Rap Quotes · Page 52

With Rage, we wrote riff rock and had rap vocals, so we didn't really concern ourselves with melody for the most part.

— Tim Commerford

When I go out, I'ma go out shooting. I don't mean when I die, I mean when I go out to the…

— Eminem

Watch out for the medallion, my diamonds are reckless, Feels like a midget is hangin from my necklace!

— Ludacris

I had this little rap group, and we were called '2 Too Many'... We used to hang out in front of Jazzy…

— Troy Carter

If Big Sean's voice was Siri's Voice on the iPhone 5...'Turn left boiiii...Wait, HOLD UP! Whoa Dereee! Wrong way! Swerveeeee.'

— Anonymous

Damn, I can't wait until it get dark, So I can light these fireworks up at the park, And celebrate my independence,…

— Kam

Breathe in...inhale vapors from bright stars that shine, Breathe out...weed smoke retrace the skyline.

— Mos Def

Humor is really important to me. All my favorite writers are writers I consider to be funny, including Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, even…

— Elif Batuman

I sat down with my long time business partner and Rap-A-Lot CEO James Prince to review the music that we had and…

— Bun B

What came first I would say was the producing. I was a huge fan of Pharrell Williams and around that era, when…

— Kevin McCall

Gangsta rap often reaches higher than its ugliest, lowest common denominator, misogyny, violence, materialism and sexual transgression are not its exclusive domain.…

— Michael Eric Dyson

I grew up on rap and hip-hop and fell into dance music. Hip-hop died down, and I moved more into dance music,…

— Nomi Ruiz

I look into mother's stomach, wonder if you are a boy or a girl Turnin' this woman's womb into a tomb But…

— Common

There have been numerous times when my career was supposed to be over because of mathematics, you know, age and numbers,' he…

— Too Short

While I was rapping I was always involved in youth work - I ran music workshops for teenagers and young offenders all…

— Doc Brown

Listen, if you a comedian, and you try to jump in the rap lane, it's not gonna work out the way you…

— Blueface

I got the wild style, always been a foul child, My guns go boom-boom, and your guns go pow-pow.

— Big L

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

— Rakim

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

— Slick Rick

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

— Everlast

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

— Lyor Cohen

Life is short if you don't notice it'll pass you by, That's why my head is in the clouds trying to pass…

— Ludacris

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

— Tyler, The Creator

And when we holdin' a Tec, we put a hole in your neck. Equippin' you with a permanent T-Pain vocal effect.

— Celph Titled

My white girl Veronica, black girl Monica, Got me celebrating Christma-Hanu-Kwanzaa-kah, Rocking dashikis with a yarmulke.

— Big Sean

There's this thing about authenticity when you rap, right? Whether or not it's real, it has to feel real.

— Daveed Diggs

I have good pronunciation no matter what language I speak. Maybe it’s because my specialties are rapping and imitating others

— G-Dragon

King Of The Dot is huge; battle rap is huge right now. My first battle that I went to was King Of…

— Ab-Soul

Call me Victory cuz Im a hardcore WINNER , I'll f***ing kill you in a rap battle it doez'nt make me a…

— Dopeboy

I got trust issues. I'm sorry for the people I've pushed out. I'm the type to have a bullet-proof condom and still…

— Big Sean

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

— G. Dep

I'm a firm believer that we all meet up in eternity, Just hope the Big Man show me some courtesy

— Nas

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

— Eliza Griswold

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