“It was fun, just being around him and seeing the process of somebody else grow. I’ve been around many artists from the beginning of their time and watching the process of them getting to where they are. The dope thing is seeing that same confidence he has now as when he was doing his thing back then as a shorty.” – Twista
“It’s a lot of things. But one thing is where people are looking when they are performing. I don’t think people think that’s important, but I’m always watching for eye contact. Some people look down at the stage because they’re shy.” – Twista
“Perfect pronunciation, choice of words, cadences, everything. One of the big things with fast rappers, because they know they have to make the rhyme fast, they put more into the rhythm and cadence, and it takes away from what they are actually saying with the lyrics and metaphors.” – Twista
“Early on, Chicago was a big house music scene. You’ve also got the blues scene with artists like Buddy Guy. In Hip Hop, though, it was mostly because of two stations on the south side: WNUR and WHPK. These were both college stations, and they played a bunch of Hip Hop music.” – Twista
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“Yeah, we’re still in the works. He’s mingling and moving around doing a bunch of things and the same with me. But we keep in contact because we got plans. We actually got the title for the project and everything. It’s going down.” – Twista
“Chicago is hot! It’s really our time now. Chicago didn’t get any attention, and even though we get a lot of bad attention right now, at least people are paying attention. When I first came up in rap, people used to laugh at me when I said I was from Chicago.” – Twista
