Great Quote by Mannie Fresh

The whole '400 Degreez' album was inspired by what Outkast was doing, Organized Noize. That was what I was listening to around that time.

— Mannie Fresh

Do you see how Jerry Heller made it work? That is how he combined what we did to make the rap music into mass…

— Michel'le

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…

— Ice T

Rap is definitely a youthful expression.

— Mekhi Phifer

I don't like rap that you can't understand. The youth is so quick and alert.

— Roy Ayers

My dad used to be a rapper, he had a rap group. They did proper old school, boom-bap music. He had a high top…

— AJ Tracey

I had written rap songs in the early '90s and even did a couple homemade rap songs with my brother in like '88 or…

— Aesop Rock

The problem is that rap is so often a caricature of its own image. Nobody comes to the table with the seriousness of the…

— K'naan

Rap has always had a braggadocios flavour to it. That goes all the way back to 'Rapper's Delight.'

— Gza

People like to say, 'Ah, he just knows how to rap.' As if I didn't know my music.

— Anuel AA

Rap has always been about using your talents for doing more.

— Mase

When I first heard rap, I wasn't quick to be critical. I couldn't understand what they were saying, but I had a feeling it…

— Casey Kasem