Rap Quotes - page 2

I think that rap is narrative, when it's done right. (Ajay Naidu)
Only two to three per cent of an audience is interested in words and pays attention to lyrics; most of the rest of it is about image or the beat or the sound, or else it's a tribal thing - country & western, rap, heavy metal, with historical folk rock off in some kind of cult. View quote
Al Stewart
Times were changing. Clothes were changing. Morals were changing. We went from romantic loves songs like I used to do to rock 'n roll. Now that has changed to rap. So, there's always a new generation with new music. View quote
Bobby Vinton
By the late '80s, I was already giving up on rap music. View quote
Chuck Eddy
You know, most people called rap stupid when it started, and it was one of the most innovative music forms of its time. View quote
Dan Deacon
There's no way I can compete with someone who can write rap or rock and roll. Nor do I wish to. But I've always kept up to date with music changes. I worked very hard not to type myself. View quote
Elmer Bernstein
I'll dance to anything: Bob Marley or rap. View quote
Francesca Annis
The bar is so low in rap - mediocrity is king! View quote
Jay Electronica
Back in the day, if someone said that hip hop and rap was a fad, that was a joke to me because they just didn't know what they were talking about. In reality, there were so many people who didn't know what they were talking about it. View quote
Jam Master Jay
Meetings get a bad rap, and deservedly so - most are disorganized and distracted. But they can be a critical tool for getting your team on the same page. View quote
Justin Rosenstein
A lot of the stuff I've accumulated over the last few years of touring I thought was really interesting. Like sounds, sound bites, and beats even, but they weren't good dance beats they weren't ones anyone would want to rap over or anything. (Kid Koala)
I don't only like rap music. There's everything from R&B to crazy gangster rap, hip hop... everything! But it all blends together nicely. It's like a magical music rainbow. View quote
Kreayshawn
I started DJing, breakdancing and MCing in the '70s and I got my record deal in 1979 with 'Christmas Rap.' View quote
Kurtis Blow
Government workers often get a bad rap, but it's rare for them to receive much appreciation when government works. View quote
Matthew Lesko
I go to a lot of stand-up comedy. I find more inspiration from observational stuff than from rap. View quote
Riz Ahmed
I don't like rap that you can't understand. The youth is so quick and alert. View quote
Roy Ayers
To me, the 90's signaled the end of glam rock, the beginning of gangsta rap, and hopefully the beginning and end of boy bands. View quote
Shane West
The whole world has changed much since the '80's. In the united States, rap music and country music dominate radio and that certainly wasn't the case in the early '80's. View quote
Sheena Easton
And to turn it into rap wasn't too difficult besides just rhymin' the last words of each line. View quote
Slick Rick
Rap actually comes out of punk rock, not black music. View quote
Stanley Crouch
I have periods where I listen to regular rap, Jay-Z, Eminem and Lil Wayne. The next day I might have some Christian alternative music. The next day I have on some dance music. It all varies what I listen to. (Steve Blake)
As far as anybody in the rap game ever tryin' to assassinate my character, that's impossible. You talkin' about a man who has always walked the walk and talked the talk. View quote
Suge Knight
My brother's been producing rap music and hip-hop for maybe 10 years. View quote
Tina Yothers
I mean I'll be retired from rap, so what I'll be doin' in rap will be for fun. View quote
Tone Loc
What I'm trying to do is break the genre from what is rap and what is music. View quote
Wyclef Jean