Able Quote by Joell Ortiz

Rhyme is cool again. It's because of hip-hop. Bless you, hip-hop.

— Gene Weingarten

To me hip-hop is a culture and I became an MC to be recognized as a dope lyricist. That's what I wanted to be…

— Big Daddy Kane

There's more to hip-hop than just trying to make everything rhyme, and you find out in life that everything don't rhyme. The music they're…

— Al Green

I've been writing songs since I was 10 years old and always had a penchant for rhyming. I started listening to hip hop through…

— Hoodie Allen

I always wrote poems when I was a little girl, and I loved hip hop music, and I kind of just started writing poems…

— Chanel West Coast

There's rappers out there that don't even know how to rhyme. They take someone else's words and go with it. To each his own.

— Big Daddy Kane

The thing I love about hip-hop is that it's so creative. It's so creatively rewarding. When you hit it, and you hit it big,…

— Chantal Kreviazuk

It's very easy to think about rhymes and just usage of words that sound good but don't mean anything. Basically, I try to put…

— Gilbert O'Sullivan

“but even with the gift of tongues, I’m having trouble learning to speak hip-hop. Why is it that one can busta rhyme or busta…

— Christopher Moore

When I rap, I get to express myself in a way where putting words together is like poetry, and sometimes it's better to talk…

— Wyclef Jean

“I've tried to get the angel to watch MTV so I can learn the vocabulary of your music, but even with the gift of…

— Christopher Moore

I think a lot of people can learn from listening to hip hop. It ain't always about beats and rhymes.

— Raekwon