Battle Quote by Rick Ross

I think that a lot of battle rappers have a difficult time making songs because they don't know how to do a song format.…

— Big Daddy Kane

As a poet, I would always hear emcees come up to me and say, 'Yo, you should rap,' and I was like, 'No.' You…

— Omari Hardwick

When I was growing up, to be an emcee meant to write the most clever, intellectual, and wittiest rap. And that's what we did.

— Gza

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

Just knowing how to rap doesn't necessarily mean that you're a good songwriter.

— Danny Brown

When you do rap albums, you got to train yourself. You got to constantly be in character.

— Tupac Shakur

I think it's important to know how to free in case you fall of what you've written, you can be able to keep going…

— Kurupt

I never was the battle rapper. That was never my thing. I always felt like it's enough room for everybody to do their thing.…

— Nelly

A lot of the old-school artists didn’t even respect what’s being called freestyle now... any emcee coming off the top of the head wasn’t…

— Kool Moe Dee

Unless life is one giant rap battle, you don't need to freestyle your way to success.

— Luvvie Ajayi

Rap Is a Game And You Can't Win This Game Without Practice And Hard Work...

— Soldier The Rapper

There is no better education than rap battling in terms of performance. It makes you fearless.

— Doc Brown