Rap Quotes
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You named them: hustlers, killers, fiends, ex-cons.
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'Gangsta rap' is a derogatory label.
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My first rap name was Ralo. Because my first name is Carlos. I likened myself to what Busta Rhymes was doing when he first came out. And what Onyx did when they first came out - they reminded me of me.
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I'm really a singer, so I love songs and I love singing. I like rap music, but I didn't grow up freestyling.
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When I was in south Sudan, people used to rap in my village. But the rapping was more in the mother tongue, Nuer.
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'Paper Planes' by M.I.A. is very catchy. I like that, but I listen to everything from rap to Lenny Kravitz to Coldplay, depending on my mood. And my favorite song of all time is 'Always and Forever' by Heatwave.
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I would never challenge any rapper to a rap-off. It's weird, I'm not that type of rapper.
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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 memorize it, he just doesn't write it down on paper. He doesn't freestyle onto the track, it's all thought out.
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You started rapping when you wasn't good at basketball. I started rapping because I needed Adderall.
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Grew up in Stapleton House village, where blood flood the waters in the streets like oil spillage
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Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it's like a jackhammer.
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Although rap is about boasting, it's also about honesty and expressing your emotions.
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The bar is so low in rap - mediocrity is king!
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When you look at a guy like a Jay-Z or look at a guy like a Nas, you don't necessarily qualify them as conscious rap purely, although they are extremely conscious of the social inequities that prevail.
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I'm in R&B/Soul, and I feel like all my music is R&B driven. Even some of the songs that are more rap have an R&B feel, so I'm with that.
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When I got into rap I didn't exactly win any popularity contests. I called myself Dee Dee King, after B.B. King, to the total dismay of my fellow Ramones.
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People are so confused about race and hip-hop that people didn't even consider the Beastie Boys one of the greatest rap groups of all time because they were white.
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Just knowing how to rap doesn't necessarily mean that you're a good songwriter.
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In America, an acquittal doesn't mean you're innocent, it means you beat the rap. My clients lose even when they win.
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You got to have style, and learn to be original.
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Time flies, dreams die, people lose faith,
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I generally don't use an iPod for track work, as I'm focusing on heart rate and times. When I'm in the gym or running alone, there's always music. If I'm in the weights gym, I usually go for rap or rock music; for running, it's dance or cheesy pop.
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This is hip-hop. If you've got something you want to rap about, just rap about it, man.
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I call you once...you never dialed back. Twice...you never dialed back. Saturday morning, live, I'm on Soul Train, talkin' to Don Cornelius. Saturday night, my phone rings... Saturday night, I won't answer. Saturday night, my phone rings again... Saturday night, I don't answer.
