Rap is the pulsation given by some, usually an electronic rhythm section, without any tonality, and you have someone reading high-school poetry. — Frank Sinatra Jr Copy Share Image
For what it's worth, I've been a hip-hopper from birth. Try to disrespect, and get your ass played up like a Smurf. — Extra P Copy Share Image
I'm 100 percent original, and that's what got me here. My rap music is more understandable, slower. It tells a story. You… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
I feel like I got fans that love me for more than just the rap. They love me as a person, they… — Boosie Copy Share Image
When I came out rapping on my record, a lot of people said, Oh, you just want to be like Puff. — Jermaine Dupri Copy Share Image
Rap is always evolving. It's easy for the old school to hate the new school, but it's a music that got a… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
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
I have considered rap music stars, and there is one in my new book, Lovers and Players, and there is also a… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
I’m a fan of the word selfish. Self. Ish. When I say I have gotten a lot more self-ish, I mean I… — Matthew McConaughey Copy Share Image
90% of the people that rap are just rappers, they rap what they see, a lot of them exploit other peoples lives,… — Cormega Copy Share Image
What's crazy to me is that people now assume I'm behind [hip-hop] tracks that other people are putting out. They're just sitting… — AraabMuzik Copy Share Image
I've always been noted for being original and doing different thing. So for me to hop on the train that's going on… — Will Ferrell Copy Share Image
We often seem to be swimming through such a miasma of sexual violence - in advertising, television programming, heavy metal, rap, films,… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
In my mind, New York was the place where they had the underground rap shows and I could get in on some… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
I'm a mother myself, and sometimes mothers get a bad rap just because they've tried to do their job. Some people have… — Annie Potts Copy Share Image
As kids we used to laugh/Who knew that life would move this fast? Who knew I'd have to look at you through… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
We in the 25th hour, It's now or never. We gotta get it 'fore it's gone forever. In the end, time waits… — Reks Copy Share Image
You know, jazz is the mother of all American music. R&B and pop and rap and everything are the branches on the… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
Wake up: all of that 'crack in the street' talk? It's made up, like 'Jack and the Beanstalk.' — Sean Price Copy Share Image
Don't you know your imperfections is a wonderful blessing, from heaven is where you got it from — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
I got a ill gift, I'm real swift They be like, 'Damn, he's still rich.' When I send my Men in Black,… — Cam'ron Copy Share Image
I have always been writing but when I started rapping I was just playing around. My friends told me I needed a… — Dreezy Copy Share Image
The FBI is urging all Americans to beware of any letters or packages that have badly misspelled words. Man, this is going… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
As far as Rap goes Tupac was my favorite, I used to sing some of his songs in my set before I… — Michael Tolcher Copy Share Image
Rap is good for politics because when you make a rap record, you put good music on a track and people listen… — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
As far as anybody in the rap game ever tryin' to assassinate my character, that's impossible. You talkin' about a man who… — Suge Knight Copy Share Image
There were people who incorporated melody before me, but I would deem myself the first person to successfully rap and sing. — Drake Copy Share Image
I think people underestimate because I'm the rap guy, I'm a crazy guy, screaming all the time. But that doesn't mean that… — Lil Jon Copy Share Image
Lisa 'Left-Eye' Lopes in TLC, she stood out a lot with her rap. It was so different, the way she would flow. — Stefflon Don Copy Share Image
A flower that grow in the ghetto know more about survival than the one from fresh meadows. — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I have tried... believe me, I have tried to like rap music. It makes me feel so very, very old. I have… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
I can rap in a London accent, make weird faces, wear spandex, wigs, and black lipstick. I can be more creative than… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
I got Soul Power, never took a cold shower, Never had a girlfriend the color of cooking flour. — J-Ro Copy Share Image
Grew up in Stapleton House village, where blood flood the waters in the streets like oil spillage — RZA Copy Share Image
Rap songs don't always have to have a message. They can be done for pure entertainment or just to get a laugh. — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
Good and bad is tricky," she said. "I ain't too certain about where people stand. P'raps what matters is which way you… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Reality does get a bad rap. But I'm not concerned about it 'cause I know who I am. They can edit it,… — Niecy Nash Copy Share Image
It's deep-rooted, the music of being young and dumb, It's never muted, in fact, it's much louder where I'm from. — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
I love Lady Gaga and I love Katy Perry and R&B and rap music... I love big, American pop music. — Florence Welch Copy Share Image
If Dr. King marched today, would Bill Gates march? I know Obama would, but would Hillary take part? — Jayceon Terrell Taylor Copy Share Image