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Smiley listening to “Casino Life” by French Montana
Retired
Union Square, NYC

How do you feel when you listen to that?
“I just like his music. He’s like… you know 50 Cent, of course, when 50 Cent was coming up he had that raw energy from the street. Everybody could relate to him. Well you know, 50’s been in another tax bracket now so he doesn’t make music like that. So French Montana is like the next coming to 50 Cent. He’s from New York, he’s from the street, he’s talking about the same things, and he’s lived what he talks about. He’s pretty good.”

Did you select that or was it on shuffle?
“Ah, no. I was just playing the mixtape. I go through different mixtapes and I just felt like listening to him today. Yeah.”

Does he have other mixtapes? Do you have more?
“Yeah, he has other mixtapes. Casino Life: Mr. 16, he has a mixtape with Waka Flocka, I forget the name of it. He has quite a few.”

So you’ve been listening to him for a while?
“Yeah, cause he’s been on for I’d say about a year or two? He signed with, ah, I think he signed with Puffy most recently. He’s doing big things.”

You know what you’re talking about. Are you an enthusiast or are you in the music industry?
“I was in the industry. I actually just left the industry in August, so I’m like, ‘retired.’ So I’m just chillin’ but yeah I used to work for a music magazine, XXL.”

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