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We love high-end art, but when you're looking at high-end art in music, a lot of the time, it's appreciated academically, but you can't feel it as much.

~Adrian Younge

Topics: Academically Appreciated Art Feel High-End Looking Lot Love Much Music Time You

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As a freelance artist, you have to please somebody instead of just making music. But when the employer trusts and leans on you to determine what is right for a scene or feeling, that's ideal.

~Adrian Younge

Topics: Artist Determine Employer Feeling Freelance Ideal Instead Just Making Music Please Right Scene Somebody Trusts You

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I grew up, and I'm getting the chance to make music with the people I idolized.

~Adrian Younge

Topics: Chance Getting Grew Idolized Make Music People Up

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I like golden-era hip-hop because they were recording on a 2-inch tape. There was dirty, raw sampling. It's nasty. It has a vibe to it.

~Adrian Younge

Topics: Because Dirty Hip-Hop Like Nasty Raw Recording Sampling Tape Vibe Were

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I started buying ill, obscure records, and then I saw Portishead and Air live, and my mouth was on the ground.

~Adrian Younge

Topics: Air Buying Ground Ill Live Mouth Obscure Records Saw Started Then

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I can't do too much musical movement with a lot of MC's, because they don't know how to follow me. But with Souls of Mischief, I could go anywhere because they are musicians - they rap as musicians, and they play instruments and produce, so they get that.

~Adrian Younge

Topics: Anywhere Because Could Follow Get Go How Instruments Know Lot Me Mischief Movement Much Musical Musicians Play Produce Rap Souls Too Too Much

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I'd never record digitally. It's not because its' a horrible way to record, it's just not the best way to record my music, because my music is rawer, darker and a little more nostalgic.

~Adrian Younge

Topics: Because Best Best Way Darker Horrible Just Little More Music Never Nostalgic Record Way

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My music sounds different because the techniques are archaic, seeing as most people only record digitally.

~Adrian Younge

Topics: Because Different Most Music Only People Record Seeing Sounds Techniques

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To me, recording with live instruments and tape takes things back to an older sound that I like but that's still fresh.

~Adrian Younge

Topics: Back Fresh Instruments Like Live Me Older Recording Sound Still Takes Tape Things

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I've always been a big fan of Kendrick's, but it's different when you hear him on your own production.

~Adrian Younge

Topics: Always Been Big Big Fan Different Fan Hear Him Own Production You Your

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: Unknown

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