


“It’s our responsibility as musicians to keep pushing each other….We will be the new Beatles, the new (Jimi) Hendrix. “It’s me settling into that position of just really accepting that it’s one thing to say you want to do it and it’s another thing to really end up being like Michael Jordan.” “I realize that my place and position in history is that I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade, I will be the loudest voice,” he said in an interview. “You know how n***** have bumper stickers that say ‘What Would Jesus Do?’ Our s*** is like, ‘What Would Jeezy Do?’ What would he say on this record?” “(Young) Jeezy came down to Hawaii with us because every time I’d write a chorus or write any type of hook, I’d be like man, ‘What Would Jeezy Do?'” Ye admitted during a conference call. It’s always sad to see people we once loved slip into mental illness: 808s & Heartbreak (released November 24, 2008)
