Rap Quotes · Page 61

I tried gimmicky stuff 'cause I wanted to get some attention, and remember, you know, in the rap world Seattle was a…

— Sir Mix-a-Lot

I really like hip-hop and rap; that's my main influence. I really wanna be more of a hip-hop artist.

— Billie Eilish

What's the basis when rappers don't know the basics? Still not takin' advice from those I wouldn't trade places with.

— Skeme

Everybody looking at you crazy, What you gon' do? Lift up your head and keep moving, Or let the paranoia haunt you?

— Kendrick Lamar

Everybody was always telling me to rap and freestyle. I used to go to the park and spit on the mic. If…

— A Boogie wit da Hoodie

I said, 'What you wanna be?' She said, 'Alive.' It made me think for a minute, then looked in her eyes ...I…

— Andre Benjamin

I have become their idol. Like, Busta Rhymes has called me twice to come to rap with him, and Big Daddy Kane…

— Rudy Ray Moore

In my world, even sure bets are not certain; 'Cause you'll get the picture, then find out it's the cropped version.

— Joe Budden

My writing process is consecutive, like, 'mad scientist' crazy. It's not totally writing something that rhymes or even writing a rap necessarily.…

— J.I.D

It's the principle of it, I get a rush when I bust Some dope lines oral, that maybe somebody'll quote. That's what…

— O.C

Hold your head up, there's a light in the sky I know your fed up but you must try to survive Each…

— Macklemore

Well hip hop is basically the whole culture of the movement. There's the rap which is a form of hip hop culture.…

— Afrika Bambaataa

Rap is the only super-current music. If you're into reggae or dancehall, and you don't know Bob Marley, then you don't really…

— Ad-Rock

I think being Shaquille O'Neal would be the most amazing thing. There's nothing I would have done differently in his life. Everything…

— David Chang

I like challenging myself. I like the challenge of rapping to fast beats, rapping to beats that are super slow, whatever. I…

— Will Ferrell

I'm not big on trying to label it [my rap] or trying to prove people otherwise. I'm just making records that I…

— Mike Stud

I would be very nervous to rap I think if it ever comes to that! I'm going to try to steer clear…

— Jacob Artist

I want to show other girls how happy I am and how confident I am, how I still want to go to…

— Megan Thee Stallion

I get high like the clouds Gather every rapper up Bring em to the roof And watch em' fly for the Styles

— Anonymous

I'm honestly all over the board. I think if I had to pick one, I'd probably say it's country first, but I…

— J. J. Watt

I don't even think I'm that good at rapping, but I think what makes a great rapper - what CAN make a…

— Donald Glover

When break dancing was out, I break danced. When rapping was the thing, I freestyled rap on the street and battled and…

— Mekhi Phifer

There's nothing wrong with a woman being proud of an element of her life that's talked about in rap music all the…

— Demi Lovato

I really just blend like rock, R&B and rap together to create a sub-genre, but it's very versatile.

— Trippie Redd

Do some good to the ghetto, Mr. Kris Kringle. Come and stay awhile, kick it with God's Angels. Take and acknowledge my…

— Keith Murray

Conquer land like Napoleon, military bomb fest We want sanitary food, planetary conquest

— U-God

Layin niggas so flat, homies think you plankin', Only realize you dead when the corpse start stankin'.

— Ras Kass

I listen to some rap music. I'm from the Bahamas so I like reggae as well. And then I slow it down…

— Myron Rolle

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

— Assata Shakur

Have you ever loved someone so much that you'd give an arm for? Not the expression, no, literally give an arm for?

— Eminem

Look here: "Mo' money, mo' problems," my ass. You's a naive cat if you still believe that.

— Ol' Dirty Bastard

I used to roll up: this is a hold up, ain't nuthin funny. Stop smiling, be still, don't nuthin move but the…

— Rakim

When I hear music that parents hate, or older musicians hate, I know that's the new music. When I hear older people…

— George Clinton

I listen to everything - from Sarah McLachlan and Alanis Morissette all the way down to rap like Scarface, UGK and Lauryn…

— Jay-Z

I keep my music heartfelt and stick to making real music. I wouldn't even say it's hip-hop music. My music is 'reality…

— Boosie

I don't need the big accolades when I die. Hit me with a couple good little ones: Kiss, one of the best…

— Jadakiss

I was 17 when I first started rapping and 18 before I started taking it seriously - when I really knew I…

— Lil Durk

This year Halloween fell on a weekend Me and Geto Boys are trick-or-treatin' Robbin' little kids for bags...

— Bushwick Bill

If we but give it time, a work of art 'can rap and knock and enter our souls' and re-align us -…

— P. K. Page

Lots of people are saying that I shut down mumble rap in one 10-minute setting. But that wasn't my intention, because mumble…

— Black Thought