Rapper Quotes - Page 12

• You take the quote from Sam Jackson about how he'll never work with a rapper, and I can understand where he's coming from because he says rappers can't act.

  Anthony Anderson

  Sam Jackson, I Can

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• Only black people in the whole neighborhood, so let's break it down: Me, I'm a decent comedian, I'm a'ight. Mary J. Blige, one of the greatest R&B singers to ever walk the Earth. Jay-Z, one of the greatest rappers to ever live. Eddie Murphy, one of the funniest actors to ever, ever do it. Do you know what the white man that lives next door to me does for a living? He's a f*****g dentist.

  Chris Rock

  Men, Doors, White Man

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• I guess cause i'm black boy, I'm supposed to say 'peace', sing songs, and get capped on.

  Tupac Shakur

  Song, Boys, Black

  Song: Holler If Ya' Hear Me

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• My music is not for everyone. It's only for the stong-willed, the [street] soldiers music. It's not like party music- I mean, you could gig to it, but it's spiritual. My musi is spiritual. It's like Negro spiituals, except for the fact that I'm not saying 'We shall Overcome.' I'm saying that we are overcome.

  Tupac Shakur

  Spiritual, Party, Mean

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• I don't even like New York rappers.

  ASAP Rocky

  New York

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• They claim that I'm violent just cuz I refuse to be silent.

  Tupac Shakur

  Cuz, Silent, Violent

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• I get high like the clouds
  Gather every rapper up
  Bring em to the roof
  And watch em' fly for the Styles

  Styles P

  Weed, Rap, Clouds

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• I'm pretty sure people thought I was like a dope rapper.

  Big Pun

  Dope, People

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• A lot of times when people listen to music it's because they feel down, and that's when serious hip-hop comes into play. When times is hard, people can hear a rapper that inspires them to do what they [are] supposed to do.

  Rakim

  Play, People, Hip Hop

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Back in the day, music imitated life. Now it's the opposite way around: life is imitating music. It's like whatever the rappers say, people think that that's how we're supposed to be; but back then, we kind of looked at the streets, and we made music for that.

  Rakim

  Thinking, Opposites, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'm not really interested in anybody, that's why I started rapping. I'm still a fan of Tupac. That's the only rapper that I'm still like, "Oh! Tupac!"

  Spencer Pratt

  Rap, Fans, Stills

  Source: www.complex.com

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• Gone are the days when you'd have to tune in to a mad illegal radio station late at night to be able to hear the rapper of your choice. That's all changed now. That's all gone out of the window. And I feel like I represent that change. I represent the era of iPods and Shuffle and things like that.

  Tinie Tempah

  Night, Ipods, Mad

  "British Rapper Tinie Tempah Gets Up Close & Personal With Serial Optimist". Interview with Rawiya Kameir, www.serialoptimist.com. December 16, 2010.

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• When you're dealing with TV and with movies, people dont take it as serious as they do with music. If a rapper does a song about shooting people on the block, and goes into a restaurant or grocery store, people grab their purses because they're afraid the person is violent. With TV and movies, people know it's okay, it's just a script.

  Suge Knight

  Song, Block, People

  "The Life and Times of Suge Knight". Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. June 18, 2007.

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• To me, I feel that my game is strong. I feel as thought I'm a shining prince, just like Malcolm, and I feel that all of us are shining princes, and if we live like princes, then whatever we want can be ours. Anything.

  Tupac Shakur

  Strong, Games, Shining

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• You reached your level, you don't want any more. We asked ten years ago, we were askin' with the Panthers, we were askin' in the Civil Rights Movement. Now those who were askin' are all dead or in jail, wo what are we gonna do? And we shouldn't be angry!?

  Tupac Shakur

  Rights, Years, Jail

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• Bury me smilin' with G's in my pocket, Have a party at my funeral let every rapper rock it Let the hoes that I used to know, from way before Kiss me from my head to my toe, Gimme a paper and pen so I can write about my life of sin, Couple bottles of gin, in case I don't get in.

  Tupac Shakur

  Couple, Party, Writing

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• I always wanted to be someone in the entertainment industry. In my eighth grade slideshow, when everyone was like "show us what you want to be," everyone [said] doctor, lawyer, [but] mine literally said rapper. I wanted to be a musician, I wanted to be a superstar, I wanted to be on stage, I wanted to perform, I wanted to be in movies. But as you grow up, those dreams kind of fade away.

  Lilly Singh

  Dream, Growing Up, Doctors

  Source: www.mtv.com

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• I actually don't like hip hop much; the music is too clichéd, the subculture, especially the macho strutting of gangsta rappers, isn't my thing. But, at the same time, rap is a simple, direct and strong musical language.

  Shahin Najafi

  Strong, Rap, Simple

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Over the years, a lot of rappers - Lil' Wayne, Ice Cube - have used my name in their songs. I'm a real touchstone of history.

  Rodney King

  Song, Real, Years

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

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• People said that way back in the early days I was probably one of the first rappers; the reason is that I couldn't sing, so I had to talk! Lou Reed was probably the one who started it all.

  Alan Vega

  People, Way, Firsts

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• When I was a rapper, the groupies didn't have to try too hard with me. Just show up at the hotel.

  Mark Wahlberg

  Trying, Hospitality, Hotel

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• I secretly want to be a rapper.

  Rachel Bilson

  Want

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• And I learned a lot from working with this kid, and I think he's gonna be a big star. Remember the name, Tim Dark, because he has something about his voice that's different from all the other rappers, even though his style is similar.

  Alan Vega

  Stars, Kids, Dark

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• I take the typical words, or I pick a two-word, three-word pattern. One of the things I'm known for is I was one of the first rappers to end their bars rhyming multisyllabically.

  Bun B

  Two, Typical, Three

  Interview with Jon Caramanica, believermag.com. June 1, 2006.

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• There was this rapper from New Orleans, Mystikal, who when I hear his music, I hear myself. Whenever I wanna get hyped, I put on Mystikal.

  Anthony Mackie

  New Orleans

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

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