Rap Quotes - Page 16

• Time is money, every moment is costly,
  So I ration emotion, 'cause existence exhausts me.

  Slug

  Hip Hop, Causes, Emotion

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• 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

  People, Giving, Biggie

  "New Again: Missy Elliott". Interview with Michael Musto, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 30, 2014.

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• It makes me wonder what this rapping shits a hobby for, oh that's right, because I'm gifted in another field, and another field, and another field.

  Donald Glover

  Hobbies, Fields, Wonder

  Song: Fuck It All, Album: Culdesac, 2010

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• Something that distinguishes my solo work from normal rap production is that it has a lot of melody - it's not just cutting up a song and having someone rap over it.

  Girl Talk

  Song, Cutting, Normal

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I used to rap as a kid and people were impressed by it, so it gave me the drive to keep going. Everybody has at least one talent. I guess this is my talent.

  Danny Brown

  Kids, People, Talent

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• You know that I can make hits. You know I can do all these rap records. So, I'm going to start opening up and letting you know my struggles.

  Future

  Struggle, Opening Up, Records

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• A lot of people have that story that they used to sell crack or shoot people; that's nothing new. But honestly, if that was me, I probably still wouldn't be doing that because it's so many people that's doing that. It just gets old when you hear a million raps about how many ways I could shoot you. So I just try to be more creative and come with something new because I actually care about the music.

  Chamillionaire

  People, Creative, Trying

  Interview with Tom Breihan, pitchfork.com. November 27, 2005.

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• One of the great things about rap music... it leaves a lot to be desired, as far as I'm concerned, musically, but I do recognize the very important place that it has in music and in creating role models for younger kids to emulate, giving them the dream that they can make it out of whatever situation they're in.

  Graham Nash

  Dream, Kids, Creating

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• I actually don't like hip hop much; the music is too clichéd, the subculture, especially the macho strutting of gangsta rappers, isn't my thing. But, at the same time, rap is a simple, direct and strong musical language.

  Shahin Najafi

  Strong, Simple, Gangsta

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The motivation to me is to make money and not be dependent upon the shallow pool called the entertainment world or the rap world or the hip-hop world.

  Killer Mike

  Motivation, Hip Hop, World

  Interview with Eric Ducker, believermag.com. July 2014.

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• With freestyling it's not about "Say something funny!" That has nothing to do with it. It's about becoming quicker on your feet and knowing that your entire day can go into your rap if you're on it.

  Doseone

  Feet, Knowing, Becoming

  Source: www.believermag.com

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• I grew up in the suburbs and was raised on rap radio, so it took me a long time to stumble upon the acoustic guitar as a resource for anything.

  Cass McCombs

  Guitar, Long, Radio

  "Cass McCombs: Cagey singer-songwriter coughs up a few words". Interview with Delfin Vigil, www.sfgate.com. November 22, 2007.

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• Any rap record from 1989 to 1999, besides [ones on] Death Row, we did promotions for it. We had our hand in everything.

  Steve Rifkind

  Hands, Records, Promotion

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• I like producing beats, and I like rapping, too. I have a program for the PC, and I can hook my keyboard to it.

  Jamie Waylett

  Hook, Keyboards, Program

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• I didn't want to do an electro-class album or complex rap album. I wanted to do something that was kind of like a political statement, but also club jams. I wanted it to be dancy, but intelligent at the same time.

  Le1f

  Intelligent, Class, Political

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Having had been not so well traveled as a kid, as most teenagers aren't, I always thought, "Okay I'm going to focus my energy on rap and the rap game, because that's how I'm going to be able to pay rent and pay off my school loans." But seeing the reaction with this whole gay rap situation has made me not want to play into it at all anymore and just make whatever.

  Le1f

  Teenager, Kids, School

  "Le1f’s Riot Movement". Interview with Shayne Oliver, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 9, 2015.

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• As long as there's a demand for gangsta rap, it will be supplied.

  T.I.

  Gangsta, Long, Demand

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• The rap game has to save itself. Everybody's saving it. People like Lil Wayne is saving it. He's bringing energy to it.

  Andre Benjamin

  Games, People, Energy

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• The whole tape [Dedication 5] is amazing. It's my favourite accomplishment [working with Lil Wayne] and I say that with thought. It's the biggest accomplishment I've made today, because Lil Wayne is probably the biggest reason why I'm sitting here right now, rapping and doing what I do. I'm a huge Wayne fan forever.

  Chance the Rapper

  Dedication, Accomplishment, Forever

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• Lil Wayne, I ain't mad at him man, he did his thing, he stepped up his lyrical game, he the most improved rapper out of anybody. I've seen him from childhood status to what he's doing right now. He stepped up his rap game, so he deserves the success he had. And no one else was even doing near what he was doing, so I applaud him too.

  DJ Premier

  Men, Mad, Childhood

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• When I got a chance to rap, I just busted my ass. When I got a chance to act, I busted my ass. Anytime I get a chance. I'm not wasting time. I won't do it if I'm not doing it 110 percent. You've got to work hard if you want to play hard. I like to play, but I know I gotta bust my ass.

  Ice T

  Hard Work, Play Hard, Want

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• You never want to look like an old fart doing young rap music.

  DJ Quik

  Looks, Want, Fart

  Interview with David Drake, pitchfork.com. October 15, 2014.

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• Will Arnett and I were never in the same room, but once I saw early animation we started writing music for that and then he just kind of did his little rap over top, some of it was free form and some of it I made up, we all just kind of contributed to it.

  Mark Mothersbaugh

  Writing, Littles, Rooms

  Source: collider.com

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• What's crazy to me is that people now assume I'm behind [hip-hop] tracks that other people are putting out. They're just sitting on the edge of their chair waiting for me to put out [rap beats]. But it's not going to happen. I've graduated from that.

  AraabMuzik

  Crazy, People, Track

  Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. February 6, 2012.

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• I wish I could end every rap song I didn't like with a buzzer.

  Drew Carey

  Song, Wish, Buzzers

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