Quotes about rap
rap play pleasure
Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure. Rita Dove
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 thinking hands
I've been thinking of trying my hand at rap. I've been recording snippets on my BlackBerry. Rufus Wainwright
rap youth
I don't like rap that you can't understand. The youth is so quick and alert. Roy Ayers
rap ice people
"Ice" came in when my friends would say "cold as ice" - if you could rap and battle people you'd say "Dude, that was ice cold." It had nothing to do with jewelry. Back then, it was like "Your cold, dawg." "Vanilla Ice - that's cold." Vanilla Ice
rap white people
I'm to trying to say I'm something I'm not. Black people understand that. I'm just doing my raps, my way. Rap is black. I recognize that and respect that. I'm just a white guy trying to rap, and I got lucky. Vanilla Ice
rap people accepting
Rap is from the streets and I'm from the streets. That's why a lot of people accept me. Vanilla Ice
rapper pressure sound
It doesn't sound anything like 'Under Pressure.' Vanilla Ice
rap kids parent
A lot of fairy tales are thinly disguised hostility raps against parents. Kids know that they can't make it on their own, that if they were left alone, they would die. Stephen King
rap people soul
Appeasers will always try to get the least dangerous person to bend to the most dangerous person. This is one of the main problems in dysfunctional relationships. The more mature and rational you are the more you are victimized because, they are aware that you're not going to be as aggressive, destructive, or possibly as abusive and so you are the one who has to bend. You're the one who has to change and this constant rapping of rational people's souls around the prickly irrationalities of other people are what appeasers are constantly doing. Stefan Molyneux
rap might dollars
A dollar might turn to a million and we all rich that's just how i feel Kendrick Lamar
rap thinking dies
I'd rather not live like there isn't a God Then die and find out there really is Think about it Kendrick Lamar
rap blow fields
I'm standing on a field full of landmines doing the moonwalk hoping i blow up in time Kendrick Lamar
rap past evil
Consequences from evil will make your past haunt you Kendrick Lamar
rap people hip-hop
My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call hip hop. Kendrick Lamar
rap cutting advice
I cut off my ears before i hear your advice and vice versa Kendrick Lamar
rap makeup no-makeup
It's the beauty in her, But when the makeup occur, I don't see it, All i see is a blur Kendrick Lamar
rap hip-hop pace
I live this life at a pace that anyone can go. Know your place, and dedicate your role ...To the faith that you'll die alone Kendrick Lamar
rap blessing imperfection
Don't you know your imperfections is a wonderful blessing, from heaven is where you got it from Kendrick Lamar
rap flower dark
If I told you that a flower bloomed in a dark room, would you trust it? Kendrick Lamar
rap light red
Life Will Put Many Red Lights In Front Of You, But Sometimes We Must Push On The Gas And Trust God Kendrick Lamar
rap hip-hop soul
Look inside my soul and you can find gold and maybe get rich. Look inside of your soul and you can find out it never exists... Kendrick Lamar
rap school kids
Well before I was rapping. I was just a regular kid in school. I just liked to chill my friends and play games and stuff like that. One day at school my friends were freestyling at the lunch table and thats where it all started. Soulja Boy
rap study
When I started getting into West Coast rap - The Game, then I started studying a lot of Tupac [Shakur] and watching his interviews. Tyga
rap shady
The first rap album I bought was Eminem's The Slim Shady LP so I wasn't even based on West Coast rap like that. Tyga
rap inspiration
I've always been a fan of music. I would say I'm a fan of late '90s to early 2000s rap. That's where I get all my inspiration from. Tyga