I started rapping when I was about 12 or 13, just playing around with it.
This rap game is just WWF; everybody wants points off somebody else.
I started DJing, breakdancing and MCing in the '70s and I got my record deal in 1979 with 'Christmas Rap.'
Just knowing how to rap doesn't necessarily mean that you're a good songwriter.
Odd Future's like a network as opposed to like a rap group.
Rap music's been around for too long now to be inspirational. The words are, but the music isn't.
In my mind, not in real life. My rap name will be Optimus Rhymes. Or the Notorious B.o.B.
Rap is just somebody getting something off his chest. That's all it is.
RZA is one of the most unique individuals and rap artists that I have worked with.
Rap helps me connect emotionally.
I always felt that rap didn't cause crime; it just reflected it.
I love pop and rap. Bringing those two worlds together is always fun.
It just happens to be that people like to associate poetry and rap music. I think that idea is kind of corny.
Now I listen to all kinds of music except rap, which all sounds the same to me.
Rap actually comes out of punk rock, not black music.
I've been rapping since I was 18 years old, with a crew called Blades.
I think that rap is narrative, when it's done right.
Rap in its form is poetry, meaning the point of convergence is words.
Memorization has gotten a bad rap recently. Lots of students, and even some educators, say that being able to reason is more important than knowing facts; and besides, why bother committing things to memory when you've got Google? My response to this...
I want to see these bad, bad, bad, bad men come to grips with their humanity.
Honestly, the best skater that I've seen who raps is Tyler, The Creator. He really can skate... He's legit.
