437 Rap Quotes for You to Enjoy

I tell people that the Clipse were the first Internet rap darlings. Pusha T

People Internet First Rap Tell Were

I think rap is all about what you feel about a situation and not just about cars, alcohol and women. Raftaar

You Women Car Situation Think Alcohol Rap About Feel Just

I do rap and speak in Malayalam but only to save my life as my vocabulary in the language is not as good as it is in Hindi. Raftaar

Life Good Speak Language My Life Rap Vocabulary Only Hindi Save

While writing a normal song, we just pen four lines and then we have a chorus and some lines again. But rap is about storytelling and requires extra effort to write. Raftaar

Song Writing Extra Pen Rap Some About Write Lines Normal Effort Just While Again Storytelling Then Requires Chorus Four

I can't look at TV without seeing something that's been influenced by rap. Even commercials for cereal. When I was small, I was a fan of cartoon characters - now the cartoon characters are rapping! Rakim

Rap Characters TV Rapping Cartoon Cartoon Characters Seeing Something Small Look Without Been Commercials Influenced Fan Cereal Even Now

I love my city and I feel like the majority of the people that are in the city are people from other cities. So I think that L.A. sometimes might get a bad rap because it's known to be so Hollywood-oriented and then underneath that you have crime. But that's really the case in pretty much any major city that you go to. Regina King

Love You People Sometimes Crime Think Other Rap Cities Bad City Pretty Case Bad Rap Feel Major Like Majority Known Underneath Because Go Get Any Might Then Much Really

I was, like, 12 or 13; the first hip hop song I tried to rapping to was Macklemore's 'Thrift Shop,' and my English was so bad, but learning to rap to different songs really helped me with my pronunciation, and looking at the lyrics on Rap Genius and stuff like that. Rich Brian

I started listening to rap music in 2012 or something, because that was when I started becoming friends with American people, and they showed me rappers to listen to. I actually started listening to Macklemore a lot. He's the first rapper I started listening to. Rich Brian

I love rap. Rick James

Love Rap

Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure. Rita Dove

Pleasure Rap Geared Only Verbal Aural End Whole Play Spectrum

When Ke$ha tries to rap like L'Trimm, she sounds like any ordinary lonely teenage girl stuck in a nowhere town, singing along to her radio and dreaming of a party where she's the star. Ke$ha's greatness is that in her voice, you can hear both the loser girl and the star. All hail the Queen of Noi$e! Rob Sheffield

You Queen Girl Lonely Singing Party Teenage Teenage Girl Rap Tries Dreaming Voice Both Stuck Hail Along Town Like She Sounds Loser Hear Greatness Any Where Ordinary Radio Star Nowhere Her

I was in a rap group when I was younger and quickly realized that wasn't going to work out for me, but my passion for hip hop and the culture never left; it only grew. Rob Stone

Work Me Culture Passion Group Rap Out Hop Only Never Hip Hip-Hop Left Quickly Going Grew Younger Work Out Realized

When I drive to work, I listen to thuggish rap at a very loud volume, even though the lyrics are degrading to women and offend me to my core. I am mortified by my music choices. Roxane Gay

Work Music Me Women Drive Lyrics Though Rap Degrading Volume Mortified Am Offend Loud Very Listen Choices Even Core

I don't like rap that you can't understand. The youth is so quick and alert. Roy Ayers

You Youth Rap Like Understand Quick Alert

I find that with some girls, the words 'work' and 'education' have gotten a bad rap. Sandra Bullock

Work Education Words Girl Rap Bad Find Some Bad Rap Gotten

What I really love about the Bay area sound is that it's very unique and that's something I want to strive for, as an artist. It's easy to get caught up in what's trending, but Bay area rap stays true to the local sound. Saweetie

I grew up listening to a lot of 2Pac and a lot of East Coast, West Coast rap; Bad Boy, Lil Kim, Foxy Brown, Biggie, 2Pac. Super hip-hop, super listening to that raw era of music. Saweetie

The L.A. rap scene is popping again because rappers stopped saying 'West Coast.' Nobody says that anymore. Fans of L.A. music were reaching and saying, 'This is West Coast music,' because nobody else liked it. Schoolboy Q

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