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I guess rap has such a bad name, because everybody can do it now, and that's probably why people don't want to be considered…

— Goldlink

I think the problem with people, as they start to mature, they say, 'Rap is a young man's game,' and they keep trying to…

— Jay-Z

So, rap has that quality, for youth anyway; it's a kind of blues element. It's physical, almost gymnastic. It speaks to you organically. Rap…

— Archie Shepp

I originally wanted to embrace the imagery and forthrightness of rap music. There are some interesting, dynamic voices in rap. But I find most…

— Yusef Komunyakaa

I think rap music is rap music. I mean, are there heavy writing aspects of it? Absolutely. In a sense, is it poetry? Yeah.…

— Earl Sweatshirt

The justification for rap rock seems to be that if you take really bad rock and put really bad rap over it, the result…

— John Jeremiah Sullivan

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 music is a combination of many different arts to make something new. There's always been a stigma that its existence would be short…

— Chance the Rapper

My rap comes from a sociological standpoint rather than picking a particular side or dogma or ideology. I just want people to be free…

— Killer Mike

Rap has so many possibilities that need to be explored. There are different factions of rap, but some are in a rut. Rap doesn't…

— Michael Franti

It's bad poetry executed by people that can't sing. That's my definition of Rap.

— Peter Steele

I don't feel that rap has been respected as an art form. Because people have seen rappers rap off the top of their heads,…

— Ice T