That's one of my struggles as a hip-hop artist. If I feel like doing a super conscious song where I don't even… — SonReal Copy Share Image
"Vell," said Mr. Weller, "Now I s'pose he'll want to call some witnesses to speak to his character, or p'raps to prove… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I think rap music is rap music. I mean, are there heavy writing aspects of it? Absolutely. In a sense, is it… — Earl Sweatshirt Copy Share Image
My limo driver's white, my attorney black... 'Show me some love' like I'm Bernie Mac. — Masta Ace Copy Share Image
We listen to the greats. I'm not going to listen to average rap when I can listen to an Outkast album. — Eyedea Copy Share Image
I loved English and I tell kids that without English I wouldn't be able to rap. — Ashley Walters Copy Share Image
I'm not a gangsta rapper. I rap about things that happen to me. I got shot five times. People was trying to… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is getting to the point now where they are going to start sounding like Al Jarreau or Bobby McFerrin or some… — George Clinton Copy Share Image
One out of three black men are in the criminal justice system in some form. Their despair is beginning to resonate through… — Robert Bly Copy Share Image
Everything that’s out now…rap wise and music wise in general [is whack]. I mean, you know whack when you see it. So… — Jeru the Damaja Copy Share Image
When you think about Memphis music, you think about Gotti, you know what I'm saying, and Three 6 and them. That was… — GloRilla Copy Share Image
I wake you up and as I stare in your face, you seem stunned. Remember me? The one you got your idea… — Rakim Copy Share Image
It would be pretty funny to see a Beverly Hills white girl with mad rap skills. — Tori Spelling Copy Share Image
It's kinda hard bein humble in the belly of the struggle, Doin things that probably get you in trouble. — Busta Rhymes Copy Share Image
We came up with TDE. As competitive as rap is, and as much as we're trying to exceed the standards we set… — Nipsey Hussle Copy Share Image
With rap, you go in the studio, you make music, you put the music out, then all of a sudden, you're a… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
By denying its musical and artistic merit, hip hop's critics get to have it both ways: they can deny the legitimate artistic… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If you stay in one place, you can only rap about one thing because that's all you know. — Lloyd Banks Copy Share Image
The mission of '8 Mile' is essentially to garner sympathy for a white rapper involved in an old-school shootout - a rap… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
Rap's the only music that they categorize like that. That's one thing that I hate, like, down South rap, or up North… — Jadakiss Copy Share Image
