Quotes about rap
rap men hip-hop
I'm a firm believer that we all meet up in eternity, Just hope the Big Man show me some courtesy Nas
rap blow clothes
...Shorty's laugh was cold-blooded as he spoke so foul, Only twelve tryin to tell me that he liked my style. Then I rose, wiping the blunt's ash from my clothes, Then froze, only to blow the herb smoke through my nose. Nas
rap thinking artist
I just appreciate what Andre 3000 has done musically - just the bravery. I think Andre 3000 may be one of the bravest artists in rap music. Nas
rap cat way
With rap music, because it's all so on the street, you get treated like a street cat: "All right, you've been eatin' enough, you're fat, get out of the way now and let somebody else come by." Nas
rap home cities
I'm the young city bandit, hold myself down singlehanded For murder raps, I kick my thoughts alone, get remanded Born alone, die alone, no crew to keep my crown or throne I'm deep by sound alone, caved inside in a thousand miles from home Nas
rap holiday hip-hop
The Chinamen built the railroad, the Indians saved the Pilgrim, And in return, the Pilgrim killed 'em. They call it it Thanksgiving, I call your holiday 'hell-day.' Nas
rap hip-hop brain
Street's disciple, my raps are trifle. I shoot slugs from my brain just like a rifle. Nas
rap men hip-hop
Аll I need is one life, one try, one breath, I'm one man. What I stand for speaks for itself...they don't understand. Nas
rap life-is-good thinking
I know you think my life is good 'cause my diamond piece, But my life been good since I started finding peace. Nas
rap hip-hop chasing
You lose money chasing women; Never lose women chasing money. Nas
rap mean hip-hop
What you base your happiness around? Material, women, and large paper? That means you inferior, not major. Nas
rap hip-hop forever
Everything will eventually come to an end, So try to savor the moment, cause time flies, don't it? The beauty of life, you gotta make it last for the better, Cause nothin' lasts forever. Nas
rap hip-hop allegiance
I pledge allegiance to the fair and balanced truth. Not the biased truth, Not the liest truth, But the highest truth. Nas
rapper pimp
If someone had said to me ten years ago "Yo, we have this role of this pimp who wants to be a rapper, he lives in Memphis", I'd be like, "Really?" But then when you read it and you see it, you say "That's a great role." Morris Chestnut
rap ideas interesting
Occasionally, a great band would come along, like Blondie or OutKast who could be pop and bring interesting ideas into the mainstream at the same time. That's now gone, because of this weird mutation of pop, rap, R&B, bad rave, and supposedly soulful singing on top of it. Johnny Marr
rap giving people
The rapping is cool, but my lines aren't all that fly. People like Biggie Smalls or Jay-Z who say stuff that you have to rewind and listen to twice and be like, "Wow, what made them say that?" or "I would have never thought about saying that" - those are rappers I really look up to. As far as flows, I can give you flows all day. Missy Elliot
rap movement sound
They had all this talent, and they had no instruments. So they started rap music. They rhymed on their own. They made their own sounds and their own movements. Max Roach
rap thinking
I think L.A. gets a bad rap. L.A. is the same as everywhere else. Max Greenfield
rapper hip-hop soul
I make soul music for hip-hop heads. It's music I'd want to sample if I were a rapper. Mayer Hawthorne
rap white people
There are poor white people who hear rap music and feel it is about them, because it is. That's why you have an Eminem and a Bubba Sparxxx and rappers like that. Russell Simmons
rap thinking artist
I think the rap community always tells the truth. And I think that it's important that we listen to their voices so we can have a roadmap, because artists - almost every single artist in hip-hop, they paint a picture of society that's overlooked. The misogyny, the racism, the violence, the homophobia, these are things that we try to avoid instead of dealing with. All of that I see it so often. Russell Simmons
rap writing simple
If you want to say something profound, writing from your heartbeat is different than writing from the loud voices you get from music. If they're rapping from noise, it's about robbing people. It's that simple. Russell Simmons
rap thinking culture
I think that's what made rap such a stable footprint in culture, that it's so honest. Russell Simmons
rap guy style
Not that I want to put the entire rap music style down - I just don't like it. And I know somewhere there's gotta be another guy like that. There's gotta be a guy just like that - just like me. There's gotta be somebody, somewhere... Maybe, maybe an assassin type. Sam Kinison
rap character men
As far as anybody in the rap game ever tryin to assassinate my character, thats impossible. You talkin about a man who has always walked the walk and talked the talk. Suge Knight
rap artist people
I don't have any sympathy for the subject matter, [but] I have great respect for rap artists. In fact, not for the rap artists, but the people who make the music over which they rap. Rap music - the music itself is incredible - but [the people that make the music] are hardly ever credited. Stewart Copeland
rap biggie thank-god
Rap to me is a modern blues. But until we really confront the truth, we are going to have a Tupac or Eminem or Biggie Smalls to remind us about it - and thank God. Stevie Wonder
rap hip-hop pops
Rap is not pop. If you call it that, then stop. Q-Tip
rap whales light
So concisely, musically we are the herb So sit back and light me. Inhale... My style's kinda fat, reminiscent of a whale. Q-Tip
rap rain blow
You never know: rain, sleet, hail, snow, See you gotta accept that's how things go. Prepare for the rainy day, or the sun's glow, But there's clouds movin' in and the clouds gonna blow. Q-Tip
rap grandpa tests
Funky like your grandpa's drawers, don't test me We in like that, you're dead like Presley Q-Tip
rap world cold
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 Q-Tip
rap moon men
One step at a time, a man walked on the moon. One record got played, Kool Herc said, 'Boom!' Q-Tip