Rap Quotes · Page 37

N.W.A. were the first great rap audio documentarians of the problems in our inner cities.

— Jerry Heller

This treadmill lifestyle ain't workin for me... It's from ya crib to ya lab to ya job to make a profit, And…

— Phonte

And when I'm on the microphone you best to wear your sweater, Cause I'm cooler than a polar bear's toenails, Oh hell,…

— Big Boi

Rap for me is like making movies, telling stories, and getting the emotions of the songs through in just as deep a…

— Jay-Z

I think Broadway is waking up to the idea that rap is an incredible tool for telling a musical story.

— Christopher Jackson

This one's for you, and I truly hope you hear me, Through all your travels, I'm wishing you a peaceful journey.

— Heavy D

There's been people who've rapped and produced - like Kanye - but I don't feel like on the rapping side there's ever…

— J. Cole

Why is the sky blue? Why is water wet? Why did Judas rat to the Romans while Jesus slept?

— Ghostface Killah

I was probably 15 when I started going to the studio with the older cats in my neighborhood. They heard me rap…

— Nayvadius Cash

The 808 kick drum makes the girlies get dumb, We're rollin' Rainier, and the jealous wanna get some. Every time we do…

— Sir Mix-a-Lot

Atlanta is a very good scene for the type of music I'm making. The biggest radio stations are all trap or rap…

— Murda Beatz

... her taste in music haunted my memory and I had to stop at Tower Records on the Upper West Side to…

— Bret Easton Ellis

Rappers are usually rapping about knowledge they think people need to get by in the world. If there's no movement that gives…

— Boots Riley

You could be Top 5 on iTunes, but for people to buy an album, they've got to have a connection with an…

— Meek Mill

As I was sitting there, the deejay was playing music and talking over the music, and the kids were going crazy. All…

— Sylvia Robinson

I was, like, 12 or 13; the first hip hop song I tried to rapping to was Macklemore's 'Thrift Shop,' and my…

— Rich Brian

I loved writing lyrics for rap when I was in junior high. I loved studying, but somehow I wanted to be a…

— RM

When you say rap or Hip Hop, people expect it to be just urban or black. And I don't really feel like…

— Trina

Aiyyo, camoflouge chameleon, ninjas scalin' your building, No time to grab the gun, I already got your wife and children

— RZA

I pledge allegiance to the fair and balanced truth. Not the biased truth, Not the liest truth, But the highest truth.

— Nas

2Pac made me want to rap, he made me want to speak my ghetto story and not be ashamed of it.

— Boosie

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

— Harmony Korine

One thing rap and rock have in common, a lot of it is focused on negativity. I like dark stuff.

— Lil Uzi Vert

Everything I do is going to be gangsta rap, street based, street oriented... I'm from Gary, Indiana, and everybody's damn near at…

— Freddie Gibbs

So while you're imitating Al Capone, I'll be Nina Simone And defecating on your microphone.

— Lauryn Hill

I remember going to pre-school, you know, rolling out in the Suburban and my dad bumping all types of rap, so he…

— Lonzo Ball

I am Michael Render - that's what my mom named me. 'Killer Mike' is what my dumb friends called me in a…

— Killer Mike

Skateboarding was my introduction to rap and the first rap song that I really liked was KRS-One 'Step Into A World.'

— Vic Mensa

With rap music, there are billions and billions of samples that are uncleared that people have never been bothered about on an…

— Girl Talk

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

— Freddie Gibbs

I gotta make a move, I gotta do this now, If they don't know your dreams, they can't shoot 'em down.

— J. Cole

I've always been a fan of music. I listened to a whole lot of oldies - I never really listened to rap…

— O. T. Genasis

If I should fall asleep and death takes me away, Don't be surprised son, I wasn't put here to stay.

— Lauryn Hill

We speak the love language, they speak from pain and anguish. Some don't love theyselves, so they perception is tainted.

— Talib Kweli

I got a social media following across all my platforms and that's when the casting people from 'The Rap Game' reached out.

— Latto

I'm living three dreams: Biggie Smalls', Dr. King, Rodney King's. Cause we can't get along, no resolution? 'Til we drown all these…

— Kanye West

If skills sold, truth be told, I'd probably be Lyrically, Talib Kweli Truthfully, I wanna rhyme like Common Sense But I did…

— Jay-Z

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

— Sean Paul

Pull down the shades on the windows of your soul, And gaze into your mind and watch the wisdom unfold...

— Beanie Sigel

They wanted me to pick a direction - 'You can't do both rap and rock.' I was like, 'There's no reason I…

— Everlast