“ When Eminem was on Jay-Z’s song, he fucked cuz up on that record! You know what record I’m talking about. He fucked him up on that record completely. Like, damn! ”
“ We went on a Desire [on Pink Friday] and put it in the air like, ‘It’d be great if he would collaborate with us.’ I remember I kept talking about it, and I thought, ‘It can’t hurt.’ I sent him one record, and he…
“ Eminem, he was the one I wanted to be like when I heard his music. I’m like, ‘Man, this dude, I relate to him a lot.’ He was my role model. That was the rapper that stood out more than any other rapper in…
“[after meeting Eminem for the first time] Goal list check: I told him Relapse was one of the greatest albums to me.”
“ One thing that been with me is that Eminem is not to be fucked with ever in hip-hop, ever. ” “ If you notice, out of everybody I ever took a shot at, that’s the only person that is untouched. He’s in a bubble…
“ He assign so much lyrically and musically. He’s amazing. ”
” [On being called Eminem’s favorite rapper] My hat’s always off to Eminem…Eminem, that’s my dude…I’ve run into him on many occasions. My hat’s off to the dude. ”
“ If I hadn’t met Em or we hadn’t linked up, he would have eventually become a success anyway, because he’s so talented. I was just fortunate enough to meet him first and open the door for him. ”
“ (on Recovery) I thought I wasn’t gonna like it, because ni**as was saying’, ‘Yo, it’s rock, and this and that.’ But that shit was hard…I think lyrically he’s back to where he was. That’s what I got from the album. ”