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The Moment Jay-Z Inspired G-Eazy to Channel Greatness When 'G' Was Still a Kid · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Most musicians have artists
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Speaker 1: and albums that inspired them growing up, and Gezy has several,
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Speaker 1: from Too Short to a Tribe Called Quest to Mob Deep.
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Speaker 1: But it was one album in particular, and even a
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Speaker 1: precise moment in time, that really pushed him onto the
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Speaker 1: road that led to where he is today, jay Z's
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Speaker 1: two thousand and three masterpiece, The Black Album. He was
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Speaker 1: listening to it on his headphones writing an amtrak to
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Speaker 1: Fresno to stay with his dad for the summer when
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Speaker 1: it hit him, he tells the lip Service podcast. He says,
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Speaker 1: I was looking out the window and I thought, I
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Speaker 1: want to do music, and I'm going to take this seriously.
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Speaker 1: I want to chase him. He was the pinnacle. Just
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Speaker 1: making that decision that I want to chase greatness was
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Speaker 1: the change. It can apply to anything in life that
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Speaker 1: you're passionate about. It's the pursuit. It's not the end goal.
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Speaker 1: It's not saying I'm jay Z or can ever be.
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Speaker 1: It's how you approach things. The words of Geasy and
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Speaker 1: how jay Z inspired him. Tulips N' Roses out Now,
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