Quotes about Rap

Rap music is the only vital form of music introduced since punk rock. Votes: 5

Rap-so many words, so little said. Votes: 4

Rap was my drug. Votes: 3

Rap helps me connect emotionally. Votes: 3

Rap is stress, but it pays great. Votes: 3

Rap is just to me very annoying. Votes: 3

Rap music is really good when you're traumatized. Votes: 3

Rap will never be the same as before Votes: 3

Rap music is really good when you’re traumatized, Votes: 3

Ego is my career. Rap music is all ego. Votes: 3

Rap actually comes out of punk rock, not black music. Votes: 3

Rap is not pop. If you call it that, then stop. Votes: 3

Rap is something you do Hip Hop is something you live Votes: 3

Rap is a gimmick, but I'm for the hip-hop, the culture. Votes: 3

Rap is just a movement within the larger culture of hip-hop. Votes: 3

Rap is poetry to music, like beatniks without beards and bongos. Votes: 3

Rap is rhythm and poetry. Hip-hop is storytelling and poetry as well. Votes: 3

Rap in general has never been my steez, but I like it. Votes: 3

Rap music... sounds like somebody feeding a rhyming dictionary to a popcorn popper. Votes: 3

Rap and dance is pretty much what I want to be known for. Votes: 3

Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it's like a jackhammer. Votes: 3

Rap's the occupation, but one day watch I'll be Pimp of the Nation. Votes: 3

Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism. Votes: 3

Rap is just somebody getting something off his chest. That's all it is. Votes: 3

It's bad poetry executed by people that can't sing. That's my definition of Rap. Votes: 3

Rap has been a path between cultures in the best tradition of popular music. Votes: 3

Rap is my most used medium but I don't think I approach music like a rapper would. Votes: 3

Well I'm a sire, I set the microphone on fire, Rap styles vary, and carry like Mariah Votes: 3

Rap is really just too conventional. Everybody does the same thing. No one ever pushes the box. Votes: 3

Rap is from the streets and I'm from the streets. That's why a lot of people accept me. Votes: 3

Rap is still an art, and no-one's from the Old School Cuz rap is still a brand-new tool Votes: 3

Rap music's been around for too long now to be inspirational. The words are, but the music isn't. Votes: 3

Rap game Julio Franco, Chuck Norris, Texas Ranger/ Ice on my fingers look like I slap-boxed a penguin. Votes: 3

Rap comes from the oral tradition. The oral tradition gives voice to those who would've otherwise been voiceless. Votes: 3

The government recognized immediately that Rap music has enormous revolutionary potential and politicians immediately came together to end it. Votes: 3

Rap records don't make you feel good no more. Six months after release, it can't come back as a classic Votes: 3

Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure. Votes: 3

Rap's conscious response to the poverty and oppression of U.S. blacks is like some hideous parody of sixties black pride. Votes: 3

We culture. Rap is the new rock 'n roll. We the rockstars. It's been like that for a minute, Hedi Slimane! Votes: 3

Everybody in the '80s, well, we hate rap. Now, the biggest rapper in the world... Eminem. Rap's a black thing. Votes: 3

I started DJing, breakdancing and MCing in the '70s and I got my record deal in 1979 with 'Christmas Rap.' Votes: 3

Rap is supposed to motivate, humours, address societal issues & personal feelings, and also liberate me through art, not insult our women. Votes: 3

Rap music is just computerised crap. I listen to Top of the Pops and after three songs I feel like killing someone. Votes: 3

Rap music is amazing, it's beautiful. But the problem is the lyrics. The person who writes the lyrics - that's the problem. Votes: 3

I don't think I would change really anything about rap. Rap don't have no limits to it, and I like it like that. Votes: 3

Rap music came along and saved my life. I started to tell the stories of the streets and that was my way out. Votes: 3

Rap is the only interesting music left - it's the only genre that's still pushing itself, and experimenting in a way that I find exciting. Votes: 3

Rap actually took root in the Negro community, and then in the Hispanic community, long before it impacted on the larger American community as a whole. Votes: 3

Business money reattaches worldwide Deep inside stops the diamond rocks In a million world, billion world, quitrillion world Rap moves on to the year three thousand Votes: 3

As far as Rap goes Tupac was my favorite, I used to sing some of his songs in my set before I ever met his dad. Votes: 3

Jazz isn't as profitable for labels like Hip hop or Rap. Jazz needs subsidies to continue, just like European classical works of Bach and Beethoven are subsidized. Votes: 3

Rap culture is interesting and different and has purpose but it has a non-romantic view of life and of social feelings. There may be a void in that. Votes: 3

I'm always gonna rap. Rapping's what I started doing, I even sang when I first started rapping, when I couldn't really sing at all but I always tried. Votes: 3

Rap is the new rock 'n' roll. We the real rock stars, and I'm the biggest of all of them. I'm the No. 1 rock star on the planet. Votes: 3

Lyrical lecture, word architecture, Rap director, the best in my sector. Microphone cool chief, releasin the smooth speech... I get nasty with a pen and some loose leaf. Votes: 3

Rap is like a set-up...a lot of games, A lot of suckers with colorful names. 'I'm so-and-so,' 'I'm this, I'm that.' But they all just wick-wick-wack. Votes: 3

Being a student of hip-hop in general, you take technical aspects from places. You may take a rhyme pattern or flow from Big Daddy Kane or Kool G Rap. Votes: 3

You never wanna see yourself there. Like, ever. I'd rather go to jail than see myself on Step Your Rap Game up because I take a lot of time with my stuff. Votes: 3

Rap is always evolving. It's easy for the old school to hate the new school, but it's a music that got a little stifled I think, by the Internet a little bit. Votes: 3

When I hear music that parents hate, or older musicians hate, I know that's the new music. When I hear older people saying, 'I hate Rap or Techno' I rush to it. Votes: 3

I have a very broad demographic, from the 8-year-old who knows every word to 'Ice Ice Baby' and the college kid who grew up on 'Ninja Rap' to the soccer mom and grandparent. Votes: 3

Rap is purging itself from the things it didn't need and it's allowing the younger dudes to come up. With that being said you're always going to need people from that golden era. Votes: 3

Rap to me is a modern blues. But until we really confront the truth, we are going to have a Tupac or Eminem or Biggie Smalls to remind us about it - and thank God. Votes: 3

My main influence is Kool G Rap and Cam'ron, pretty much. If you were to mix those two people up, I wish that would be me... This is my voice. I sound like nobody; I sound like me. Votes: 3

I got into hip hop from my uncle; he was always playing us Kool G Rap and Big Daddy Kane. He was a bad boy, and my mum was not really happy that I was hanging out with him. Votes: 3

Consequence is no coincidence. Votes: 2

You might win some, but you just lost one. Votes: 2

I chop 'em into salad and my name ain't Caesar. Votes: 2

Know what you did last summer, so I started hookin' Votes: 2

Unless we share with each other we gotta start makin' changes Votes: 2

I represent where them killers at 145th and Broadway you get your head cracked Votes: 2

What good is a beautiful dame with a Rolls-Royce frame, and a Volkswagen brain? Votes: 2

I'm taking one for the team, Like Martin Luther King, taking one for a dream Votes: 2

I don't even listen to rap. My apartment is too nice to listen to rap in. Votes: 2

I had a cigarette for breakfast, just for beginners, Cried for my lunch, and sleep for dinner. Votes: 2

You know it's funny, when it rains it pours they got money for wars, but can't feed the poor. Votes: 2

Everything is everything What is meant to be, will be After winter, must come spring Change, it comes eventually Votes: 2

On 139 and Lenox Ave there's a big park, and if you're soft don't go through it when it gets dark Votes: 2

Love or hate me, I stay hate free They say we learn from mistakes, well, that's why they mistake me Votes: 2

Thanks for comin out, God bless you, good night... What of fame? Everyone knows your face, the world screams your name And never again, are you alone.. Votes: 2

My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely. Votes: 2

He was not hip-hop's most gifted emcee. Still, Shakur may be the most influential and compelling rapper of them all, he was more than the sum of his artistic parts. Votes: 2

Take 7 emcees put em in a line And add 7 more brothers who think they can rhyme It'll take 7 more before I go for mine And that's 21 emcees ate up at the same time. Votes: 2

They say a midget standing on a giant's shoulders can see much further than the giant. So I got the whole rap world on my shoulders, they trying to see further than I am. Votes: 2

When you're a little kid, you don't see color, and the fact that my friends were black never crossed my mind. It never became an issue until I was a teenager and started trying to rap. Votes: 2

Personally, I just think rap music is the best thing out there, period. If you look at my deck in my car radio, you're always going to find a hip-hop tape; that's all I buy, that's all I live, that's all I listen to, that's all I love. Votes: 2

Racism is taught in the home. We agree on that? Well, it's very hard to teach racism to a teenager who's listening to rap music and who idolizes, say, Snoop Dogg. It's hard to say, 'That guy is less than you.' The kid is like, 'I like that guy, he's cool. How is he less than me? Votes: 2

You don't really gotta rap no more; you can just say the verse with a swag now. Votes: 1

If you're broke, you don't want to rap about being broke; you gonna rap about hustling and getting that bread. Votes: 1

This is just rap. I'm not trying to make people think I'm some sort of scientific wizard or inspirational poet. Votes: 1

When Elton John sang a duet with the white rapper Eminem on a Grammy telecast, rap went mainstream. Massive parental headaches followed. Votes: 1

I started rapping since, like, 14. But I've been obsessed with rap from when I was 11. I heard 'Baby Don't Cry,' I'll never forget. Votes: 1

I just consider myself an artist. I don't really rap. I don't really sing. I just do what I feel is good, and people like it. Votes: 1

I can rap in a London accent, make weird faces, wear spandex, wigs, and black lipstick. I can be more creative than the average male rapper. Votes: 1

My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call hip hop. Votes: 1

You know, there are artists who are 35 and up that still make rap and that still works for them. I don't know if I want to be that guy. Votes: 1

They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus, that means guns, sex, lies, video tapes, but if I talk about God my record won't get played Huh? Votes: 1

I don't only like rap music. There's everything from R&B to crazy gangster rap, hip hop... everything! But it all blends together nicely. It's like a magical music rainbow. Votes: 1

Rap is supposed to be about keeping it real and not relinquishing your roots in the community. Without that, it's just posturing. Somebody who claims to speak for the 'hood don't need no private jet. Votes: 1

There's been people who've rapped and produced - like Kanye - but I don't feel like on the rapping side there's ever been a producer who can rap as good as I think I can rap. Votes: 1

You can still make music that people love, but there won't be more innovation. I started listening to electronic music a long time ago. But mostly I listen to rap. I think rap is the most interesting. Votes: 1

Times were changing. Clothes were changing. Morals were changing. We went from romantic loves songs like I used to do to rock 'n roll. Now that has changed to rap. So, there's always a new generation with new music. Votes: 1

When I'm writing, I'm thinking about how the songs are going to play live. Fifty bars of rap don't translate onstage. No matter how potent the music, you lose the crowd. They want a hook; they want to sing your stuff back to you. Votes: 1

Since the 1960s, mainstream media has searched out and co-opted the most authentic things it could find in youth culture, whether that was psychedelic culture, anti-war culture, blue jeans culture. Eventually heavy metal culture, rap culture, electronica - they'll look for it and then market it back to kids at the mall. Votes: 1

I think there's a lot of, unfortunately, unfunny ventriloquists out there, so they've got a bad rap. It came after Edgar Bergen because everybody had a little cheeky boy dummy like Charlie McCarthy, and everybody decided to become a ventriloquist because Bergen had popularized it. He brought it back from the doldrums of vaudeville. Votes: 1

I follow politics in a big way, and always have since I was a kid. I've got opinions, but they're opinions on both sides - not just anti-Republican, which is a real popular thing for a rap artist to do. If you dis Republicans, nobody will get mad. I think the two-party system sucks. It's absolutely ignorant. Votes: 1

I always felt really alone because no one wanted to talk about the things that I enjoyed, and that was really rap music and hip-hop as a culture. You know, having the shoes, using the words, buying the magazines, seeing the videos. And I had nobody to share it with, so I feel like I lived a lot online. Votes: 1

When Ke$ha tries to rap like L'Trimm, she sounds like any ordinary lonely teenage girl stuck in a nowhere town, singing along to her radio and dreaming of a party where she's the star. Ke$ha's greatness is that in her voice, you can hear both the loser girl and the star. All hail the Queen of Noi$e! Votes: 1

The writing process, the way I go about it is I do whatever the beat feels like, whatever the beat is telling me to do. Usually when the beat comes on, I think of a hook or the subject I want to rap about almost instantly. Within four, eight bars of it playing I'm just like, 'Oh, OK. This is what I wanna do'. Votes: 1

Sonnymoon and Quadrants are a couple of bands that really inspire me in terms of the melodics of things and certain tones and just what feels good. It takes me back to the type of music that I grew up on in my household. We played a lot of gangsta rap, but we also played a lot of oldies, and I think that mix is part of what inspires my sound. Votes: 1

I love rap music. Votes: 0

I gotta learn to rap. Votes: 0

I'm not really into rap. Votes: 0

No, I can't do rap music! Votes: 0

Single guys get a bad rap. Votes: 0

'Gangsta rap' is a derogatory label. Votes: 0

Nobody wants to hear me rap. Votes: 0

I'm rap's vigilante. I'm out for justice. Votes: 0

Gucci Mane is trap rap's Frank Sinatra. Votes: 0

I hate rap! Can I say that? Votes: 0

I don't even really like rap music. Votes: 0

Don't rap if you do not practice. Votes: 0

The U.S government hates rap music Votes: 0

I've always been a fan of rap. Votes: 0

I'll dance to anything: Bob Marley or rap. Votes: 0

I've never been into alternative, hipster rap music. Votes: 0

Moms in fiction and memoir get a bad rap." Votes: 0

I'll always love rap, no matter what's going on. Votes: 0

Gangsta rappers can't fight, so they rap about guns. Votes: 0

Nothing has more words and performance than rap music. Votes: 0

I think, British food, it's had a bad rap. Votes: 0

Commercial rap get the gun clap, day after day. Votes: 0

Without me, rap is just a bunch of orphans. Votes: 0

Moms in fiction and memoir get a bad rap. Votes: 0

I haven't done rap... I can't do that too well. Votes: 0

I could never rap, personally. I can't even wrap presents. Votes: 0

Mark my words, my rap career [is] on the rise. Votes: 0

Battle rap is a culture. That's boxing, it's like boxing. Votes: 0

I'm pretty sure JAY Z don't wanna rap right now. Votes: 0

I'm a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap. Votes: 0

I'm not crazy about the rap thing. Or house music. Votes: 0

This is the industry that wants [music], the rap industry. Votes: 0

I rap for listeners, blunt heads, fly ladies and prisoners Votes: 0

Everybody could write, deejay, rap. Everybody could do it all. Votes: 0

I grew up in the Bronx. I'm into rap music. Votes: 0

I think that rap is narrative, when it's done right. Votes: 0

Somehow the rap game remind me of the crack game Votes: 0

Clearly, everybody knows I can rap; I can freestyle all day. Votes: 0

A lot of the music, and especially rap, I don't understand. Votes: 0

I can rap; that's what I was originally really good at. Votes: 0

It's difficult to wear such high Louboutins and also freestyle rap. Votes: 0

But I still rap like I'm on my Pharoahe Monch grind Votes: 0

My brother's been producing rap music and hip-hop for maybe 10 years. Votes: 0

My game is like a cross between karaoke and rap: crap. Votes: 0

What's the point of rap if you can't be yourself, huh? Votes: 0

I rap about Memphis and what a dangerous spot that is. Votes: 0

I have no interest in emo. I'm all about rap metal. Votes: 0

I don't want to do rap that makes people feel bad. Votes: 0

Call me the rap assassinator / rhymes rugged and built like Schwarzenegger Votes: 0

I don't really listen to rap; I just like to rap. Votes: 0

They said I rap like a robot, so call me rapbot. Votes: 0

The bar is so low in rap - mediocrity is king! Votes: 0

This rap game is just WWF; everybody wants points off somebody else. Votes: 0

Usually people who attack the rap are people who aren't even fans. Votes: 0

I always felt that rap didn't cause crime; it just reflected it. Votes: 0

My girlfriend is rap. Music and albums and records and my kids. Votes: 0

I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody. Votes: 0

Ain't nothin' but a whole lot of suckin' goin' on in rap. Votes: 0

I still to this day get the most inspiration from rap lyrics. Votes: 0

I don't know where I fit in the spectrum of rap yet... Votes: 0

I am looking to get into the grime rap U.K. scene. Votes: 0

The most popular rap artists aren't supposed to be rapping about being broke. Votes: 0

I love pop and rap. Bringing those two worlds together is always fun. Votes: 0

I listen to music for emotion and I get zero emotion from rap. Votes: 0

As long as there's a demand for gangsta rap, it will be supplied. Votes: 0

Just knowing how to rap doesn't necessarily mean that you're a good songwriter. Votes: 0

By the late '80s, I was already giving up on rap music. Votes: 0

I don't like the fact that there are so few women in rap. Votes: 0

My take on rap is driven by straightforward American southern rock and blues. Votes: 0

I don't try to rap about or emulate the life of another person. Votes: 0

The first rap record came out in '79, but hip-hop began in '69. Votes: 0

Although rap is about boasting, it's also about honesty and expressing your emotions. Votes: 0

You never want to look like an old fart doing young rap music. Votes: 0

I still wanna rap better than everybody else, and I wanna say important things. Votes: 0

I believe gangsta rap, as such, in its foundation is simply anti-systemic and transgressive. Votes: 0

I wish I could end every rap song I didn't like with a buzzer. Votes: 0

I don't want to rap about my car. How generic is that? Be creative. Votes: 0

Maybe my records might make the next Ja Rule or Jay-Z want to rap. Votes: 0

There's two elements to rap: having the thoughts, and then being a great rapper. Votes: 0

You don't judge a book by a cover. I'm not your typical rap look. Votes: 0

Yo, you 14-carat gold slum computer wizard, Tappin' inside my rap vein causes blizzards! Votes: 0

A lot of rap songs don't usually have a lot of melody per se. Votes: 0

I don't like rap that you can't understand. The youth is so quick and alert. Votes: 0

I'm a singer and a writer first. I started to rap by accident, being playful. Votes: 0

A digital sound sample in angry rap doesn't correspond to the graffiti but the wall. Votes: 0

I think America has a bad rap right now... and hopefully Obama will change that. Votes: 0

You don't have to be a good singer any more if you can rap well. Votes: 0

It's not only about the rap lyric. Today, people are buying you as a person. Votes: 0

I would say that I'm more moved by melody, even though I love to rap. Votes: 0

I am obsessed with rap music - it's such a big part of my life. Votes: 0

I want to be able to say that a rap career could be ten albums. Votes: 0

My fans will tell you all day that I can rap. That's all I need. Votes: 0

A trap lord is basically the lord of the trap, and my trap is rap. Votes: 0

I find that with some girls, the words 'work' and 'education' have gotten a bad rap. Votes: 0

My music is pretty honest. I can't rap on science fiction. Punk is from the street. Votes: 0

RZA is one of the most unique individuals and rap artists that I have worked with. Votes: 0

We loved that form of music. We're all huge rap fans, so we just incorporated it. Votes: 0

There's no controversy in my way. There's nobody telling me to rap like this or anything. Votes: 0

I think L.A. gets a bad rap. L.A. is the same as everywhere else. Votes: 0

There is no better education than rap battling in terms of performance. It makes you fearless. Votes: 0

Who gave it that title, gangsta rap? It's reality rap. It's about what's really going on. Votes: 0

When I first got into the rap game, I had an early dream of unifying rappers. Votes: 0

I've been thinking of trying my hand at rap. I've been recording snippets on my BlackBerry. Votes: 0

It would be pretty funny to see a Beverly Hills white girl with mad rap skills. Votes: 0

I think that's what made rap such a stable footprint in culture, that it's so honest. Votes: 0

At least be a nice lesbian or you're going to give the rest a bad rap. Votes: 0

I been in the game for 10 years making rap tunes... Ever since honeys was wearing Sassoons. Votes: 0

When you do rap albums, you got to train yourself. You got to constantly be in character. Votes: 0

I love rap because it talks about pain that comes authentically from the ghetto. It moves me. Votes: 0

Something that you can't play in your kitchen is rap. It is done in your neighbour's kitchen. Votes: 0

This is hip-hop. If you've got something you want to rap about, just rap about it, man. Votes: 0

When a rap song glorifies violence, death and sadness and loss is inflicted because of the violence. Votes: 0

There are many collaborations I'd like to explore. One is to co-write a rap concerto with Eminem. Votes: 0

I would never challenge any rapper to a rap-off. It's weird, I'm not that type of rapper. Votes: 0

When I leave I always come right back here. The young spitter that everybody in rap fear. Votes: 0

I'm building my adult beverage empire the way I built my independent rap label. As my career. Votes: 0

You have film actors doing TV, rap stars doing TV, with everyone kind of crossing the line. Votes: 0

If you're a conscious rap artist and you're worried about Billboard charts, you're gonna have a problem. Votes: 0

When you talk about rap you have to understand that rap is part of the Hip-Hop culture. Votes: 0

Jay-Z and Kanye West are to authentic rap culture what diseased rates were to 14th century Europeans Votes: 0

The myth of black women profiting at the expense of black men is the oldest rap around. Votes: 0

Gangsta rap was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. Gangsta rap didnt exist. Votes: 0

Lil B opened up the floodgates for Odd Future, and now rap has a huge Internet culture. Votes: 0

Some people can rap, some can sing, some can write, some can do all of the above. Votes: 0

Thank God for rap, I would say it got me a plaque But what's better than that? Votes: 0

I don't want to see old people doing rap or rock and roll. It makes me cringe. Votes: 0

I can't give up. It's a rap thang. And I ain't goin back to the crack game. Votes: 0

I couldn't do rap. I was trying. I don't know how. I'm not good enough to know. Votes: 0

I came from the South Side of Chicago wanting to be a rap artist and make videos. Votes: 0

What I'm trying to do is break the genre from what is rap and what is music. Votes: 0

You could name practically any problem in the hood and there'd be a rap song for you. Votes: 0

I don't have to put out another rap record. I can do it at my casual pace. Votes: 0

By the time I got kicked out of school, I had nothing else to do but rap. Votes: 0

As far as rap, I was more of a Mobb Deep guy rather than a Tribe guy. Votes: 0

I remember being told 'Someone's gonna make a fortune out of this rap thing' and thinking 'no way'. Votes: 0

I loved rap, especially in the early days. But I wasn't trying to shove it down anybody's throats. Votes: 0

If I have a rap album I'm dropping, then I want it to be the best rap album. Votes: 0

I write poetry, and I put it to a beat - I mean, that's what they call rap. Votes: 0

And I... started off dumb, raised by the hoodrats, listen to the radio wishin that i could rap. Votes: 0

Most people think companies are basically evil. They get a bad rap. And I think that's somewhat correct. Votes: 0

I'm not blowing my own trumpet here, but I made a rap song 20 years ago with Afrika Bambaataa. Votes: 0

I didn't get into music until the early 90s when I heard rap music for the first time. Votes: 0

And to turn it into rap wasn't too difficult besides just rhymin' the last words of each line. Votes: 0

I go to a lot of stand-up comedy. I find more inspiration from observational stuff than from rap. Votes: 0

Before rap came along, I was, actually, actively in the streets; getting in trouble, doing the wrong thing. Votes: 0

I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rapping. Votes: 0

When I get up I still check the rap blogs before I check any kind of dance stuff. Votes: 0

If you stay in one place, you can only rap about one thing because that's all you know. Votes: 0

I'm really into mainstream rap and R&B, but I never saw myself as intertwined in that world. Votes: 0

I mean I'll be retired from rap, so what I'll be doin' in rap will be for fun. Votes: 0

If I could rap, that would be a sensation, but I can't, you see, I'm just a Caucasian. Votes: 0

Happiness has a bad rap. People say it shouldn't be your goal in life. Oh, yes it should. Votes: 0

Now when I have to remember a date, all I have to do is consult my rap sheet. Votes: 0

I was a metalhead and then I was into the rap and then I was a metalhead again. Votes: 0

I really appreciate the moments that I was able to win rap album of the year or whatever. Votes: 0

I never liked socially conscious rap. I like rap that's physical, that's about a beat and bass and repetition. Votes: 0

Government workers often get a bad rap, but it's rare for them to receive much appreciation when government works. Votes: 0

Niggas' rap albums sound like love letters, Pen in my hand, like: damn, fam, I could do much better. Votes: 0

At a recent education summit, President Obama admitted that he can't rap. When they heard, Americans said, 'Good!' Votes: 0

I am a huge Eminem fan and find it flattering that he would rap about me. Personally, I'm honored. Votes: 0

To me, rap music is bigger than who's the coolest rapper, the biggest rapper. It's everything about your personality. Votes: 0

I do not care a rap as to who gets credit for the work, provided the work is done. Votes: 0

It is a coincidence that Mathangi is the Goddess of Music and the spoken word, which can be rap. Votes: 0

I thought of rap I thought of Grand Master Flash and I thought of about what they went through. Votes: 0

The average rap life is two or three albums. You're lucky to get to your second album in rap! Votes: 0

I love pop music just as much as I like rap music, or ill-ass hip-hop music, or rock music. Votes: 0

You have to come in on a professional level to make it, otherwise you just can't get into rap. Votes: 0

All of my projects are done right because I know the game, and I consider myself a rap expert. Votes: 0

I didn't think of rap with that type of south feel and that look and the hay and all that. Votes: 0

I know some very political people who rap, and they say very political things and they'll never get a deal. Votes: 0

Not everyone agrees on music. Some people like rap, some like country - it's all an opinion. F the critics. Votes: 0

I feel like battle rap is as popular as it's ever been, today. With Total Slaughter it's getting real popular. Votes: 0

Broccoli gets such a bad rap. This is perplexing to those of us who love that green, treelike, stalky vegetable. Votes: 0

There are certain fans who want me to rap about the same exact thing, but it's time to grow up. Votes: 0

The thing with me is, I'm from a rap background so I'm not really a traditional singer in that sense. Votes: 0

In my mind, not in real life. My rap name will be Optimus Rhymes. Or the Notorious B.o.B. Votes: 0

I don't like people being something that they ain't, and we got a lot of that in rap right now. Votes: 0

I have a very varied taste in music. Everything from rap to classical to Latino to Rat Pack to jazz. Votes: 0

I've never been against women. That anti-feminist rap is bogus. I think men should be nice to women, buy them diamonds. Votes: 0

Any rap record from 1989 to 1999, besides [ones on] Death Row, we did promotions for it. We had our hand in everything. Votes: 0

Going to radio with a rap record prior to going to the consumer is like having no foreplay with your girlfriend. Votes: 0

I wonder if these wack niggas realize they wack, And they the reason that my people say they tired of rap. Votes: 0

There were people who incorporated melody before me, but I would deem myself the first person to successfully rap and sing. Votes: 0

I love things that are very broad. I love alternative, rock, hip hop, rap, and I'll go to classical or jazz. Votes: 0

Driving by my ambitions, desire higher positions, to see eternally and my mission, to be more than just a rap musician. Votes: 0

Jersey gets a bad rap. Most people make an assessment of this state on the ride from Newark Airport into Manhattan. Votes: 0

Either I'm listening to rap music, getting hyped up to go out and do something, or I'm listening to church music. Votes: 0

(Chicago is) the only major city in the country where you can easily buy your way out of a murder rap. Votes: 0

In America, an acquittal doesn't mean you're innocent, it means you beat the rap. My clients lose even when they win. Votes: 0

I feel like there's a lot of rappers that could out-rap me and I wouldn't want to face any of them. Votes: 0

I love Lady Gaga and I love Katy Perry and R&B and rap music... I love big, American pop music. Votes: 0

With rap, it's a funny thing. You can say things, and people can take 'em the way they wanna take 'em. Votes: 0

I think stuff on the radio is mostly good, but it's just not what I'm into. I'm not into rap metal. Votes: 0

Ive never been against women. That anti-feminist rap is bogus. I think men should be nice to women, buy them diamonds. Votes: 0

I bet Eazy E is turning over in his grave, to see that some of ya'll done made gangsta rap gay Votes: 0

People really listen to your lyrics if you rap. So, I had to make sure that they were clear and concise. Votes: 0

I'm also not going to explain something just because I said it in a rap. Take what you want from it. Votes: 0

Hip-hop was my first audience - I would rap in the mirror, walk down the street and listen to my Walkman. Votes: 0

We listen to the greats. I'm not going to listen to average rap when I can listen to an Outkast album. Votes: 0

Consciousness rap - a term that I don't think exactly exists but gets thrown around a lot - is not exactly popular. Votes: 0

The rap game has to save itself. Everybody's saving it. People like Lil Wayne is saving it. He's bringing energy to it. Votes: 0

Personally, I don't give a rap for documents; for the truth in my eyes is not in them but in the mind. Votes: 0

Escapist literature gets a bad rap. But I think escape is important for a lot of people in a lot of places. Votes: 0

We have groups that do that, but I can't rap with the mentality of an 18 year old when I'm in my 30's. Votes: 0

I didn't ever want to make a rap album. I considered it too limiting. Now that's exactly what I've gone and done Votes: 0

I think rap music has made more money on dance music than dance music has made on dance music. Just a thought. Votes: 0

They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles. Votes: 0

They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles. Votes: 0

My parents are both definitely supportive of my career.They are both big fans of rap. They are really what influenced me. Votes: 0

I've done movies where I've had to cast actors and teach them to rap, and cast rappers and teach them to act. Votes: 0

It's a funny thing about rap, that when you say 'I' into the microphone, it's like a public confession. It's very strange. Votes: 0

If the KKK was smart enough, they would've created gangsta rap because it's such a caricature of black culture and black masculinity. Votes: 0

It just happens to be that people like to associate poetry and rap music. I think that idea is kind of corny. Votes: 0

Let's be honest. We don't take rap serious the way other cultures take rock-n-roll, they take country. They artists are being loved. Votes: 0

The power of the voice in rap is about the expression of truth, rather than the expression of some kind of artifice. Votes: 0

I always do my rap from the outside looking in. Like I do my rap as if I'm looking at me rap. Votes: 0

I'm really a singer, so I love songs and I love singing. I like rap music, but I didn't grow up freestyling. Votes: 0

Anything that's of any use, famous people get hold of it and take it for themselves and it gets a bad rap. Votes: 0

I almost got my degree so I don't need rap. And my family is the furthest thing in the world from musical. Votes: 0

I feel like when I'm writing for other people, when I'm doing rap hooks, it's kinda like playing dress up for me. Votes: 0

House, rap, R&B, disco rock, they are all part of hip-hop culture. Why you ain't playing Kraftwerk along with Jay-Z? That's hip-hop. Votes: 0

You know, most people called rap stupid when it started, and it was one of the most innovative music forms of its time. Votes: 0

There's nothing wrong with a woman being proud of an element of her life that's talked about in rap music all the time! Votes: 0

I got into music via the competitions; the first time I ever performed was in a kind of rap battle, competing for money. Votes: 0

If you really think back to the culture or just black America before rap music took off, New York could have been Paris. Votes: 0

If, after obtaining Buddhahood, anyone in my land gets tossed in jail on a vagrancy rap, may I not attain highest perfect enlightenment. Votes: 0

Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it's mad that people like me are listened to - you know, rap stars and movie stars. Votes: 0

There are rap groups that have a positive outlook in their art. These groups should be shown as an alternative to gangsta rap. Votes: 0

Many elitists hate rap as much as they hate country, though they don't like to admit it for fear of appearing racially insensitive. Votes: 0

I never really thought I was going to be a singer, honestly. I never listened to singers; I always listened to rap music. Votes: 0

I do like alternative rock and rap, but as far as inspirational, then I go full-on orchestra. It fills up your entire being. Votes: 0

For a long time I heard rap without paying attention, but it is still a way of life, even when you're a kid. Votes: 0

When I was in south Sudan, people used to rap in my village. But the rapping was more in the mother tongue, Nuer. Votes: 0

When I rap, it's just an extension of how I speak, and that's how I talk. If you don't like it, don't listen. Votes: 0

If you asked me to write a rock song or a rap song, I couldn't do it because they're not in my fingers. Votes: 0

I would love to collect [art] at some point, but I think the whole rap/art world thing is getting kind of corny. Votes: 0

I listen a lot to rap, and I'm inspired to take it, to use it in another way, to get the message across. Votes: 0

The first rap album I bought was Eminem's The Slim Shady LP so I wasn't even based on West Coast rap like that. Votes: 0

A congressman is a pig. The only way to get his snout from the trough is to rap it sharply with a stick. Votes: 0

America has a rap sheet. You can't police the world and tell the world how to act when you're just as bad yourself. Votes: 0

That's one of my struggles as a hip-hop artist. If I feel like doing a super conscious song where I don't even rap. Votes: 0

As far as rap goes, I grew up in Hollis, Queens, so early influences were people like Run DMC and LL Cool J. Votes: 0

Imagine the first time you are about to rap in a studio and you find yourself in a booth with Redman and KRS! Votes: 0

A lot of singers find a musical genre people like and stick with it. That's being a conformist. I sing ballads, rock, salsa, rap. Votes: 0

There's no difference between a tacky Jew from Miami and a rap star. They both want the Cadillac and the Rolex with the diamonds. Votes: 0

As long as I'm around the cats in the hip hop scene, they'll throw me a track and I'll write a rap over it. Votes: 0

Craft' gets a bad rap. Mediocre art is not caused by craft; it is caused by artists. Good art employs whatever craft works best. Votes: 0

A few more albums, a few more years, I'll be like Peter Petrelli in Heroes. I'll be some type of rap super-monster or something. Votes: 0

This disease they call 'rap' - some kind of rhythmic pulse is going by, while some sociopathic idiot is belching out grade school poetry. Votes: 0

I've always had a passion for rap, and I might not be the greatest rapper, but I'm better than half of them out there. Votes: 0

I understand what rappers are talking about. I think rap is less about educating people about the black community and more about making money. Votes: 0

I want to keep making records as long as I can, but I don't know how long you can be taken seriously in rap. Votes: 0

To me, the 90's signaled the end of glam rock, the beginning of gangsta rap, and hopefully the beginning and end of boy bands. Votes: 0

When I started getting into West Coast rap - The Game, then I started studying a lot of Tupac [Shakur] and watching his interviews. Votes: 0

I'm a rap comedian the same way Bill Cosby is a jazz comedian, Cosby's laid back. I'm like, bang, bang bang, right into it. Votes: 0

I live in New Jersey now, which always gets a bad rap here and there, but I must say, I enjoy living here too Votes: 0

I'm not a gangsta rapper. I rap about things that happen to me. I got shot five times. People was trying to kill me. Votes: 0

Woman stock is rising in the market. I shall not live to see women vote, but I'll come and rap on the ballot box. Votes: 0

I live in New Jersey now, which always gets a bad rap here and there, but I must say, I enjoy living here too. Votes: 0

With rap music, there are billions and billions of samples that are uncleared that people have never been bothered about on an underground level. Votes: 0

I look at rap as an opportunity to act. My head is full of different characters - in each song I'm auditioning a character. Votes: 0

I'm not big on rap, to be honest. I just don't get it. It's angry people shouting. I like a song, melodies, people singing. Votes: 0

When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music. Votes: 0

Hackney gets a bit of a bad rap, but it's the only place I've ever lived that felt like a community. I know my neighbours. Votes: 0

There has been an effect of business rap on the output of today's rap music. But I don't think that's the modern day rapper's fault. Votes: 0

One of the first albums that I remember, rap albums I remember really listening to, was LL Cool J 'Mama Said Knock You Out.' Votes: 0

Everybody raps. We rap to make money. We do business. Ain't no other record company out there that sold as many records as we did. Votes: 0

There's no rap against comics that isn't true. They were sexist, they were racist, you name it - and they kind of gloried in that. Votes: 0

There's so many different ways to write a rhyme its stupid man. I don't understand why the majority of the rap game sounds the same. Votes: 0

My job is to file things! I'm not going to be like, "Mr. Jacobsen from Oakland, California" - just listing his problems, like a rap. Votes: 0

What I'm trying to do is put back into rap music what's missing - which is the good part, the fun part, that party part. Votes: 0

Baby, this town rips the bones from our back it's a death trap, it's a suicide rap. We got to get out while we're young. Votes: 0

Everything I do is going to be gangsta rap, street based, street oriented... I'm from Gary, Indiana, and everybody's damn near at the poverty level. Votes: 0

Run DMC brought us out of that underground-only feel. They brought rap above ground and made it respectable as an art form to mainstream music. Votes: 0

Lenny Bruce genius was the unique ability to investigate hypocrisy and expose social inequities in a street rap that was really a form of poetry. Votes: 0

I just appreciate what Andre 3000 has done musically - just the bravery. I think Andre 3000 may be one of the bravest artists in rap music. Votes: 0

We think the man with the best rap will protect and save us, but it's not usually that way. Love is something deeper and purer. Votes: 0

In rap, as in most popular lyrics, a very low standard is set for rhyme; but this was not always the case with popular music. Votes: 0

I think self-destructiveness is given a really bad rap. I think it can also mean self-reflection and poetic sensiblity. It can mean empathy, hedonism, a libertarianism. Votes: 0

I think music talks to you on an emotional level, regardless of where you're from. I guess I related to the tempo of rap, the aggressiveness. Votes: 0

I'm serious; I don't, I don't rap. I flow; I'm a flow-er. You've got rappers, you got MCs, and then you got flow-ers, I'm a flow-er. Votes: 0

I would be very nervous to rap I think if it ever comes to that! I'm going to try to steer clear as long as possible. Votes: 0

I actually grew up break-dancing. When you break-dance you listen to hip-hop and rap, so I've been listening to that music since I was a kid. Votes: 0

I listened to a lot of old school, golden era music. It gave me a lot of insight on how to rap and give my all. Votes: 0

I'm a thinker; I think too much. So for me to freestyle rap, it's like I'm thinking three, four time steps ahead, and I hate it. Votes: 0

I just consider myself an artist. I dont really rap. I dont really sing. I just do what I feel is good, and people like it. Votes: 0

I like the whole laid-back rapping. I wish I could rap! I wish I could wrap like Azealia Banks or Lil Wayne or someone like that... Votes: 0

It is a blessing. When I first got wind of [Chris Rivers] taking the rap thing serious and wanting to make a career out of it. Votes: 0

When Rick Perry was told about Kim Jong Il, he said, 'I never heard of him, but then again, I don't listen to that rap.' Votes: 0

When people say to me, 'What do you think of rap music?', my answer is, 'There's no such thing. There's rap, and there's music.' Votes: 0

It's an accompaniment to life. It's not something that I do to rap; I smoke when I open my eyes...I don't know any other feeling. Votes: 0

People generally thought that sharks are dumb eating machines. After some study, I began to realize that these 'gangsters' of the deep had gotten a bad rap. Votes: 0

I fell in love with music at 13-years-old. I wanted to be a singer at first and a drummer. Then I fell in love with rap music. Votes: 0

When break dancing was out, I break danced. When rapping was the thing, I freestyled rap on the street and battled and all that kind of stuff. Votes: 0

What is Kanye West's message? Like most rap, "I am the greatest person ever and you're not." I used to call it affirmative action for the ego. Votes: 0

One of the things that I'm dying to do is to sing the hook on a big rap song. No one's ever called me to do that. Votes: 0

I understand the bad rap that 3-D is getting because the conversions are crappy and because the films aren't designed for 3-D. It's a completely different medium. Votes: 0

I feel like when I reach my 500-million-dollar goal, then no other woman in rap will ever feel like they can't do what these men have done Votes: 0

The only thing intimidating about Cube is that he's the father of gangsta' rap. You just worry about getting your lines right, or he might shoot you. Votes: 0

We just wanted to get as far away from the rap-rock scene as possible, because its been done and other bands do it better than us anyway. Votes: 0

I often thought that if there had been a good rap group around in those days, I might have chosen a career in music instead of politics. Votes: 0

I can't stand rap....people who can't sing do rap....you can sing rebellion as well as talk it....Hitler would have been in a rap band. Votes: 0

I made the decision that I was going to make rap music in, like, fourth grade, so it's been something I was saying for a long time. Votes: 0

The rap on Obama has been that he is a little too cool and aloof. The rap on Romney may be that he is just plain callous. Votes: 0

I'm actually a huge fan of hip-hop. I like hip-hop music. I love rap. I like cabaret music, as well. I just love live music and bands. Votes: 0

I think America just needs to get real when it comes to the way our kids speak and communicate. They need to understand what happens in rap. Votes: 0

A lot of incredible rap albums over the past couple of decades have deserved Album of the Year. To Pimp a Butterfly is an extension of those albums. Votes: 0

The motivation to me is to make money and not be dependent upon the shallow pool called the entertainment world or the rap world or the hip-hop world. Votes: 0

I try to keep the music fresh in my head. And I don't always listen to rap; I listen to a little bit of everything: R&B, rock. Votes: 0

I think most music provides the same messages - whether it be 'I'm unhappy' or 'I love a girl.' I just liked the package of rap music. Votes: 0

That's why I called my record Devil Without a Cause - I'm a white boy who's so sick of hearing that white kids are going to steal rap. Votes: 0

This whole urban rap thing needs to be pulled back some. The ghetto is being glorified, and there's nothing good about the ghetto except getting out of one. Votes: 0

I think rap definitely has its place in the art world. I think it is an art form. But, just like any art form, you can misuse it. Votes: 0

I've always listened to a lot of rap. It's all, 'Look at this car that cost me so much money, look at this Champagne.' It's super fun. Votes: 0

What's wrong with us isn't a rap sheet of bad deeds, but a damaged heart, a soul-sickness, that plunges us into fearful self-protection, alienation from God and others. Votes: 0

Sometimes I'll have a whole song done without having a beat - I'll just rap on an instrumental tempo and recreate a whole new song just around the lyrics. Votes: 0

Meetings get a bad rap, and deservedly so - most are disorganized and distracted. But they can be a critical tool for getting your team on the same page. Votes: 0

Music can kind of make you one-dimensional. People see what's on the surface and what you rap about, and they make their decision on who you are from there. Votes: 0

While I am not a musician, I love music. I have over 15,000 songs on my iPod. Everything from hard core rap to the soundtrack from the original 'Cinderella.' Votes: 0

They had all this talent, and they had no instruments. So they started rap music. They rhymed on their own. They made their own sounds and their own movements. Votes: 0

People are so confused about race and hip-hop that people didn't even consider the Beastie Boys one of the greatest rap groups of all time because they were white. Votes: 0

Growing up listening to rap music, you almost feel like you should have haters. That's an important part of being a successful musician. It's a good thing, I guess. Votes: 0

I've always been a fan of music. I would say I'm a fan of late '90s to early 2000s rap. That's where I get all my inspiration from. Votes: 0

I've been watching battle rap since that time period when Cassidy was hot, Murda Mook and Lux first when at it. That was a very pivotal time in hip-hop. Votes: 0

I wrote 'Oath' for Cher Lloyd because there were really no best-friend anthems out there. Not only did she love it, she wanted me to rap on it, too! Votes: 0

An MC is somebody who can control the crowd. An MC is a master of ceremonies so not only can you say your rap, you can rock the party. Votes: 0

I have tried... believe me, I have tried to like rap music. It makes me feel so very, very old. I have tried to get home with the downies. Votes: 0

You know that I can make hits. You know I can do all these rap records. So, I'm going to start opening up and letting you know my struggles. Votes: 0

I sit with my toes in a brook, And if any one axes forwhy? I hits them a rap with my crook, For 'tis sentiment does it, says I. Votes: 0

I'd like to do a completely off-the-wall collaboration. I would like one of my songs to be the hook to a rap song. That would be so much fun! Votes: 0

I like to get in my own world. When I'm getting ready for a meet, I always have headphones on, listening to rap music to get myself fired up Votes: 0

King Of The Dot is huge; battle rap is huge right now. My first battle that I went to was King Of The Dot - shout out to Lush One. Votes: 0

I've been a hip hop head forever. So when it turned out that we were gonna start getting celebrity guests for every show, I wanted rap guys from the get-go. Votes: 0

I grew up in the suburbs and was raised on rap radio, so it took me a long time to stumble upon the acoustic guitar as a resource for anything. Votes: 0

I pay attention to lyrics and I know what rap fans care about. I try to write for the average listener and I'm conscious of the mainstream without selling out. Votes: 0

I'm just basically spillin' out my emotions to the world. 'Cause rap is about emotion. And I want you to feel what I'm feelin', 'cause that's what it's all about. Votes: 0

I'm 100 percent original, and that's what got me here. My rap music is more understandable, slower. It tells a story. You can write a book on each of my thoughts. Votes: 0

I don't think you can be a good musician if you just listen to rap, or just the [type of music] you do. You gotta be open to other ideas. Votes: 0

The FBI is urging all Americans to beware of any letters or packages that have badly misspelled words. Man, this is going to be terrible news for the rap industry. Votes: 0

I think 'Country Girl' is one song that can veer into country or hip-hop or rap. You can listen to it and enjoy the humor and the fun in it. Votes: 0

Do you see how Jerry Heller made it work? That is how he combined what we did to make the rap music into mass music. That's exactly how it happened. Votes: 0

When I got into rap I didn't exactly win any popularity contests. I called myself Dee Dee King, after B.B. King, to the total dismay of my fellow Ramones. Votes: 0

I don't feel that rap has been respected as an art form. Because people have seen rappers rap off the top of their heads, they don't think it is difficult. Votes: 0

I said Yo Jay, I can rap. And I spit this rap that said I'm killin' ya'll *****s on this lyrical sh*t, mayonnaise colored benz, I push miracle whips. Votes: 0

Let the voice be the voice of the voiceless and let it come from the world of rap music to keep the stereotype and the peace at the same time. Votes: 0

If I'm boxing, I'll probably have rap on, or something a little more angry. If I'm lifting, maybe some rock 'n' roll. If I'm doing some cardio, something fast paced. Votes: 0

I'm not enthused by these rap dudes. All in they videos, posin' half nude, with all of them tattoos, Til I blacken they eyes and have them lookin' like raccoons. Votes: 0

As far as anybody in the rap game ever tryin' to assassinate my character, that's impossible. You talkin' about a man who has always walked the walk and talked the talk. Votes: 0

Some of Eminem's rap songs kind of have the teenage love songs like the fifties love songs. It's kind of like domestic drama set to music. He is really good storyteller. Votes: 0

A lot of the rap shows I saw as a kid were boring, but if you went to a Rage show or a Justice show, the kids were losing their minds. Votes: 0

No one raps about food like I do. I rap about fine dishes - like, all kinds of things that only real chefs and real foodies are going to know about. Votes: 0

I hate rap music, which to me sounds like a bunch of angry men shouting, possibly because the person who was supposed to provide them with a melody never showed up. Votes: 0

I guess people would categorize hipster rap just by how people look, skinny jeans and fashion rap. I was never that. In my music I never put the emphasis on clothes. Votes: 0

I hate the bad rap that people give my parents. Because they are just parents, really, at the end of the day trying to stand up for their daughter and themselves. Votes: 0

As far as anybody in the rap game ever tryin to assassinate my character, thats impossible. You talkin about a man who has always walked the walk and talked the talk. Votes: 0

I was very introverted growing up and I had small circle of friends. Any opportunity I got to rap or articulate things through rhyme or hip hop was great for me. Votes: 0

I think rap music is brought up, gangster rap in particular, as well as video games, every other thing they try to hang the ills of society on as a scapegoat. Votes: 0

No one said, 'This is the best female rapper.' It's more like, 'Lizzo can really rap.' I think its because I'm not that sexy girl. I'm that beast girl. Votes: 0

Reality does get a bad rap. But I'm not concerned about it 'cause I know who I am. They can edit it, but you are in charge of what you do. Votes: 0

I treat clothing or a piece of jewelry like it was a piece of art, even though people who collect clothes get a bad rap because they're told it's all vanity. Votes: 0

If we but give it time, a work of art 'can rap and knock and enter our souls' and re-align us - all our molecules - to make us whole again. Votes: 0

I love pop music... some hip hop... not super big into rap, but I love Rihanna. I love Alicia Keys. Rihanna was my first concert I went to. I love her. Votes: 0

It often takes two to do a good painting - one to paint it, and another to rap the painter smartly with a hammer before he or she can ruin it. Votes: 0

Something that distinguishes my solo work from normal rap production is that it has a lot of melody - it's not just cutting up a song and having someone rap over it. Votes: 0

I'm not really picky. Just as long as it's not the harder style of rap - anything that's about being on the come-up or your wealth doesn't go that well with marimbas. Votes: 0

There are poor white people who hear rap music and feel it is about them, because it is. That's why you have an Eminem and a Bubba Sparxxx and rappers like that. Votes: 0

Growing up, I didn't really like folk music - I wasn't a fan of Bob Dylan. I grew up mostly listening to rap and hip-hop; it was this new form of music. Votes: 0

The whole world has changed much since the '80's. In the united States, rap music and country music dominate radio and that certainly wasn't the case in the early '80's. Votes: 0

I got tired of the Ramones around the time I quit and I really got into rap. I thought it was the new punk rock. LL Cool J was my biggest idol. Votes: 0

Me, myself, I'm not a star. I'm just a regular guy who has a great rap album and is the protégé of Dr. Dre. But I'm the most down-to-earth guy. Votes: 0

There's so much that I want to do. I feel like I'm the Magic Johnson of rap. You know, Magic was great on the basketball court, but he's bigger as a businessman. Votes: 0

Wrestling has grown so big... it's almost a culture. And it's a culture of all types of vibes, just like hip-hop has all kinds of vibes and rap has all kinds of vibes. Votes: 0

I've listened to Eminem rap. That's not daily fare for me, but I can't help but admire how vivid what he does is. My own taste goes a little more toward Norah Jones. Votes: 0

I have always been writing but when I started rapping I was just playing around. My friends told me I needed a rap name like Breezy or G-Eazy so I went with Dreezy. Votes: 0

If you wanna get away with murder, all you gotta do is shoot somebody in the head and put a demo tape in their pocket! "This is a rap killing. Let's go home!" Votes: 0

I have considered rap music stars, and there is one in my new book, Lovers and Players, and there is also a hip-hop music mogul who I think you will like a lot. Votes: 0

I chose to deal with the underdogs on '1 Train.' I could've got the biggest superstars in the rap game, but why do that when you can let the young boys shine? Votes: 0

A lot of people heard about gin and juice for the first time from Snoop Dogg, but it was nothing new in rap music, and it was nothing new in the black community. Votes: 0

I don't wear the see-through shirts or anything too glittery. I come from that '90s school of rap. Fitted caps, because I got a big head, so snapbacks don't fit me right. Votes: 0

I used to rap as a kid and people were impressed by it, so it gave me the drive to keep going. Everybody has at least one talent. I guess this is my talent. Votes: 0

I'm not trying to turn into Eddie Murphy, and just do kids movies the rest of my career. I'm going to still do a wide variety of movies, as well as do hardcore rap. Votes: 0

I grew up listening to all kinds of music, everything from country to rock, pop, R&B and even rap, so for me, music is music and a great song is a great song. Votes: 0

I don't think rap really fits in to 'American Idol' in the sense that I believe rap is an art form in itself more akin to poetry, more akin to drama, if you will. Votes: 0

Luckily for me, I became a rap star so I'm making enough money to support my family. It's funny because that may seem like the only way that I can do such a task. Votes: 0

What music I listen to day to day changes very, very much. I can go from bluegrass to heavy metal, to blues, to classical and big band and then go to pop and rap. Votes: 0

There are other jobs I do besides rap. I was considering going back to school so there have been a few things on my plate that I thought about doing during my time off. Votes: 0

I think rap music is the sole reason for a lot of black acceptance in pop culture; because the music is very popular, it gets our image out in other ways than in movies. Votes: 0

I think I'm pretty regular. I try to keep it pretty regular; I go to sleep early. I don't know what distances me from other rap artists - I haven't met a lot of 'em. Votes: 0

I grew up in the '90s. My goal isn't to be a '90s rapper, but I have little hints of '90s influence in my music. It's a modern approach to classic rap. Votes: 0

It's not like I just take the beat, rap on it and take it for what it is, I always have the producer send it to me, loop the track out, move some stuff around. Votes: 0