The main thing about being a producer and not a beatmaker, the difference is the ear.

Metro Boomin

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If I stay negative in negative energy, that's what's gonna come back.

stay back energy negative

School is the same as producing: If you want to make it far, there are a million, trillion people trying to do the same thing. If you're not in over-grind mode, it's probably not going to work the way that you want it to.

you work people school

Ain't nothing wrong with college, but I just feel like everyone's paths are different.

everyone nothing feel college

When I came up, one of my favorite groups and producers was Three 6 Mafia.

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I just think about how much worse something could be, and I'm like, 'Alright, cool, whatever.' I'm nonchalant.

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I'm always going to be heavy in producing. It's always going to come first. It never can't come first.

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One of the things I love about music and making beats is making something and watching someone's reaction, knowing you can do something to manipulate the way people move or act.

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Really, I just sit down, mess around, and play with sounds.

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Wiz is a cool guy, humble guy, down to Earth guy. You would really think he was just a regular guy if you didn't know who he was. But he still has a superstar aura about him.

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Future's like an older brother to me, and Thug's more like a brother my age.

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Coming up, a lot of people I looked up to had a signature sound, but I came up, and I was always in search of one, trying to find it, trying to create one. I was never really able to have a creative signature sound, you know?

search never you people

I plan on making my mark on the legacy of hip-hop, period, but also in Atlanta production because there's a lot of history there.

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That's what helps me in my career: I know how to relate to people, knowing what they want.

know me want people

On Christmas, when I was 13, my mom got me my first laptop. I downloaded it, FruityLoops, cause I had heard about it, and started messing around.

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You just need the ear. But the ear is something, I guess, that you can't buy. And I can't play the piano fluently, but I feel like my ear is my strong point.

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I just pretty much go to class, do my work, and go to my dorm and make beats. Or I pull up to a session. That's pretty much my day-to-day.

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When Thug hears a song, he knows how the whole shape of the thing goes. He can nudge the whole frame to the left to make it offbeat and sound how he wants it to sound.

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Working with Thug and working with Future feels the same. They don't sound like each other, but their creative process and their level of talent is the same. Anybody who knows both of them would agree.

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My name is Leland Tyler Wayne. My mom wanted to give me a name where, no matter what I wanted to do, I'd be able to do it. An astronaut. President. Whatever.

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I started making beats when I was 13.

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