Rap Quotes
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I was born in San Francisco. I was raised in Oakland, so I'm, like, super Bay Area born, and, you know, it's just really multicultural up there, and there's a lot of subcultures just from, like, anything, like from rockabilly to, like, crazy punk scenes to, you know, a huge rap scene, and there's just all kinds of things you can do out there.
Natassia Gail Zolot
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I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.
Yasiin Bey
Black Star
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You named them: hustlers, killers, fiends, ex-cons.
Ka
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You were put here to protect us.
But who protects us from you?
Lawrence "Kris" Parker
Boogie Down Productions
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I listen to all the top 20 songs, and top 20 albums, even the rap albums. But I don't like negative messages. If somebody is putting a lot of ego out there, I don't like it. When I make my records I want it to be sincere.
Kenneth Bruce Gorelick
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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.
Keshia Knight Pulliam
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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.
F. Lee Bailey
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Infinite was me trying to figure out how I wanted my rap style to be, how I wanted to sound on the mic and present myself. It was a growing stage. I felt like Infinite was like a demo that just got pressed up.
Marshall Bruce Mathers III
Bad Meets Evil'
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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.
Laura Robson
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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.
Douglas Glenn Colvin
Ramones
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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.
Bryson Tiller
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KRS One and LL Cool J are the biggest influences in my rap career, along with Heavy D.
Fat Joe
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Maybe I need somebody that could save me
From the parts of myself that keep making me crazy.
Sean Michael Daley
Atmosphere
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I seen her on the ave, spotted her more than once. Ass so fat that you could see it from the front.
Yasiin Bey
Black Star
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When I say that I'm not dancing, people get it confused, like I'm not going to do anything outside of rap. It's not that. When I leave this earth, I want to be remembered as an M.C. But I'm definitely going to touch a lot of other genres, not just rapping.
Astro
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Hip-hop is getting to the point now where they are going to start sounding like Al Jarreau or Bobby McFerrin or some of the other poets. Some of the better rappers can rap real fast without even melodies. It'll get to that same point.
George Clinton
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Satisfaction, I have the right tactics... And if you need em I got crazy prophylactics.
Kamaal Ibn John Fareed
A Tribe Called Quest
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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.
Keith Matthew Thornton
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I want to be able to say that a rap career could be ten albums.
Ice T
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The world is kinda cold and the rhythm is my blanket
Wrap yourself up in it, if you love it, then you'll thank it.
Kamaal Ibn John Fareed
A Tribe Called Quest
