Rapper Quotes - Page 28

• By the time it came to the 90s, the late 90s, being a businessman was the beacon to uphold. We've been having the concept of the best rapper equals the best businessman.

  M.I.A.

  Beacons, Late, Businessman

  Source: thequietus.com

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• I'm a big-time Fabolous fan. He's my favorite rapper ever. I hope to meet him one day.

  Rahim Moore

  One Day, Fans, My Favorite

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• I was a hop-around. I hung out with the rockabilly crew, the guys who were trying to be rappers, the funny kids.

  Katy Perry

  Funny, Kids, Guy

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• Rappers are usually rapping about knowledge they think people need to get by in the world. If there's no movement that gives the idea that the knowledge people need is how to take over the system, what they see is that people need to know how to hustle; people need to know how to survive.

  Boots Riley

  Rap, Thinking, Ideas

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I didn't get into Tupac [Shakur] until a little later, once I started understanding rap and people's stories. Eminem was the first rapper that I actually started dissecting the lyrics, and once I got attached to his stories, then I started listening to Dr. Dre, then Snoop 'cause they were all under one camp.

  Tyga

  Rap, People, Understanding

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• My only fear of death is reincarnation

  Tupac Shakur

  Reincarnation, Fear Of Death

  Song: No More Pain, Album: All Eyez on Me, 1996

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• Well, we have to realize the truth about the person who is a hip-hop insider. Most of these people are not really insiders. They are people who are chosen to do an interview and they will make a statement and say that they are a part of the hip-hop culture, but from an intellectual standpoint, they are not very sharp, because back in '1990..'91 one would criticize somebody for doing one type of commercial and say that's not real hip-hop and then another rapper turns around and sell them malt liquor and say that's real hip hop.

  MC Hammer

  Real, People, Hip Hop

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• I think people just feel me. Whenever they listen to the music, it's just coming out. I think you can hear what I put into it. A lot of it is God. You can use stuff to where you want it. Like I pray to God, and I asked for direction early on, and he gave me so much. It's like rappers and soul singers is taking to me. That's both sides of me.

  Trey Songz

  Thinking, People, Soul

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• Being compared to Biggie, that's the best feeling a rapper could have

  Black Rob

  Biggie, Feelings

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• Some people say I'm conscious, some say I'm a gangsta rapper - it's just me doing me. I'm stomping in my own lane. I'm doing what I do.

  Nas

  Gangsta, People, Doing Me

  "Nas Expiais Controversial Album Title, Denies Reports of Label Opposition" by Shaheem Reid, www.mtv.com. October 18, 2007.

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• I'm a rapper... Gaga's a fantastic artist, you know, she paved her way. She's opened her own lane. But I think that I have my own lane. And we never cross. Ever. So, you know, I really don't get the comparison anymore. Our music doesn't sound the same. Our stage presence is not the same. I just can't see the similarities.

  Nicki Minaj

  Artist, Thinking, Sound

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• Young kids out here see what's on TV and feel like they can start rapping. They think rappers are rich and really have their own jets and Bentleys, but in lot of cases that stuff is rented.

  Rahki

  Rap, Kids, Thinking

  The Liberator Magazine Interview (Volume 10.1, No. 25), www.livefromplanetearth.org. 2011.

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• The roots of rap are originally ghetto-ised or extremely working class. So when you're an artist who's making something which isn't how its mainstream appearance should be, there's always these strange questions of authenticity and what you have to do to be 'real' as a rapper.

  Zadie Smith

  Real, Rap, Ghetto

  "We are family". Interview with Laura Barton, www.theguardian.com. March 3, 2005.

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• Can't a rapper insist, like other artists, on a fictional reality, in which he is somehow still on the corner, despite occupying the penthouse suite?

  Zadie Smith

  Artist, Reality, Penthouses

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• So sometimes if I'm working with a rapper, like Ghostface Killah or Nas, producing usually means, in hip-hop, that you make the music. You make the beat, and you give it to them. And they write the rhymes.

  Mark Ronson

  Writing, Mean, Giving

  "The Story Behind Mark Ronson's Hit Song 'Uptown Funk'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. December 31, 2015.

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• People in China criticized President Obama for chewing gum while entering the economic summit in Beijing. They're saying he looked like a rapper. Then again, to be fair, in China I look like a rapper.

  Conan O'Brien

  People, President, Looks

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• I ain't a rapper; I'm a motivational speaker. I don't do shows; I do seminars. I really talk to people.

  Young Jeezy

  People, Shows, Motivational Speakers

  "Status Ain’t Hood Interviews Young Jeezy". Interview with Tom Breihan, www.villagevoice.com. August 23, 2005.

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• Bill Clinton, Mr. Bob Dole, You too old to understand tha way tha game is told.

  Tupac Shakur

  Games, Bob, Bills

  Song: How Do You Want It

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• Went to church but don't understand it, they underhanded. God gave me these commandments, the world is scandalous.

  Tupac Shakur

  Church, World, Scandalous

  Song: Black Jesus

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• I'm a huge fan of Big L. He is my favorite rapper.

  Andy Milonakis

  Fans, My Favorite, Bigs

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• Heart of a solider with a brain to teach your whole nation.

  Tupac Shakur

  Heart, Brain, Teach

  Song: No More Pain, Album: All Eyez on Me, 1996

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• I actually think some of the rappers can help our image, because the thing Im concerned about is the NBAs image. I always want our image to be on the rise, and if the rappers can help young players get business-minded, then Im all for it.

  Antonio Davis

  Player, Thinking, Nba

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• I don't want to be considered 'the Latino rapper.

  Big Pun

  Want, Latino

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• I value my core fans I got from the hood. I think a lot of things might hit home with them, like problems with the law or how I talk about partying - all the different topics I cover when I do rap. But I also value my suburban fans who take a liking to my music and like the way I change cadences. I appreciate all of them cause both types of fans push me to record all the time, both push me to give my best when I do a show. Both push me to be the best rapper and not just do it as a hobby, but do it as a job and take it seriously and put pride in it.

  Gucci Mane

  Jobs, Party, Rap

  Source: www.thefader.com

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• You already past 21 and you still talking about "I'ma be a rapper." You ain't did one show, niggas ain't seen you on TV. So Kendrick kind of went through the same thing I went through. He just had his mom's house to go to.

  Schoolboy Q

  Mom, Past, Talking

  Source: www.vibe.com

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