Nayvadius Wilburn Quotes

I was an underground artist, but the underground status was successful. Coming from where I came from to see where rap is now, now artists are selling from a million to eight million copies.

I love R&B because it got me to where I am today, but at the same time, R&B just doesn't sell.

There's just so many great artists out there, but I think growing up, J. Cole has been the guy that I've always been listening to, even in college. Going from that struggle to stardom, that rise to stardom, 'Dolla and a Dream,' all that stuff - I've listened to all his classics, all the old J. Cole stuff.

Country music has to evolve in order to survive.

I'm a hip-hop guy, and the first time I heard Eminem was in '96. He was on a record with Shabban Siddiq. I was like, 'Who is this guy? He's dope!' First album came out: awesome. Second album came out: awesome. Third album, I was like, 'Eh.' He started to get really successful. He wasn't 'mine' anymore.

The rappers have gone in and created a lot of hit music based upon my influence. And they'll tell you if you ask.

Hip-hop has never had boundaries - the more adventurous it is, the more popular it seems to be.

I was a fan of heavy music - first metal, then punk, then hip hop.

Growing up, I didn't really like folk music - I wasn't a fan of Bob Dylan. I grew up mostly listening to rap and hip-hop; it was this new form of music.

Rap music's been around for too long now to be inspirational. The words are, but the music isn't.

I think there's always been progressive R&B music.

Rap music is the only vital form of music introduced since punk rock.

You know that I can make hits. You know I can do all these rap records.

One thing that I do want to say is Drake, as an artist, anybody has to respect him. He's in the game, and he's been in the game - he has longevity, even if he doesn't write or writes his music.

Hip-hop basically controls the world through fashion, through music, through language, through culture. It's basically running the world, no matter what anyone wants to think, and that's just the way it is.

People told me that Miley's '23' wasn't hip-hop. Let me tell you, she went in and owned that track.

I love the song 'Picasso Baby,' and I think the performance art piece was brilliant. I love that fact that Jay Z is continuing to raise the bar on hip hop.

You know, 'Paid in Full' is a classic album, man. It kind of got me to where I am now, so I can never get tired of 'Paid in Full.'

We were overwhelmed by how much the first album connected with people, but I wouldn't put us in the 'pop star' realm.

It doesn't bother me that people think that Blake Shelton made me go country, because I can understand it. My immediate past is pop-rock, and people don't know a ton about me as a kid - yet. They will soon.

There's Jay-Z, who morphs a certain street hustler's cool and indifference into CEO extravagance. But for all his prominence, Jay-Z hasn't written a lot of crossover hits.

When I made hip-hop, I made hip-hop. I didn't make R&B or make it for the radio.

My little bro Kendrick Lamar. I've been saying it for the times even when I was on Warner when everybody knew him as K-Dot. I used to tell people all the time, watch when K-Dot step out the box, he's going to be a problem.

We strive to have new records. We strive to have new songs on the radio. That feels good that we can gain those new fans and still bring out our fans that have been with us for some of the ride or all of the ride.

Rap music started because they were bored of other music so they created something really new.