Quotes About Rap

If I could rap, that would be a sensation, but I can't, you see, I'm just a Caucasian.

People don't accredit Killer Mike and El-P with having the humanity that we do. They don't understand that the darkness and the anger that we rap about comes from a place of love, care, and concern.

When I rap, I get to express myself in a way where putting words together is like poetry, and sometimes it's better to talk in certain expressions than sing, you know? So I love, I love to rhyme when I want to express certain things.

The fashion and the rap go hand in hand with New York City.

KRS One and LL Cool J are the biggest influences in my rap career, along with Heavy D.

Our first conversation went like: 'So, what do you do in the Philippines for fun?' 'Well, I like to rap and breakdance.' And Will was like, 'What?? Me too!' That sparked our friendship and from then on, we were inseparable.

I have a rap group called Outlaw Posse.

People don't want rap to be anything other than it is. But genres expand. My contributions, no matter how they sound, will always be rap, because they'll always be black.

I never really liked the idea of rap being a competitive thing. It's not.

I'm already popular in my city. I was just trying to get rich. Man, I'm not gonna lie to you; I didn't really want to go back to school. I mean, my family was mad about that. Because, you know, you tell your family you want to rap, and they look at you like you're crazy.

I write poetry, and I put it to a beat - I mean, that's what they call rap.

I was probably 15 when I started going to the studio with the older cats in my neighborhood. They heard me rap outside one time; I was just freestyling. And they invited me to the studio. It's good when you're accepted, no matter what crowd. That's the first step of believing you can do whatever you feel like putting your mind to.

The perpetuation of gangster rap has really put a negative image on the city of Compton... So I look forward to addressing that image, changing it and making it more accurate.

My brother is 10 years older than me, so whatever he listened to is what I listened to, and it was all rap.

I will rap circles around anybody.

I tried gimmicky stuff 'cause I wanted to get some attention, and remember, you know, in the rap world Seattle was a cave. There was no light.

You know that I can make hits. You know I can do all these rap records.

I think that rap is narrative, when it's done right.

N.W.A. were the first great rap audio documentarians of the problems in our inner cities.

What I see, what I went through, what a friend of mine may have went through, whatever - I rap about it.

Indians have a huge misconception when it comes to rap. It isn't just about heavy beats; it is about poetry.

Highbridge - everybody rap in Highbridge; everyone grew up rappin' or playing basketball.

I hope people describe my music as lyrically driven, cross genre. Kind of alternative, kind of indie, kind of rap, kind of everything.

Having some decent musicians around you only expands what you can do production-wise, but I make rap - I can't really see myself doing much else.