Artist Quote by Alexander Spit

I love when rappers have a off-beat, very abstract timing, and he certainly did.And any rapper who really approaches rapping with the art form…

— Solange Knowles

I've always been jealous of rappers, because they can fit so many words into a song and tell a story with lots of details.…

— Skylar Grey

I really only make my own beats when I feel like I can't wait on somebody, or it's taking too long to get a…

— Valee

It's not like I just take the beat, rap on it and take it for what it is, I always have the producer send…

— Kid Ink

The writing process, the way I go about it is I do whatever the beat feels like, whatever the beat is telling me to…

— Eminem

You got some people who try to make music just for fun and mess around with it. But I really study music and rappers…

— Marvin Bagley III

You could be the best lyricist or rapper or songwriter, if you ain't mentally prepared to put in the work, it's a waste of…

— Yo Gotti

Usually I start with a beat, I start making a beat, and my producer side is making the beat. And on a good day,…

— J. Cole

Writing rap songs is about flow, about one word blending seamlessly into the next and creating a thing that is possible to perform in…

— Daveed Diggs

I'm not just a rapper. I like to produce music.

— Hopsin

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 rap.

— SonReal

When you're a producer on top of that, just havin' a beat that's hot is not enough. Now you know your sound, 'cause you've…

— J. Cole