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Hoodie Allen, born Joshua David Stein, is an American rapper, songwriter, and music producer. Born in August 1988, he is known for his unique musical style and sense of humor. Allen's music blends various genres, including hip-hop, jazz, and pop, and his songs often have an autobiographical quality, telling stories of his personal life and emotions.

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“I think experimentation with other stuff is great. My real focus has been more-so trying to create a sound that I can build upon and get really comfortable with. I think almost everything is experimentation 'til you find what it is that your sound is.”

Thinking Trying Has Beens I Can Real Stuff Sound Focus Comfortable Get Real Experimentation

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“My biggest regret is probably that it took me so long to find out what I want to do.”

Want Long Regret

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“I'm a Jewish kid who grew up loving hip hop in NY.”

Kids Grew Grew Up Hip Hop Hips Hops

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“I am a musician, a songwriter, music fan. I live in New York City and I love my job.”

Jobs Cities Fans New York Musician New York City Songwriters Music Fans

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“I like to write from my life and the relationships that make it up. I think its important to use music to change people's moods. I try to write my story in a way that people can take for themselves and their own life.”

People Thinking Way Writing Trying Important Stories Use Mood

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“I am very lucky to have people who care about me and care about my music. I think it would be irresponsible to not show them as much love back as they show me.”

People Thinking Shows Would Be Care Lucky Show Me Who Cares Irresponsible Much Love

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“I think my music is born out of the music that I personally like to listen to. I love amazing singer-songwriters and diverse artists but it's important to know your strengths.”

Thinking Knows Important Artist Born Music Is Singers Diverse Songwriters Singer Songwriters

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“I never want a fan to come and hear what they hear on their iPod, its about creating a unqiue and awesome experience.”

Want Fans Creating Ipods

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“It's unfair of me to tell anyone what to think. I make myself for myself to get out my own desire to create and make sense of things in life. Hopefully, it does the same for others.”

Thinking Doe Desire My Own Hopefully Make Sense Things In Life Unfair

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“Treat every person you interact with, with the same sort of attention and respect which you hope they will give to you.”

Giving Persons Attention Treats Attention And Respect

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“Bloggers are people too you rappers!”

People Rapper Bloggers

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“I'm treating every day as a special one and trying to live in the moment.”

Trying Moments Special Live In The Moment Special One

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“I've been writing songs since I was 10 years old and always had a penchant for rhyming. I started listening to hip hop through my friends and fell in love with it.”

Writing Years Song Listening My Friends Hip Hop Hips Hops Writing Songs Rhyming

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“Its important to follow your dreams whatever that may be.”

May Important Dream Your Dreams Follow Your Dreams

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“Rap is my most used medium but I don't think I approach music like a rapper would.”

Thinking Used Approach Rap Mediums Rapper

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“It's easy to choose doing what you love when there are people out there supporting you.”

People Easy What You Love Doing What You Love

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“My fans are the only people who will be with me forever, all else comes and goes.”

People Forever Fans Comes And Goes

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“I love having fans of all ages but it's especially cool for me to have young fans. I hope to be a role model for kids who want to follow their dreams.”

Want Dream Kids Age Young Roles Fans Models Role Models

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“I am really obsessed with finding melodies that just hypnotize you and sink you into a song.”

Song Findings Obsessed Melody

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“My eclectic taste allows me to do something unique and not box myself in.”

Taste Unique Boxes Eclectic

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“Money isnt what drives me, getting fans who truly understand what I'm about and want to see me live is where my head is at.”

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“I do all of marketing and promotion - it's the most exhaustive and rewarding part of the process and I wouldn't trade it for anything. The artist should be the person representing their brand because theyre the best person to do so.”

Should Persons Artist Process Trade Marketing Brands Promotion Representing Best Person

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“I'm only concerned with making music that I love and that my fans will respond to. I am happy to see other really good young artists able to flourish and pursue their careers.”

Able Young Artist Careers Fans Concerned Pursue Young Artists

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“The blogosphere gives me my life, I am fortunate to have developed relationships with great websites who allow me to reach a whole ton of new people everyday.”

People Giving Whole Give Me Everyday Fortunate Website

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“Hoodie was just a nickname I had growing up and I just wanted to have a name that would stick in peoples' minds and be a little bit funny and representative of who I am.”

Mind Littles Wanted Names Bits Growing Up Growing Little Bit Sticks Who I Am Representatives Nicknames

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“I've been writing songs and making music since I was probably ten years old...so my inspirations back then, I don't know - I guess it was something that was innate. I was really shaped to make hip-hop music and love hip hop.”

Knows Writing Years Inspiration Song Ten And Love Hip Hop Hips Hops Innate Writing Songs Music And Love Hip Hop Music

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“In terms of everything, I'm happy and stand behind my video. If you can't tell we had a lot of fun doing it and you want to nitpick - I don't know. That's why you exist on the internet and not anywhere else.”

Ifs Knows Want Fun Term Behinds Internet Video

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“People don't realize that there's no label and everything is self-financed and we make do and do our own thing. I was just happy to do my first video, I thought it was a fun experience.”

People Firsts Self Fun Realizing Video Labels

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“I feel like I have a very unique perspective especially for someone in the hip-hop genre. I'm not afraid to explore it, and how my upbringing then shapes my music and being a New York kid and all of that stuff...that's really the most unique thing I can offer to the music in general.”

Feels I Can Kids Stuff New York Perspective Offers Shapes Unique Hip Hop Hips Genre Hops Not Afraid Upbringing Unique Things Unique Perspective

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“I guess this is cliche, but I'd love to work with Kanye West, Mark Ronson, Diplo.”

Mark West Cliche

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“I've basically been able to do everything, I basically run my own career and the decisions I make - whether it's how I'm gonna roll out music, how I'm gonna play on tours, different strategies for releasing and marketing things - and that comes from being college educated and someone who's interested in that side of the business rather than only the music. If anything I think that's where the biggest direct influence comes from.”

Ifs Thinking Different Play Running Able Sides My Own Decision Careers Influence College Direct Strategy Marketing Educated

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“The cool thing about college tours is you make friends with a lot of other artists because the schools come in and they're looking to make a diverse grouping together and then it works out for everyone.”

School Together Artist College Work Out Diverse Cool Things

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“I think the craziest thing I've seen is probably a fan sleeping overnight for two nights before a show, which was probably a bit excessive - they still probably could have been first either way! But I guess it turned into a really exciting, sort of, camping-out trip for them so it was cool.”

Thinking Way Firsts Has Beens Stills Two Shows Night Bits Sleep Fans Exciting Could Have Been Camping Craziest Camping Out

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“There're always some notorious people in the crew who are doing crazy things, but I try to keep it a little more low-key. My crazy thing is always just the show and putting all my energy into it.”

People Trying Littles Shows Energy Crazy Keys Lows Crew Notorious Crazy Things Low Key

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“It's always really cool when you get to play with someone who you like and they go out of their way to be nice to you; it's not just a 'oh I played with them but I didn't meet them' sort of situation, so shout out to those guys for being awesome.”

Way Play Guy Situation Nice Being Nice Really Cool Shout Out Being Awesome

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“I try not to listen to a lot of music when I'm starting the recording process, because it can be so subtly influential.”

Trying Process Starting Influential

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“I get to focus on something I love to do 24-hours a day rather than trying to squeeze it in between midterms, or even during my normal workday. When I was at Google it was like you wake up at 7 and then you get home by 7 and you start your second job of music. So now I get to focus all my efforts on music, travel and play shows and do all of this stuff. That's the difference - That's all my life is, all day.”

Trying Play Shows Home Jobs Life Is Stuff Hours Differences Effort Focus Like You Normal Wake Up Google Midterms

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“I'll say this: Google is the best 9-5 anyone could ever get. Awesome environment, I loved my time there, but I grew up with my dream to pursue music full time.”

Dream Environment Grew Grew Up Pursue My Time Google

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“All songs have those X factors. I couldn't even explain or describe what will grab me about them but it's all music that I'm usually listening to. I'm always looking there to hear new music and see what's going on so that's usually when I'll hear something and be like "Wow, that melody is really crazy.”

Song Crazy Listening Factors Melody Wow New Music

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“I really embrace things that I think people who like music can relate to, they grew up with the same stuff and know the same references so when they hear it being used as a metaphor to something else they'll be like that's unique, or funny or something that's relatable to me.”

People Thinking Knows Used Stuff Grew Grew Up Unique Embrace Metaphor Relate Relatable

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“I've kind of shut myself off to a lot of new music because I don't want to be influenced by it.”

Want Kind Music Is New Music

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About the Author

Born: August 19, 1988
Known for: Rapper
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