Raps Quotes

38 quotes by 33 authors

Gangsta Rap is dead. I've moved on. And the raps that I'm rappin to my community shouldn't be filled with rage? They shouldn't be filled… — Tupac Shakur
My raps are a decision, rabble rousing, spiritual, like gospel music. I don't want to dance. We have so many things to deal with, we… — Tupac Shakur
I throw raps that attacks like the Japs at Pearl Harbor — GZA
The justification for rap rock seems to be that if you take really bad rock and put really bad rap over it, the result is… — John Jeremiah Sullivan
You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer — Irwin Shaw
"Dark Fantasy" was my long, backhanded apology. You know how people give a backhanded compliment? It was a backhanded apology. It was like, all these… — Kanye West
it wasn't until I hung out with Dead Prez and understood how to make, you know, raps with a message sound cool that I was… — Kanye West
Jay-Z is like a rap-savant, he doesn't have to write the rhymes down, he can create complex raps in his head. I mean he does… — Ice T
In hip-hop, there's not a lot of love. There's not a lot of love being spread. It's always like 'I'm stuntin' on you raps, or… — J. Cole
The beats are like scripts, and the raps are my monologue. — Azealia Banks
Billboard called my solo album, 'Standing In The Spotlight,' a great party album and even said that my raps put the Beastie Boys to shame. — Dee Dee Ramone
You beefed cause you heard that I was cursing in my raps, 86, still you wanna run and get the straps. — LL Cool J
I like my raps but I'm never too happy with some of 'em because I feel like they could be better. But every time I… — Tyler, The Creator
Rhyme patterns are nothing without meanings to the words. A lot of rappers can do those flows, but the raps aren't really about anything -… — J. Cole
My kids are the most inspiring thing that pushes me. It used to be because they were born, and I had to take care of… — Talib Kweli
I hate this shallow Americanism which hopes to get rich by credit, to get knowledge by raps on midnight tables, to learn the economy of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
From the moment I started writing raps, I was always aware of the pressure. I always wanted to live up to how huge Snoop got,… — Kendrick Lamar
(raps) so I walk down the street and fry some chicken it's that damn good that they be licken (don't ask what they be licken....… — Tamika-leeigh
Shit movin but I ain't doin Bitches around screwin Feel crazy but ain't bruisin Girl chosin hate that taste mandarin Ass full o' tats listen… — Bandy
Im speakin about you playin with that phony stuff you sharin, in your raps Mercedes Benz and all your riches, Thinkin you got it, but… — Outkast

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