It's all about the flow and the beat. Rap is more than just music now. — Playboi Carti Copy Share Image
I come from the golden age of hip hop when all the greats came on the scene. — Coolio Copy Share Image
My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet. — Washed Out Copy Share Image
If you really think back to the culture or just black America before rap music took off, New York could have been… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself a gangsta rapper. But I'm probably more qualified to be a gangsta rapper than people who call themselves… — Coolio Copy Share Image
I love the song 'Picasso Baby,' and I think the performance art piece was brilliant. I love that fact that Jay Z… — Adrian Younge Copy Share Image
Drake is a lyrical genius, and he's great with melodies, and Pharrell is an amazing producer and songwriter. — Justine Skye Copy Share Image
Hey boy what's ya name? Lookin like a rapper, but you prolly push 'cain. Rockin ya drop top pumpin game. Frontin like… — The Jacka Copy Share Image
Lil Wayne has an ex-wife, 5 baby mommas, 4 girl friends, 3 boos, a partridge in a pear tree, and has the… — Lil Wayne Copy Share Image
I wanna be selective... very selective. Right now, hip-hop's very boring to me. It's no excitement. — Timbaland Copy Share Image
I wouldn't want to end up in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as the 'Master of Hip-Hop Samples,' but you… — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
I think the 'sunken place' - that term is what I hear when I'm just casually living my life. People say it… — Daniel Kaluuya Copy Share Image
To me, hip-hop's been dead for years. We all should know that. With that being said, then, the object of the game… — Nas Copy Share Image
'Rapper's Delight' came from the TV entertainment show 'Good Times,' but when the times called for a shift in the narrative, artists… — Steve Stoute Copy Share Image
I don't really get the same kinda romance that I would get from, like, jazz. And even to a lesser extent to… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
Have you ever lost yourself in a kiss? I mean pure psychedelic inebriation. Not just lustful petting but transcendental metamorphosis when you… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
What the hell is wrong with you people? Every famous nigga that gets arrested is not Nelson Mandela! Yes, the government conspires… — Huey Freeman Copy Share Image
Hip-hop and electronic music are so similar, in the fact that they're both very visceral, have so much bass; a lot of… — Skrillex Copy Share Image
People are very adamant about maintaining a certain sound or a certain era, like, "There were three years of rap that were… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image