Rapper Quotes · Page 86

We always do kinda like the bare bones representation or variation of the voice and drums, which is what we feel is…

— Black Thought

Those people who kill women, children, and defenseless civilians are about as Muslim as mass murderer Christopher Columbus was a Christian.

— Immortal Technique

There are many collaborations I'd like to explore. One is to co-write a rap concerto with Eminem.

— Evelyn Glennie

The rawest rapper. Baby forehead autographer. On top of Saturn. I'm sending shots from a rocket blaster.

— Mac Miller

There are so many rap girls that have just done so many big things simultaneously. It's not like one or the other.

— Ice Spice

It's about finding what's next. I'm hesitant to let people know what producers I'm f---ing with, what I'm rapping about. I'd rather…

— Drake

I want to do films and have my name mentioned next to Wes Anderson and Quentin Tarantino. I don't want my name…

— Tyler, The Creator

Historically, hip-hop is about a generation of artists rapping about the realities they see in their neighborhoods or the 'truths' they hear…

— Karamo Brown

I'm also working on another independent film called Roxanne, Roxanne, about Roxanne Shante, who was one of the first African American battle…

— Nia Long

Some people actually said I fell off at Nellyville cause I didn't sell as many as Country Grammar. I'm like are you…

— Nelly

Let me keep it 100% real with you, when there was park jams nobody rapped at a park jam when I was…

— Cormega

Rap, rap! upon the well-worn stone, How falls the polished hammer! Rap, rap! the measured sound has grown A quick and merry…

— John Greenleaf Whittier

I really didn't want to rap; I was just a regular kid. My friend - his name is William Aston - we…

— Lil Uzi Vert

Jay-Z is as politically correct as some of the politicians. He's safe. There's points when you're acquiring financing, you make adjustments. He's…

— Curtis Jackson

I'm a worldly angel, meaning I've adjusted to the ways of the world, even though I am a child of God. I…

— Aaron Dontez Yates

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

— Nelly

'Gorgeous' was one of those records that, as soon as I heard the beat, I was like, 'Man, this is the one.…

— Kid Cudi

Hip-hop certainly is in sync with the youth, and every day that passes, I grow less youthful, as much as I have…

— John Cena

What can be better than this right now? You know what Im saying? Cafe, con leche in hand, money in my pocket.…

— Kid Cudi

There's a lot of hip-hop that's oriented toward a progressive view of America because it's oriented toward a civil rights progress and…

— Ari Melber

I can do so much more than rap with the rest of my life. there's so much more in this world.

— Chamillionaire

I worked with him for years. I still think Kanye [West] is one of the most important people in music in the…

— A-Trak

Yeah, I do. HipHop was, though I would not say all, cause I try to keep myself open to other things, but…

— DJ Shadow

To be rapping in a musical on Broadway is just - that sentence doesn't make any sense in my brain.

— Daveed Diggs

People don't know how deep, loving, and caring 'Pac was. He was more than a rapper or an actor: he was a…

— Nate Dogg

I'm a fan of hip-hop. I'm a fan of rap, so anything new that's happening, I'm hip to it.

— Prodigy

There are situations where I'm uncomfortable saying, "I'm a hip-hop artist." In some circles, the response is like, "Oh, OK, so... you…

— Pharoahe Monch

It feels like one family - JAY-Z's one call away for any advice, any questions. He's a real big homie.

— Yo Gotti

Really, I listen to more hip hop probably than most other things. That's where I get a lot of my influence from…

— Richard Ashcroft

Hip-hop is a part of rock & roll because it comes from DJ culture. DJ culture is the embodiment of all genres…

— Chuck D

When Elton John sang a duet with the white rapper Eminem on a Grammy telecast, rap went mainstream. Massive parental headaches followed.

— Bill O'Reilly

They say it's the white man I should fear, But it's my own kind doin' all the killin' here.

— Tupac Shakur

My cousin put me on Three 6 Mafia and Playa Fly. My other big cousin put me on 8Ball and MJG.

— Young Dolph

When you look ahead and darkness is all you see, faith and determination will pull you through.

— Drake

It just so happened that the sound I've developed has the Memphis origins to it that made Drake wanted to work with…

— Tay Keith

While I was growing up, I wasn't like, 'My father's a rapper, so I'm going to be one, too.'

— Ice Spice

“Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it usually aspiring gangsta rappers who set such store by designer labels?”

— Lynne Truss

Drake revived 'Top Boy,' if I'm honest with you. You've got to give him a lot of credit.

— Ashley Walters

Honestly, I started playing the pause game right after the 2015 BET Hip Hop Awards cypher. That's around when pauses really started.

— Joyner Lucas

A lot of people are burning' C.D.'s. There are a lot of people burnin' peoples stuff, and that hurts a lot of…

— Lil Boosie