Battle Quote by Ab-Soul

I remember rap music. We used to party and dance off of it. Today it's all about a whole different angle... Rappers are going…

— Flavor Flav

I've been following battle rap for a long time. Me and Daylyt are real cool. We battled on my album, he's on my album.…

— Ab-Soul

I never was the battle rapper. That was never my thing. I always felt like it's enough room for everybody to do their thing.…

— Nelly

I'm a huge hip-hop fan from way back in the day.

— Ed Sheeran

I was straight listening to rap at 15: LL Cool J, the Skinny Boys, Whistle, UTFO. And Run-D.M.C.'s debut was at the top of…

— Scarface

There's so many different styles, but with me I just chose battle rap because I mean, I felt like that was the way to…

— Big Daddy Kane

I was competitive in the ring and hip-hop is competitive too... I think rappers condition themselves like boxers, so they all kind of feel…

— Curtis Jackson

I think that a lot of battle rappers have a difficult time making songs because they don't know how to do a song format.…

— Big Daddy Kane

Compton got such a legacy in hip-hop.

— Nipsey Hussle

I feel like battle rap is as popular as it's ever been, today. With Total Slaughter it's getting real popular.

— Ab-Soul

Notorious B.I.G. was one of my favorites. I started getting into hip-hop around the Bad Boy era.

— Big Sean

The only time I ever really got into rap was back in the early '90s, and bands like A Tribe Called Quest, De La…

— Paul Weller