Rapper Quotes - Page 16

• LL Cool J was a rapper-turned-actor, and I also relate to him because he was sort of a ladies' man and had a female fan base, but yet he's a positive dude. You never read about him getting into trouble or going to jail.

  Bow Wow

  Men, Jail, Fans

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• I was only 11 when we filmed the pilot. The idea of a rapper being a star on a sitcom just wasn't heard of.

  Tatyana Ali

  Stars, Ideas, Pilots

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• Another thing about me dealing with the old school rappers, you see a lot of humility. When you're new, nothing is wrong. Everything is tight. Because you're trying to hype the world into believing in you.

  Ice T

  Believe, School, Humility

  "Interview: Ice-T likes lemonade, loves Coco". Interview with Luis Gomez, articles.chicagotribune.com. June 14, 2012.

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• I never really told anybody that I'm a rapper. I wasn't walking around being like, "Yo, check out my mixtape!" It was more of a secret grind.

  J. Cole

  Secret, Grind, Walking

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'm on the front line and I am a rapper.

  Ice T

  Lines, Fronts

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• What I want to do right now is give hip hop back to the hood. Before it was a neighborhood thing where it belonged to the hood and the rappers were reporting and there were rules and parameters. Now it seems like the artist's game.

  Rakim

  Artist, Games, Giving

  Source: halftimeonline.net

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• There is a community in hip-hop. It doesn't seem like that anywhere else, except maybe in punk rock. But punk rock is tricky, because it has become such a pop thing. But in rap, there is still a feeling of community. Who are our peers? Rappers.

  Ad-Rock

  Rap, Community, Feelings

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• My family have always supported my rap - and they know I love them when I rap about them - but I'm just Michael Jackson to them. They care more about me. I express my love for them in a much more personal way on this record. It's about our conversations; my fear, and their advice. I know my sisters are gonna hear "Willie Burke Sherwood", which is named for my grandfather, and cry. I used to do music for me, because my ego needed it, but now I'm doing music for my family and friends who helped me become a rapper.

  Killer Mike

  Rap, Advice, Ego

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• Guys pit female rappers against each other because female rappers - if you haven't noticed of late - are a lot more interesting than guys.

  Angel Haze

  Interesting, Guy, Female

  " Angel Haze: 'Right now, no one can beat me'" by Hermione Hoby, www.theguardian.com. September 1, 2012.

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• I've got a million people telling me why I can't do it. You know, that I'm not a real designer, that I'm not this. I'm not a real rapper, either!

  Kanye West

  Real, People, Designer

  "I've got a million people telling me why I can't do it. You know, that I'm not a real designer, that I'm not this. I'm not a real rapper, either!" by Adelle Platon, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 21, 2016.

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• Rappers should just be able to perform what they create and satisfy the people that like and love them.

  Chuck D

  People, And Love, Able

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• Rich people are so eccentric, and I don't think people really realize. Especially by the turn of the century, they were living like rappers.

  Riki Lindhome

  Thinking, People, Eccentric

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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• In the history of the hip hop world...there has been one, single, solitary human being in the history of the world. One female rapper to sell more albums than me in the first week.

  Nicki Minaj

  Hip Hop, World, Firsts

  Source: observer.com

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• Rappers kinda look stupid sometimes. Most of the time. I'm pretty sure I look stupid too a lot.

  Vince Staples

  Stupid, Looks, Sometimes

  Source: www.coupdemainmagazine.com

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• I strive for perfection, but Im not perfect. But what I can say is my morals are totally different than any other 24-year-old rapper my age now. I look at life totally different. A whole other aspect. I have different views and morals on life in general. And opinions.

  ASAP Rocky

  Views, Years, Perfect

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• The rappers have gone in and created a lot of hit music based upon my influence. And theyll tell you if you ask.

  Isaac Hayes

  Gone, Influence, Asks

  "Issac Hayes more than 'Shaft'", www.hollywoodreporter.com. August 11, 2008.

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• People always have these debates about who their favourite rapper is. And I think it's based upon what mood that particular person is in. If someone's favourite rapper is a lyricist then they're focused on rhymes or substance. If someone's favourite rapper is a party rapper, you know, someone who makes music about the clubs... "Oh, he's my favourite rapper". No, his subject matter is your favourite.

  Immortal Technique

  Party, Thinking, People

  Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

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• I'm a ghetto man who made good. I never forgot where I came from and who put me on top - God and Jack The Rapper.

  James Brown

  Ghetto, Men, Made

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• I've been trying to nail it into everyone's heads that I feel like I am the most versatile rapper.

  Ludacris

  Trying, Nails, Feels

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• A lot of individuals I've met that I've done a song or two with. But to be honest I'm not incredibly familiar with the scene. I mean, I'm more familiar with people coming from other countries like Latin-American MCs and African rappers... that type of stuff I'm really starting to get a hold on.

  Immortal Technique

  Country, Song, Latin

  Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

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• I feel like people mislead themselves when they tell themselves they're into me because of the lyrics. From my vantage point, people aren't into me because of the content, because of the lyrics. Because there's a million of rappers who have great content.

  Talib Kweli

  People, Vantage Point, Feels

  Interview with Paul D. Miller, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I'm the most sampled and stolen. What's mine is mine, and what's yours is mine, too... I got a song about that... But I'm never gonna release it. Don't want a war with the rappers. If it wasn't good, they wouldn't steal it.

  James Brown

  Song, War, Want

  "Being James Brown," Rolling Stone Magazine, June 12, 2006.

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• Just because someone has great content doesn't mean you like them as a rapper.

  Talib Kweli

  Mean

  Interview with Paul D. Miller, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. April 7, 2013.

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• 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, White, People

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. September 26, 2002.

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• Eminem was the biggest rapper in the world, but I didn't know Eminem and I didn't know anybody who knew Eminem.

  Big Sean

  World, Knows

  Source: www.coupdemainmagazine.com

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