When I was in high school, the girls used to tell me I looked like Usher, so to be doing a song with Usher was mind-blowing.
You listen to something like 'Beast Mode,' and it's almost like looking at a pretty painting.
I think that the sound that the world knows as trap music is the sound that Gucci and I created.
I feel like every time I make a beat, and the Migos rap on it, it's gonna be fire.
When I was a youngster, I might have been about 17 or 18 when I first started making beats.
If you listen to my early music, I didn't know how to mix. I barely knew how to record for real, and I didn't care.
The most memorable part of filming 'Finesse,' I'd have to say, was the kissing scene. It was just so odd for me.
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.
To me, my studio is my trap house. That's where I trap out of; that's where I hustle. That's where I make my money.
When I think of trap, I think of something that is unrehearsed. It's something that's edgy, not too well put together.
I was listening to Young Jeezy and Shawty Red, and to me, the trap music they had was something special.
I listen to a lot of music... But there still hasn't been a project yet that touches me like 'Beast Mode' has.
For a producer, I've been behind the scenes my whole career.
Music is about feeling.
I started with the organ and drums, and I later got into drum machines as a teenager.
I was a military brat. My dad was in the military, so I was born in Germany. I moved around a lot; I was in church a lot.
Al Nuke is almost like a real brother to me. Our chemistry is crazy because we're like night and day, but we blend so well.
I can do R&B, pop, gospel... Whatever genre of music that's out.
I'm the type of guy, I make a lot of different beats, but sometimes I might stick to a sound for a little while.
Anything that me and Gucci do is never thought out or planned real deeply. We always just go off of what we feeling. It's sporadic.
The music business, a lot of times, has a big finesse mentality to it.
When people wanna come buy beats or wanna record a song, I'm trappin'.
I play the piano, but I'm not classically trained.
Trap is being added to everything. It seems like every genre wants that bit of trap to what they're doing.
When me and Gucci sit down, I make tracks real fast, and he can write songs real fast.
