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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.
And if I die before I wake I pray the lord my soul to take But please don't cry Just know that I have made these songs for you.
Super-cali-fragalistic-expiali-docious, Docious-ali-expi-fragalistic-cali-super. Cancun...catch me in the room, eatin' grouper.
Flows that go against the grain with a story so compellin' I should mind The People's Court, snatch the mic from Doug Llewellyn
I sit with my toes in a brook, And if any one axes forwhy? I hits them a rap with my crook, For 'tis sentiment does it, says I.
I'm a thinker; I think too much. So for me to freestyle rap, it's like I'm thinking three, four time steps ahead, and I hate it.
Craft' gets a bad rap. Mediocre art is not caused by craft; it is caused by artists. Good art employs whatever craft works best.
If you work at rap and look at it as an art, the money will come. But if you try to get the money, it'll just always be shallow.
I found college awkward: another teacher, same old chalkboard. I felt I was shifting backward, when I expected to shoot forward.
A few more albums, a few more years, I'll be like Peter Petrelli in Heroes. I'll be some type of rap super-monster or something.
Rap is the new rock 'n' roll. We the real rock stars, and I'm the biggest of all of them. I'm the No. 1 rock star on the planet.
I love doing the music. I love programming beats and kind of working on the music as much, if not more, than the actual rapping.
When people say to me, 'What do you think of rap music?', my answer is, 'There's no such thing. There's rap, and there's music.'
Mark you for death, won't even talk that East or West crap. From Watts to Lefrak, it ain't where ya from, it's where's your gat.
I started making music for fun maybe my senior year in college. I started rapping in high school, but it wasn't anything serious.
When I started getting into West Coast rap - The Game, then I started studying a lot of Tupac Shakur and watching his interviews.
I like the whole laid-back rapping. I wish I could rap! I wish I could wrap like Azealia Banks or Lil Wayne or someone like that.
I think rap definitely has its place in the art world. I think it is an art form. But, just like any art form, you can misuse it.
It's an accompaniment to life. It's not something that I do to rap; I smoke when I open my eyes...I don't know any other feeling.
There's no difference between a tacky Jew from Miami and a rap star. They both want the Cadillac and the Rolex with the diamonds.
Everybody raps. We rap to make money. We do business. Ain't no other record company out there that sold as many records as we did.
I said, 'Hey', she said, 'Hi.' I said, 'Us', she said, 'Try,' 'And if you're thinkin strictly boots, then I'll say baby, bye bye.'
King Of The Dot is huge; battle rap is huge right now. My first battle that I went to was King Of The Dot - shout out to Lush One.
Let em' know that amidst all the confusion; some of us may do the winnin but.. We all do the losin, it's just who does the choosin
There's no rap against comics that isn't true. They were sexist, they were racist, you name it - and they kind of gloried in that.
Think, just blink and I made...a million rhymes. Just imagine if you blinked...a million times. Damn, I'd be paid...I got it made.
You gotta get back to your essence, Use your gifts and share your presence, Don't count your dollars 'til you count your blessings.
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.
I made the decision that I was going to make rap music in, like, fourth grade, so it's been something I was saying for a long time.
Back when I was younger, Very ambitious, but often blinded by my hunger. Some say I dream too big, And my dream gon' take me under.
The majority of people, especially young people, know Dr. Dre because of Beats by Dre, not necessarily from him being a rap artist.
I started rapping since, like, 14. But I've been obsessed with rap from when I was 11. I heard 'Baby Don't Cry,' I'll never forget.
EPMD in effect, I'm clockin' mad green Like Kermit the Frog, sloppy like Boss Hog, Girl was runnin' wild...ate her like a corn dog.
House, rap, R&B, disco rock, they are all part of hip-hop culture. Why you ain't playing Kraftwerk along with Jay-Z? That's hip-hop.
Let's be honest. We don't take rap serious the way other cultures take rock-n-roll, they take country. They artists are being loved.
My job is to file things! I'm not going to be like, "Mr. Jacobsen from Oakland, California" - just listing his problems, like a rap.
There has been an effect of business rap on the output of today's rap music. But I don't think that's the modern day rapper's fault.
There's so many different ways to write a rhyme its stupid man. I don't understand why the majority of the rap game sounds the same.
Rappers can't sleep, need sleepin', B.I.G. keep creepin', Bullets heat-seekin', Casualties need treatin', Dumb rappers need teachin'.
Let me break it down for you again, You know I only say it because I'm truly genuine: Don't be a hard rock when you really are a gem.
I jumped up in the bubble, yo kid where are you? (114 between Manhattan and Morningside Avenue) This happened just right out the blue
I had this little rap group, and we were called '2 Too Many'... We used to hang out in front of Jazzy Jeff's record studio every day.
If the KKK was smart enough, they would've created gangsta rap because it's such a caricature of black culture and black masculinity.
I'm actually a huge fan of hip-hop. I like hip-hop music. I love rap. I like cabaret music, as well. I just love live music and bands.
An MC is somebody who can control the crowd. An MC is a master of ceremonies so not only can you say your rap, you can rock the party.
If you make modern rap music, how do you write without ripping off anyone else? It's just about having a distinct voice in your songs.
I've always listened to a lot of rap. It's all, 'Look at this car that cost me so much money, look at this Champagne.' It's super fun.
Keep bustin about where you rest, and what you own, and what you drive. So the day some niggaz come for you, I'm really not surprised.
That's why I called my record Devil Without a Cause - I'm a white boy who's so sick of hearing that white kids are going to steal rap.
I am Michael Render - that's what my mom named me. 'Killer Mike' is what my dumb friends called me in a rap battle once, and it stuck.