I think people judged me by adult standards when I was a child and never gave me a chance to grow up. Very few people take into consideration that I was 16 or 17 years old when I was doing “I’m Bad.” So those who are familiar with my music think, “Yo, he’s just a cocky asshole,” not taking into consideration that this guy’s 16, 17 years old. When I think on the whole process, I think I’ve grown a lot.
The other thing that stands out to me now is that sped-up, high-pitched sample of the Mary Jane Girls’ “All Night Long” that plays throughout. That’s another thing that artists like Kanye adopted years later. You have these different platforms, whether it’s executives, writers, DJs, whoever, a lot of times they’ll say, “This is classic. This isn’t relevant. We can’t support it.” But if you don’t support it, how can it be relevant, right? So I decided that these artists have millions of fans and their fans mean something, and this culture should mean something like every other culture, so I stepped up. And here we are.
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