American - Musician | August 24, 1963 -
'Black Skinhead' almost got deaded because it was too much like a soccer song.
Mike Dean
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For 'Twisted Fantasy,' I probably spent 180 days in the studio.
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I raced motocross; I raced for Suzuki when I was a kid.
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I grew up on a bayou. The small town that I lived in was, like, 10 miles from me. I grew up in the middle of nowhere.
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I was a Dow Chemical baby. My dad designed chemical plants for Dow Chemical.
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Music and motorcycles was my thing when I was a kid.
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It's great to watch people come up and help mold their careers. I really took it literal when Kanye said, 'Listen to the kids, bruh.' That really means something.
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I try to keep track of what the kids are doing on Soundcloud, and all the new guys coming up.
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One of my favorite moments was when me and Jay-Z made a song 'For Rhyme or Reason.' It ended up on 'Reasonable Doubt,' but they switched the beat because we couldn't get clearance from my label.
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People come with the record done but just need a little more sauce on top. That's what I'm good at.
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I'm not a gangster. I'm a musician.
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