Rap Quotes - Page 13

• Lil Wayne is somebody who I used to ride to school listening to in my car. You know from Tha Carter to Tha Carter II, to Dedication 1 & 2, to Da Drought, his mixtapes. You know you got that for him as him being a rap legend, somebody who you look up to.

  Big Sean

  School, Dedication, Car

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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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• 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

  Biggie, Thank God, Modern

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• I am a huge Eminem fan and find it flattering that he would rap about me. Personally, I'm honored.

  Kim Kardashian

  Fans, Flattering, Honored

  "Eminem's Celebrity Targets Respond To 'We Made You' Video" by James Montgomery, www.mtv.com. April 08, 2009.

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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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• I can't say enough good things about my band. I feel very fortunate that I found them when I did, very early in my career. Not only are they just great, nice guys; they're some of the best musicians you're likely to find. They do everything from gangsta rap to polka music and every genre in between. It's amazing.

  Al Yankovic

  Nice, Gangsta, Careers

  Source: www.esquire.com

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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'm really into mainstream rap and R&B, but I never saw myself as intertwined in that world.

  Hudson Mohawke

  World, Saws, Mainstream

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I don't know where I fit in the spectrum of rap yet.

  Nicki Minaj

  Fit, Spectrum, Knows

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• This disease they call 'rap' - some kind of rhythmic pulse is going by, while some sociopathic idiot is belching out grade school poetry.

  Frank Sinatra, Jr.

  School, Pulse, Disease

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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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• 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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• So every time I rap about being a big girl in a small world it's doing a couple things: it's empowering my self-awareness, my body image, and it's also making the statement that we are all bigger than this, we're a part of something bigger than this, and we should live in each moment knowing that.

  Lizzo

  Girl, Couple, Knowing

  "Lizzo’s Big Moment". Interview with Lea Weatherby, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 15, 2014.

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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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• While also, importantly, not wanting to dumb it down or pretend the days of 'difficult' poetry are over, because we live in a pluralist culture and there's room for 'difficult' poetry alongside rap and everything else. And poetry won't be for everyone, but everyone should have the choice.

  Andrew Motion

  Should Have, Choices, Dumb

  "Ode to a right royal charmer" by Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. July 23, 2000.

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• I was lucky enough to see the original cast of 'In the Heights.' This one blew my mind. The infusion of Latin, hip hop and rap with musical theatre, great storytelling and talent was a powerful combination to me during a time when I'd not been moved by much!

  Josh Young

  Powerful, Latin, Hip Hop

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• 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.

  Tupac Shakur

  Records, Making Money, Company

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• I'm not a gangsta rapper. I rap about things that happen to me. I got shot five times. People was trying to kill me.

  Tupac Shakur

  Gangsta, People, Trying

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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 am looking to get into the grime rap U.K. scene.

  Tom Felton

  Scene, Grime

  " Harry Potter's Draco Malfoy plots new career as a rapper" by Ben Child, www.theguardian.com. July 12, 2011.

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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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