Rap Quotes
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All we want in this life is peace, prosperity and a little paper...
Kamaal Ibn John Fareed A Tribe Called Quest
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I've done movies where I've had to cast actors and teach them to rap, and cast rappers and teach them to act.
Craig Brewer
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I wear black while suckers wear pink.
Keith Matthew Thornton
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Before I was not in the television cameras every 5 minutes, I wasn't as visible, but this year I plan on being more visible to ensure that Virgin Rap Division does not lose. Although I am a very low key person, I am competitive, and with every ounce of my spirit, I will ensure that this label is taken seriously.
Jermaine Dupri Mauldin
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The whole point of 'Acid Rap' was just to ask people a question: does the music business side of this dictate what type of project this is? If it's all original music and it's got this much emotion around it and it connects this way with this many people, is it a mixtape? What's an 'album' these days, anyways?
Chance The Rapper
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I think when people think of Compton, of course, they always think of gangster rap. But if you ever had an opportunity to go to Compton, you would know that Compton is a beautiful city.
Aja Brown
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If you stay in one place, you can only rap about one thing because that's all you know.
Christopher Charles Lloyd
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Picture yourself crushin' Xzibit with your tough talk?
Alvin Nathaniel Joiner
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Suckas on my jock when I walk down the block, I really don't care if you're jealous or not.
LL Cool J
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A homeless man once told me that dancing to rap music is the cultural equivalent of masturbating, and I'd sort of fell the same way about playing John Madden Football immediately after filing my income tax: It's fun, but - somehow - vaguely pathetic.
Chuck Klosterman
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Took a vow to protect and serve,
Ka
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Once you find your lane, you can't cruise;
Ka
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The literacy level at Mississippi prisons? Fifth grade. Can't read, what are you going to do? If you've got a conviction rap, what are you going to do? It's a real crisis.
Marian Wright Edelman
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I'm definitely tired of playing 'Acid Rap.' I'm definitely tired of playing 'Juice.'
Chance The Rapper
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Rap is really just too conventional. Everybody does the same thing. No one ever pushes the box.
Tyler, The Creator
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I think it's important for people to understand that as a woman, I can only rap about the parts I have.
Nora Lum
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While also, importantly, not wanting to dumb it down or pretend the days of 'difficult' poetry are over, because we live in a pluralist culture and there's room for 'difficult' poetry alongside rap and everything else. And poetry won't be for everyone, but everyone should have the choice.
Andrew Motion
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When I get up I still check the rap blogs before I check any kind of dance stuff.
Alain Macklovitch
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There was this hip-hop collective called People Crew. And at the time in Korea, there was no real place to access rap music. So People Crew used to host this summer school program, which taught rapping and dancing. I begged my mom to attend that school to learn how to rap.
G-Dragon
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Anything that's of any use, famous people get hold of it and take it for themselves and it gets a bad rap.
Noel Gallagher Oasis
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I always felt that rap didn't cause crime; it just reflected it.
John Roger Stephens
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Salad can get a bad rap. People think of bland and watery iceberg lettuce, but in fact, salads are an art form, from the simplest rendition to a colorful kitchen-sink approach.
Marcus Samuelsson
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Some guy was just like, 'You rap fast, man. Like a little machine gun,' and from that moment, I was Lil Uzi.
Lil Uzi Vert
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If you ain't using all the talents God provided you with For the betterment of Man, understand, You ain't nothing but a waste.
Talib Kweli Black Star