When ‘And Then What’ was made, Jeezy already had a street appeal, but ‘And Then What’ put him on the national appeal. Mannie Fresh Read Quote
You had Cash Money: that was just the flashy dudes. Like I said, you had different genres of rap, and we were just one of them. So that’s how we fit in. What makes it all confusing – and this is where it’s the gift and the curse – we never set out for hip-hop to turn into just something flashy. That was just our thing. It wasn’t everybody’s thing. Mannie Fresh Read Quote
That’s what I’m tryin’ to achieve. I want to be a heavyweight in this game, and I’m tryin’ to get the big money. By the same token, the title ‘Big Money Heavyweight’ applies to everybody in the world. That’s what everybody’s tryin’ to achieve. Mannie Fresh Read Quote
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. Mannie Fresh Read Quote
B.I.G. was like the Alfred Hitchcock of rap. Like, this dude’s story form was so nuts. Mannie Fresh Read Quote
