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Stevie J

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"I've worked with Ma$e recently. We still hang out and I still go to his church when I'm in Atlanta. Ma$e now? He's out here as a 2050 Ma$e. He's not gonna just let the youngins think they're just gonna tap dance all over the floor without him being competitive. Kobe [Bryant] ain't no spring chicken but he's still out there competiting- that don't take nothing away from him being Kobe. Ma$e is definitely in tune with the universe.

"Ma$e had a style of his own and I can see the impact of Harlem World out here in the 50 Cents, Fabolouses, the Kanyes and so on. It's just like, he has impacted hip-hop and people can say whatever they want to say about Ma$e but you're gonna remember Murda Mase. You're gonna understand once you hear Fabolous, you'll be like, 'Damn, that reminds me of Ma$e ...' When you hear Kanye's flow, you'll be like, 'Damn, that nigga still... Sounds like Ma$e!' The more excellent we wanna be as people, we extract from more excellent people. That's just a salute to Kanye, Cam ['Ron], 50 and Fabolous."