blowing up and making I feel like, man, Atlanta's a big city, but it's so small.
I have a 200-song catalogue in the streets and I never got any money off that.
Kanye is one of my favorite producers and artists.
I love Atlanta.
Future is my brother. He has no idea how big what he does is.
When I tried to send him beats in 2010, he told me I was too expensive for him. I told Future we had to work together, that it would be beneficial for both of us, that we didn't have to worry about the money.
I like to listen to the Police, Sting, Queen, Pet Shop Boys.
I want to make sure that I sign dope artists, old and new, just to make sure that we come up with something new and creative.
Sometimes I feel like I represent for the misunderstood.
Future was always the person to knock out multiple bangers in one night.
I can work with all these different kinds of artists and still be able to come up with huge records. Not just cool records, but game-changing records.
I really believed in 2 Chainz, I really believed in Future, and I was going to the studio with them every single day.
I'm just trying to bring the sound from Atlanta over to the mainstream radio in a way that everybody can enjoy.
It started off with me being all the way influenced by Atlanta and southern music but I knew my sound had to grow - I started learning melodies.
Matter fact, my girl complains about how much I'm in the studio working. But she sees the results as they roll out.
The 'trap' sound is a sound from the city. We've always liked music with bass. We've always liked old schools with big speakers in the trunks. We like our music loud. We've always had a nightlife scene in Atlanta.
