“The whole point of 'Acid Rap' was just to ask people a question: does the music business side of this dictate what type of project this is? If it's all original music and it's got this much emotion around it and it connects this way with this many people, is it a mixtape? What's an 'album' these days, anyways?” PeopleIfsWayDoeWholeAsksSidesEmotionTypeProjectsOriginalsAlbumsRapThese DaysAcidMusic BusinessMixtapesOriginal Music Author:Chance the Rapper
“I just knew what I wanted to be since the third grade. And I always did well in school, I was the type to get good grades, I never really got below Cs or nothing like that. I always kept it A-B. But there's no school for rap.” WellsWantedSchoolTypeThirdsRapGradesGrades In SchoolThird GradeGood Grades Author:Big Sean
“I always knew that I would be some type of public figure, but I never knew that it would be rapping.” Would BeFiguresTypeRapPublic Figures Author:Freddie Gibbs
“I started doing shows in places that I couldn't pronounce, didn't know existed, and I've seen people that didn't speak English or Spanish rapping to every lyric and singing to every hook. I said, "This is the type of music that I want to do."” PeopleKnowsWantSaidShowsSpeakTypeSingingRapHookSpeak English Author:Pitbull
“I'm a private person so wasn't the type of person who could talk to people and be like this is going on at home, I want this shirt, this girl don't like me, etc. I just rap about it!” PeopleWantPersonsHomeGirlTypeRapLike MeShirtsEtcThis GirlDon't Like Me Author:Kirko Bangz
“I would never challenge any rapper to a rap-off. It's weird, I'm not that type of rapper.” ChallengesTypeRapRapper Author:Donald Glover
“I'm not the 'rappity-rapper' type dude. All my music is really true. I can't just rap about nothing, just metaphors and putting words together. I can't just smash out material like other guys. I just want my albums to be crazy every time I drop one.” WantI CanTogetherGuyCrazyMaterialsTypeMusic IsMetaphorAlbumsRapRapperOther GuysBeing CrazyReally True Author:Schoolboy Q
“I value my core fans I got from the hood. I think a lot of things might hit home with them, like problems with the law or how I talk about partying - all the different topics I cover when I do rap. But I also value my suburban fans who take a liking to my music and like the way I change cadences. I appreciate all of them cause both types of fans push me to record all the time, both push me to give my best when I do a show. Both push me to be the best rapper and not just do it as a hobby, but do it as a job and take it seriously and put pride in it.” ThinkingWayGivingDifferentShowsProblemHomeMightJobsLawValuesCausesPartyRecordsFansPrideTypeAppreciateRapCoreBeing The BestRapperHobbiesTopicsJust Do ItHoodCadenceBest Rapper Author:Gucci Mane
“I don't think you can be a good musician if you just listen to rap, or just the [type of music] you do. You gotta be open to other ideas.” IfsThinkingIdeasTypeMusicianRapJust Listen Author:Freddie Gibbs
“I can see myself retiring from rapping, but I don't think from music. After that, I think I'd just go into some other kind of music, 'cuz I'm a worldwide fan of music, all types of music, all cultures, so I'll always be involved.” ThinkingKindI CanCultureFansTypeInvolvedRapRetiringCuz Author:Redman
“Well hip hop is basically the whole culture of the movement. There's the rap which is a form of hip hop culture. It could be breakdancing, freestyle dancing or whatever type of dancing that's happening now in the Black, Hispanic and White community.” WellsWholeFormCultureBlackCommunityWhiteMovementTypeHappeningsDancingHip HopRapHipsHopsHispanicFreestyleBreakdancing Author:Afrika Bambaataa
“I didn't think of rap with that type of south feel and that look and the hay and all that.” ThinkingFeelsLooksTypeSouthRapHay Author:Kool Keith
“I always thought I'd look corny in the type of rap video in the club with girls and all that type of stuff. I just didn't think I could really pull that off. We always think it's more fun and better just to go outside the box and to use our videos to show cool concepts.” ThinkingLooksUseShowsGirlFunStuffTypeConceptsBoxesClubsRapVideoCornyOutside The Box Author:Mac Miller
“I look at my career and I feel I have the potential to maybe mature into a Samuel Jackson-type older cat, and people will still respect me and say 'Yo, Ice-T was wild', into my old age. And why not? I don't necessarily think I'll be rapping in 10 years.” PeopleThinkingFeelsYearsLooksStillsAgeCareersTypeCatRapOld AgeIceWhy NotMatureRespect Me Author:Ice T
“I describe me sound as international: reggae, pop, rap, R&B all in one. I think I have my own style. I can't really even describe it. People say, "What type of genre is your music?" It's Sean Kingston genre. I have my own genre. No disrespect to no artist or dudes out there. I feel like I am my own person. I am doing my own thing.” PeopleThinkingFeelsPersonsI CanArtistSoundMy OwnStyleTypeInternationalPopsRapGenreDisrespectReggaeSeanGenre IsMy Own StyleDescribe Me Author:Sean Kingston
“A few more albums, a few more years, I'll be like Peter Petrelli in Heroes. I'll be some type of rap super-monster or something.” YearsTypeHeroAlbumsRapMonstersPeter Author:Joe Budden