“I don't have to rap in a stadium. As long as I can provide for my family and my art, and live comfortably and live well, then I'm good. And with my talent level and my skill level, I'll get there.” WellsLongArtI CanLevelsTalentSkillsMy FamilyRapStadiumsLive Well Author:Freddie Gibbs
“I've never had a problem with someone saying "yeah you're pretty, but you can't rap." In fact, I've heard things about other artists, opposed to me. To make a long story short, I've never had a problem with that. My skills speak for themselves.” LongFactsStoriesProblemArtistSpeakHeardSkillsYeahRapYou Re PrettyLong Story Author:Jacki-O
“Even where the game is today, cats don't really focus on necessarily what it is that you're saying so when people say, "Oh, you can't rap," I play into the joke. That's why I'll challenge anybody; anybody rapping, let's go just because I know what the art form is and even when you see these battle rappers in here, they're so skillful. It's actually a skill.” PeopleKnowsArtPlayTodayFormGamesChallengesFocusBattleSkillsJokesCatRapRapperSkillful Author:Nick Cannon
“I hate this shallow Americanism which hopes to get rich by credit, to get knowledge by raps on midnight tables, to learn the economy of the mind by phrenology, or skill without study, or mastery without apprenticeship.” MindAmericaHateHopeEconomyLearningStudyRichSkillsI HateTablesCreditRapMasteryShallowMidnightGet RichApprenticeshipAmericanismPhrenology Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)
“The particular skill that allows you to talk your way out of a murder rap, or convince your professor to move you from the morning to the afternoon section, is what the psychologist Robert Sternberg calls "practical intelligence." To Sternberg, practical intelligence includes things like "knowing what to say to whom, knowing when to say it, and knowing how to say it for for maximum effect.” WayMovingMorningKnowingEffectsParticularSkillsMurderRapPracticalsConvinceProfessorsAfternoonSectionsMaximumPsychologist Author:Malcolm Gladwell