Rap Quotes

One of the first albums that I remember, rap albums I remember really listening to, was LL Cool J 'Mama Said Knock You Out.'

Damian Marley
- Remember
- Cool
- Listening
Y'all niggas ain't ILL...you're ILLogical.

LL Cool J
- Hip Hop
- Ill
- Illogical

What I'm trying to do is put back into rap music what's missing - which is the good part, the fun part, that party part.

Flavor Flav
- Good
- Music
- Trying
I think rap music is rap music. I mean, are there heavy writing aspects of it? Absolutely. In a sense, is it poetry? Yeah. I've heard that so much, growing up in a house with poetry. But I think people like to use that as a shortcut for who's good and who's not. It's like the word 'lyrical' - 'lyrical' is the worst word in the entire world.

Thebe Neruda Kgositsile
- People
- Up
- World
I didn't get into rap to be no lyrical genius. I got into rap to feed my family and help the people in need around me, that's it. A lot of people say, 'Man, Waka Flocka ain't go no lyrics,' so I was like, 'Yeah, you right!'

Waka Flocka Flame
- People
- Family
- Help
To me, rap music is bigger than who's the coolest rapper, the biggest rapper. It's everything about your personality.

Diplo
- Music
- Personality
- Rap
Sawed off shotgun, hand on the pump

Louis Mario Freese
- Hand
- Hands
- Hip Hop
The problem is that rap is so often a caricature of its own image. Nobody comes to the table with the seriousness of the effect that it can have; nobody is prepared for that.

Keinan Abdi Warsame
- Problem
- Nobody
- Table