Rap Quotes - Page 17

• I grew up in the Bronx. I'm into rap music.

  Abel Ferrara

  Bronx, Grew, Grew Up

  Interview with Aïda Ruilova, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 13, 2013.

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• I'm the rap version of Dave Chappelle. I'm not sayin' I'm nearly as talented as Chappelle when it comes to political and social commentary, but like him, I'm laughing to keep from crying.

  Kanye West

  Laughing, Political, Cry

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• I believe a lot in gangsta rap, I see in it a lot of positive things as it is. I believe it is only about doing politicization work. Revolutionary change will come from there, it won't come from conscious rap.

  Bocafloja

  Believe, Gangsta, Revolutionary

  "Decolonial Rap". Interview with Andrew Smolski, www.counterpunch.org. May 15, 2015.

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• Being known as a writer did change the relationships I had with directors. The rap on actors is that they always want to inflate their parts. But when directors know you write screenplays and have a different view of things, you really get invited into the huddle in a much fuller way. And those collaborations end in friendships.

  Matt Damon

  Writing, Views, Directors

  "The Second Biggest Star in a Remote Little Burg Somewhere in Germany" by Tom Junod, www.esquire.com. July 8, 2013.

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• We think the man with the best rap will protect and save us, but it's not usually that way. Love is something deeper and purer.

  Lauryn Hill

  Love Is, Men, Thinking

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• I really like LIMP BIZKIT. I mean, I've said it for years - I don't know if anyone actually hears it - but I think LIMP BIZKIT are an awesome band. In terms of the rap-rock bands, or ANY bands out there, I think they really are truly among the best.

  Lars Ulrich

  Mean, Thinking, Rocks

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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

  Actors, Done, Teach

  Source: collider.com

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• I'm a rap comedian the same way Bill Cosby is a jazz comedian, Cosby's laid back. I'm like, bang, bang bang, right into it.

  Chris Rock

  Comedian, Bangs, Laid Back

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• You started rapping when you wasn't good at basketball. I started rapping because I needed Adderall.

  Donald Glover

  Basketball, Adderall, Needed

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• We thought that using rap would draw a parallel with the protest music from the 60s and 70s that we found through the research for animadoc. When we thought about rap, Emicida immediately came to mind and we decided to call him to create this song bring the audience back to earth and put their feet on the ground. Emicida's song is the only one that has lyrics in actual understandable Portuguese.

  Alex Abreu

  Song, Feet, Mind

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• As far as Rap goes Tupac was my favorite, I used to sing some of his songs in my set before I ever met his dad.

  Michael Tolcher

  Song, Dad, My Favorite

  Source: puregrainaudio.com

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• Moving to Australia was not a career move, but a quality of life issue. It has no guns, no God, and no gangster rap. As an Ethiopian cab driver said to me the other day when I was returning from a gig in Sydney, Australia is a peaceful, democratic place. I like the relatively stress free lifestyle. It's worth the drop in income.

  Franklyn Ajaye

  Stress, Moving, Gun

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• Rap and dance is pretty much what I want to be known for.

  James Corden

  Want, Known

  "James Cordon Still Figuring Out The Late Late Show". Interview with Amber Dowling, www.ign.com. January 12, 2015.

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• Me, myself, I'm not a star. I'm just a regular guy who has a great rap album and is the protégé of Dr. Dre. But I'm the most down-to-earth guy.

  Jayceon Terrell Taylor

  Stars, Guy, Drs

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• No, I can't do rap music...

  Dolly Parton

  Rap Music, I Can

  "Queen Latifah: 'Joyful Noise' Role Brings Her Closer To God". Interview with Kelly Mahan, theboombox.com. January 4, 2012.

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• Well hip hop is basically the whole culture of the movement. There's the rap which is a form of hip hop culture. It could be breakdancing, freestyle dancing or whatever type of dancing that's happening now in the Black, Hispanic and White community.

  Afrika Bambaataa

  White, Dancing, Hip Hop

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• We come from the days when rap used to agitate the mainstream. Now it's more buddy-buddy. That doesn't sit well with me. So what we need is [a bit more] street politics, bringing up issues, agitating you a little bit. And nothing can agitate you more now than a terrorist threat.

  Ice Cube

  Issues, Needs, Littles

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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

  Taken, Years, Keys

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• Yeah, I was a brother on the streets of Compton doing a lot of things most people look down on but it did pay off. Then we started rapping about real stuff that shook up the LAPD and the FBI. But we got our message across big time, and everyone in America started paying attention to the boys in the hood.

  Eazy-E

  Brother, Real, Boys

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• The crowd response has always been great, we always have fun at the shows and we will definitely be back representing our album to give people entertainment with a stage show, most rap shows are boring.

  B-Real

  Fun, People, Giving

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• As a matter of fact it wasn't until after BIG passed and stupid rumors went around that I had something to do with it, and it's like I'm not a killer man , I'm a musician, I'm a DJ we got like a different heart. Ya know back then when rappin' was fun, and we could immolate being gangstas; ya know Dr. Dre made the hardest gangsta rap records in the world, that didn't necessarily make him a gangsta. It was all like ya know : character, we were all in character.

  DJ Quik

  Fun, Stupid, Character

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• My sister Suga Tee is doing conscious rap. She speaks to the youth. She has an album coming out soon. She got saved but she is still doing her thing. She still spits good game. She's talented. She sings. I don't know if a lot of people know this but Suga Tee has a beautiful voice. So ya'll look out for her album you dig? And look forward to a future Clique album.

  E-40

  Beautiful, Games, Voice

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• I've been rapping and writing since junior high school, just having fun with it as a hobby. Then I got signed to a label Poe Boy Entertainment four years ago, I started taking it serious about a year and a half, two years ago.

  Jacki-O

  Fun, Writing, School

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• It was mix tapes, that's my story, I did a lot of mix tapes, that's what I started doing when I was 17. I got with a hot DJ out here and you know Texas, the rap scene is different, everyone out here is on the Screw music.

  Slim Thug

  Texas, Hot, Different

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• We have to remember that the experience of gangsta rap as such in its foundation is an anti-systemic experience primarily. And it is an anti-systemic experience that is not in some cases politicized, but in general results in a much more transgressive, much more uncomfortable music for the structures of power, than conscious rap or political rap.

  Bocafloja

  Gangsta, Political, Foundation

  "Decolonial Rap". Interview with Andrew Smolski, www.counterpunch.org. May 15, 2015.

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