“When you've been raised in care, rap music isn't just about guns and sexism. They're talking about real things you can hang on to, problems of identity that you have sympathy with. It's not just about the music, with rap: when I was in care, it meant a whole lot more than that.” RealWholeProblemCareTalkingIdentityMusic IsGunRaisedRapSexismSympathyReal ThingsRap Music Author:Samantha Morton
“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
“Rap actually took root in the Negro community, and then in the Hispanic community, long before it impacted on the larger American community as a whole.” LongWholeCommunityRootsRapHispanic Author:Archie Shepp
“If we but give it time, a work of art 'can rap and knock and enter our souls' and re-align us - all our molecules - to make us whole again.” IfsGivingArtSoulWholeRapWorks Of ArtMolecules Author:P. K. Page
“So why you pushin' it? Why you lyin' for? I know where you live, I know your folks, you was a sucka as a kid. Your persona's drama that you acquired in high school in actin' class, Your whole aura is plexiglass. What's-her-face told me you shot this kid last week in the park; That's a lie, you was in church with your moms.” KnowsWholeKidsSchoolLastsFacesLyingChurchClassWeekMomDramaHigh SchoolShotsFolksHip HopRapParksPersonaYour MomAurasWhere You Live Author:O.C.
“I'd rather be broke and have a whole lot of respect. It's the principle of it.” WholePrinciplesHip HopRapBroke Author:O.C.
“When I make the music that I make, when it comes to reggae music, I engulf the whole spirit of it all. It's just like when I do rap music or whatever style of music I do, I have to engulf the character I do and bring that to life.” WholeCharacterSpiritStyleRapReggaeRap MusicReggae Music Author:Snoop Dogg