“Around the middle of last year I started listening to a lot of rap, like Nicki Minaj and Drake... They all sing about such opulence, stuff that just didn’t relate to me - or anyone that I knew. I began thinking, “How are we listening to this? It’s completely irrelevant.”” ThinkingYearsLastsStuffMiddleListeningRapRelateLast YearIrrelevantOpulence Author:Lorde
“I listen to a lot of crazy stuff like pop, techno, rock, hip-hop, rap, baladas, bachata...my iPod is crazy. I like listening to a lot of stuff in different languages, so my music is always out there for me.” DifferentLanguageStuffCrazyRocksListeningMusic IsHip HopPopsRapHipsHopsIpodsDifferent LanguagesTechnoBachata Author:Prince Royce
“In my mind, New York was the place where they had the underground rap shows and I could get in on some ciphers and just rap. This whole fantasy world I had created in my head about New York just from listening to the music my whole life, like, I'ma go up there and do that. But when I came up here, there was none of that, that scene was dead.” WorldMindWholeShowsFantasyNew YorkListeningSceneRapWhole LifeFantasy WorldsCiphers Author:J. Cole
“Lil Wayne is somebody who I used to ride to school listening to in my car. You know from Tha Carter to Tha Carter II, to Dedication 1 & 2, to Da Drought, his mixtapes. You know you got that for him as him being a rap legend, somebody who you look up to.” KnowsLooksSchoolUsedCarListeningRapLook UpLegendsDedicationCarterWayneDroughtMixtapes Author:Big Sean
“I think it's cool to do stuff in a different language. Basically, I learned English through listening to rap. A lot of people think it's funny. But it's true; I used to try to get the accents.” PeopleThinkingTryingDifferentUsedLanguageStuffListeningRapAccentsDifferent Languages Author:Wyclef Jean
“I grew up listening to all kinds of music, everything from country to rock, pop, R&B and even rap, so for me, music is music and a great song is a great song.” KindCountrySongRocksListeningGrewGrew UpMusic IsPopsRapAll Kinds Author:Jason Aldean
“I grew up listening to Commission, Kirk Franklin and Hezekiah Walker. If I was found listening to any rap, my pops would throw them out, or crush the CDs and tapes - literally.” IfsFoundListeningGrewGrew UpPopsRapCrushTapeCdsFranklinWalkersKirk Author:Rahki
“Imagine Eminem writing a play with complex raps and syllables, and melodies flowing in and out. That's what it was like for me listening to Lin-Manuel Miranda, it was incredible. So it just goes to show that if you put your teaching style in a certain form, that will attract the attention of the people you are trying to teach.” PeopleIfsWritingTryingPlayShowsFormCertainAttentionTeachImagineTeachingStyleListeningComplexesIncrediblesRapMelodySyllablesMiranda Author:Ryan Montgomery
“I didn't get into Tupac [Shakur] until a little later, once I started understanding rap and people's stories. Eminem was the first rapper that I actually started dissecting the lyrics, and once I got attached to his stories, then I started listening to Dr. Dre, then Snoop 'cause they were all under one camp.” PeopleFirstsLittlesStoriesCausesUnderstandingListeningRapCampsRapperDrsDissectingDr Dre Author:Tyga
“Racism is taught in the home. We agree on that? Well, it's very hard to teach racism to a teenager who's listening to rap music and who idolizes, say, Snoop Dogg. It's hard to say, 'That guy is less than you.' The kid is like, 'I like that guy, he's cool. How is he less than me?” WellsHardHomeKidsGuyTeachTaughtListeningRacismAgreeRapTeenagerThat GuyRap Music Author:Jay-Z
“Either I'm listening to rap music, getting hyped up to go out and do something, or I'm listening to church music.” ChurchListeningRapRap MusicChurch Music Author:Hailey Rhode Baldwin
“I think people assume that whatever kind of music you make is the music you listen to. Don't get me wrong, I listen to tons of pop music and all the music that really inspires Best Coast is very straightforward '50s and '60s pop music, but I've been listening to R&B and rap since I was a kid. I grew up in L.A. It's part of the culture. I listen to anything.” PeopleThinkingKindKidsCultureInspireListeningAssumingRapStraightforwardPop Music Author:Bethany Cosentino
“We just play whatever we're into. For a while there, we weren't listening to too much rap stuff, 'cause there wasn't anything interesting.” InterestingListeningRap Author:Adam Yauch