I’m a church musician. I play gospel music; that’s what I do. I never had a chance to produce gospel music, and I did a full album with Lecrae that’s the number one Christian album. It’s super-big for me. Zaytoven Read Quote
People looked at me – people still look at me – as ‘this is Gucci Mane’s producer.’ But the music that me and Future put together was so different than what me and Gucci do, it just made people look at the music like, ‘Hold on – Zaytoven is the real deal.’ Zaytoven Read Quote
I started producing in California, and they called it mob music. When I moved to Atlanta, the sound was different. People in Atlanta didn’t like to rap over West Coast beats. So I had to make adjustments to what was going on in the South. Zaytoven Read Quote
When me and Gucci sit down, I make tracks real fast, and he can write songs real fast. Zaytoven Read Quote
We did ‘Bricks’ and ‘Ridiculous’ all in one day. Gucci came here, like, 8 in the morning – we were done 4 the morning the next day. Zaytoven Read Quote
When you take your music around to your people in the city or your label, and don’t nobody like it, but you really like it, and you like, ‘Dang, these folks don’t hear what I hear.’ Zaytoven Read Quote
The most memorable part of filming ‘Finesse,’ I’d have to say, was the kissing scene. It was just so odd for me. Zaytoven Read Quote
