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I found myself at a time in my career trying to impress everyone. I was constantly thinking about what everyone thought of my music.

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SonReal
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: August 15
Hip-Hop Artist
Musician
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I'm more motivated, and I'm just working harder every single day, so it shows in the music, and it shows in the fan base, it shows in all areas when you're bringing it like that.
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I live with all these people, I live with four people that are involved with my music and I call 'em my team and that's what we call GoodLife.
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This album [Stroll] and all my songs that break barriers are more reflective of my personality.
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Privacy I think gets invaded when you start being honest.
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I'm just gonna do my own kinda swag of kinda dumbing something down and speaking some knowledge.
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Goodlife was originally a ski management/athlete management company. I have a couple friends who are sponsored for skiing and my manager linked up with their manager. We worked out a deal, because they wanted to branch out into music and culture.
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People know who I am, but I'm feeling so lonely in the middle area, because I feel like I should be at the top.
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I'm tryna put out the right stuff and just do me and not pay attention to who's hating and who's loving me and make the music I love to make, and make it the best I can.
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My first official music video for Who Am I. It's getting crazy traffic and a lot of hype. I got sponsored by a company called MATIX because of it.
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I work with a lot of production that's really positive and contains a lot of soul stuff. Those instrumentals project the happiness out of me. But, sometimes I get a darker beat, with some dark piano or something... and then I'll do darker tracks.
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Even if you don't sing on your tracks, if you know how to sing, it'll probably help you out.
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I think vulnerability is one of the most amazing things about music.
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I've never been the type of artist to plateau or have a big peak in my career and then a big decline.
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Look at somebody like Drake, the guy is one of the most vulnerable. He says exactly what's on his mind and that's why I respect him.
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I've also worked with various producers and artists around the world, which has helped with my international recognition. We've sold a lot of albums online in places like Norway and France. Sometimes we track my hits online daily and we are getting regular hits from people all over the place.
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I always use familiarity in my music, whether it's in my song writing or whatever.
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A couple years ago it was really hard for me to sing, because there's so much pressure in hip-hop to be a certain way. My biggest thing right now is doing me, because I'm not like other rappers.
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Even when I write a song, lots of times I think - I wonder what my dad would think of this song.
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I'm kinda like a needle in a haystack right now cause I haven't blown up yet.
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Nobody's gonna ever like all my music but if your talking about the core hip-hop fans that like hardcore rap, they're still gonna feel some of my stuff cuz I rap hard a lot of the time.
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