Rap Quotes · Page 59

I was reading a lot of European history, and I thought Attila the Hun had gotten a bad rap.

— Katherine Dunn

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.

— Afrika Bambaataa

You know, stories got lost in rap. That is why whenever you hear a rapper do a concept storytelling record, it sticks…

— Benny the Butcher

We done been through ups and downs, had drama for a while I'm just happy I'm around to be the reason you…

— Lloyd Banks

So concisely, musically we are the herb So sit back and light me. Inhale... My style's kinda fat, reminiscent of a whale.

— Q-Tip

Man gave us laws, and God gave us time, It's the art of storytelling and I'm only telling mine.

— ASAP Rocky

I got tired of the Ramones around the time I quit and I really got into rap. I thought it was the…

— Dee Dee Ramone

Funky like your grandpa's drawers, don't test me We in like that, you're dead like Presley

— Q-Tip

Catch me in Vegas spinnin' the green I re-up with more chips than a vending machine Then you can catch me in…

— Ludacris

Two things happened. The creative side of my career was harmed. When I'd sit down and write under the influence of coke,…

— George Carlin

Iv got fire in my eyes, ice in my heart, love in my mind ,im in a grape vine, I never played…

— Bloods

I rap on 'Front Porch Junkies' and 'Whatcha Got in that Cup.' I try to channel my inner Lil Wayne and Drake.…

— Thomas Rhett

We create music to express ourselves and when the world relates, that’s a beautiful thing. We’re all trading off each other’s culture,…

— Jay-Z

America...Do not touch my TV, my DVD, my stereo, my dual-deck VCR. Do not touch my old school, my new school, my…

— Bernie Mac

I love music.. everything from R&B to Rap to Modern Country.. I still haven't figured out my own personal vibe.. it was…

— Amy Weber

I do not want [photography] explained to me in terms of... formulas, learned, but so hopelessly unsatisfying. I do not want my…

— Jacob August Riis

Even through the unseen, I know that God watches, From one King's dream, he was able to Barack us.

— Common

I was rapping as a hobby. It was something I did for my friends and just played around on ideas and stuff…

— Brandy Norwood

Bone Thugs is one of my favorite rap groups of all time. I listened to them all the time when I was…

— Lil Durk

Ghostface, catch the blast of a hype verse, My glock bursts, leave in a hearse, I did worse. I come rough, tough…

— Ghostface Killah

Аfter all the beats and rhymes, I felt like everybody around me was rapping and so I was like.

— Jeremih

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

— Rufus Wainwright

This generation lacks true knowledge of how the past has trapped you with psychological lassos over Adam's apples.

— Reks

I just wanna affect the culture and wanna be able to support young people with goals that aren't just limited to rapping…

— Wale

Putting styles on lock, and making beats by the bundle, Scooping more props than Bryant Gumbel...and staying humble.

— Pete Rock

Chance The Rapper is just unreal: he's changing rap and really creating this whole amazing new style.

— Shawn Mendes

Footballs, basketballs, microphones, gas and grass... Just some of the few things that J-Ro likes to pass.

— J-Ro

Be grateful for blessings, Don't ever change, keep your essence. The power is in the people and politics we address.

— Tupac Shakur

Learning how to rap actually improved my English, because it forced me to talk fast, and I used to suck at that.

— Rich Brian

Growing up, I didn't really like folk music - I wasn't a fan of Bob Dylan. I grew up mostly listening to…

— Max Casella

You know that I can make hits. You know I can do all these rap records. So, I'm going to start opening…

— Future

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

— Lydia M. Child

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

— Thalia

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

— Kim Kardashian

I just want you to know you deserve the best, you're beautiful... you're beautiful and I want you to know you're far…

— Lil Wayne

The only thing intimidating about Cube is that he's the father of gangsta' rap. You just worry about getting your lines right,…

— Terry Crews

There's four sides to every story... If these walls could talk, they'd probably still ignore me.

— Daniel Dumile

Me rapping over other people's beats doesn't mean as much as when Lil Wayne does it - no matter how hard I'm…

— Donnis

...in the middle of Little Italy little did we know that we riddled some middleman who didn't do diddily

— Big Pun

Everybody was down on me saying I can't rap, so I wanted to show everybody that I could actually do this. That's…

— Denzel Curry