Rapper Quotes by Rakim

Rappers are separated.

— Rakim

Eminem is a master.

— Rakim

Feed me hip-hop and I start tremblin'

— Rakim

There is still consciousness in hip hop.

— Rakim

Hopefully we get back to the raw essence of hip hop again.

— Rakim

Sometimes I feel I'm the luckiest rapper in the world.

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I just appreciate the love that I get and support from hip-hop.

— Rakim

If anybody can make a change it's the rappers.

— Rakim

To me, sometimes things outside of rap inspire me to rap.

— Rakim

I'm a fan of Jay-Z, from the negotiating table to the booth.

— Rakim

Lil Wayne is doing his thing, and so is Drake.

— Rakim

I love Jay-Z, I love Kanye, and I praise the way he's been able to bring more business out of the jungle.

— Rakim

I always say a rapper is like a halfback in the NFL. You got about seven years, then it's a wrap.

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Every generation wants that real hip-hop. And I've always been able to bring that.

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I was heavily influenced by Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, Grandmaster Caz, but I kind of wanted to take it somewhere else.

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Hip-hop has taken a lot of different routes throughout the years, man. I've been around since 1986.

— Rakim

Hopefully the rappers can start to open the eyes in the neighborhoods and communities.

— Rakim

Sometimes people say yo do you think rap changed you. No doubt it changed me. If I wasn't making records I'd still…

— Rakim

I loved the hood and still love the hood but I had to realize like Ra you a rapper now you're in…

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That's another thing yo rappers are scared to bring new styles out. There's so many different ways we can be flowing but…

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When you look at hip-hop, I want to do that: to spit fire and take our best from the ashes to build…

— Rakim

When I was in high school, the energy in hip-hop at that point was the park energy... I was just trying to…

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The golden age was when people were starting to understand what hip-hop was and how to use it. I was lucky to…

— Rakim

Maino is an artist that I feel walks what he talks - you can tell what he raps about and what he's…

— Rakim

Back in the day, rappers were 'bump bump bump ba bump ba bump.' They was rhyming like that, but I was like,…

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A lot of times when people listen to music it's because they feel down, and that's when serious hip-hop comes into play.…

— Rakim

I had a lot of respect for Prodigy. He brought the hood to the booth. When we were trying to shape this…

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Jada, Styles P, the LOX, period. You throw on one of their joints... I'm in the whip; I try to keep my…

— Rakim

I'm a fan of hip-hop as well. I like everybody who keeps the game on their toes and keep it pushing.

— Rakim

As a young artist, especially in rap and at that time that I came out, originality was big.

— Rakim

I've always been a fan of hip hop and there are cats out there that I admire.

— Rakim

I love Kanye for that. Being a producer, making beats, and being a rapper. He does it all.

— Rakim

We need a few more Kanyes, people that's really passionate about hip-hop and who keep it alive.

— Rakim

We gotta let hip-hop grow. We gotta let it go through its different phases throughout the different places that's accepting it.

— Rakim

I think things are gonna change. I'm gonna take the age limit off of hip hop.

— Rakim

I'm not in that state of mind that I was back in '86 - hip-hop is not in that state of mind…

— Rakim

There's so many different ways to write a rhyme its stupid man. I don't understand why the majority of the rap game…

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There are certain things that I wish people knew - certain things that I feel I started and certain things that I'm…

— Rakim

I can't look at TV without seeing something that's been influenced by rap. Even commercials for cereal. When I was small, I…

— Rakim

Being a new artist, I was trying to make a good album and hope that people like Kool Moe Dee and Melle…

— Rakim