Rap Quotes — Page 36

Rapper, Actor

“Run DMC brought us out of that underground-only feel. They brought rap above ground and made it respectable as an art form to mainstream music.”

Art Running Rap

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Ice Cube

Rapper, Actor

“They thought we were just basically keeping ourselves underground on purpose. And it was just strange for people to approach music that way. And for rap, trying to get recognition, and be seen as a regular form of music like anything else. I mean, the Soul, R&B, Rock 'N Roll, they would dis the hell out of rap when it first came out.”

Mean Rocks Rap

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Ice Cube

Rapper, Actor

“We used to have MTV and all these ways we can show our videos, and it was these rap shows, and it was everything. And then it became not cool to be conscious; it became cool to just hang out. Escapism rap became the norm. And, when I say "escapism rap", I mean getting high, get your cars, get your money, get your jewelry, go to the club, have your women, and it just became all about escaping your reality and not making your reality better on a real tip; not just on the have fun tip.”

Real Fun Rap

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Ice Cube

Rapper, Actor

“Whatever happened in the neighborhood. That's what I was rapping about. And that sparked people's interest. And that's what kind of put me on that path.”

People Rap Path

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Ice Cube

Rapper, Actor

“We come from the days when rap used to agitate the mainstream. Now it's more buddy-buddy. That doesn't sit well with me. So what we need is [a bit more] street politics, bringing up issues, agitating you a little bit. And nothing can agitate you more now than a terrorist threat.”

Needs Issues Rap

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Ice T

Rapper, Actor

“You have to come in on a professional level to make it, otherwise you just can't get into rap.”

Levels Rap

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Ice T

Rapper, Actor

“I'm at a point where I don't have to wait for the income from the record to survive, so I'm in a comfortable zone, but I'll make rap records as long as I feel I have something to rap about.”

Long Rap Hip Hop

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Ice T

Rapper, Actor

“Rap is rock 'n' roll. Rock is when you push the buttons in the system; when you say, I'm not going along with what you're saying. That's rock, whether it's done with guitars, or it's done with just beats.”

Rocks Rap Guitar

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Ice T

Rapper, Actor

“I think that a rap aficionado, the hardcore rap fan, will always go away from pop, in the same way a hardcore jazz fan will never think Kenny G is really a jazz artist. You gotta kind of know there's always going to be that purist who's going to be like if it ain't beats and rhymes, if there ain't a DJ, then that ain't Hip Hop.”

Thinking Artist Rap

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Ice T

Rapper, Actor

“The trick with hip-hop-hip-hop is a sport. The only music that's really, really close to a sport. It starts off, "My DJ's better than yours. I can out-rap you, I can out-dance you, my graffiti piece is better than you." It's very competitive.”

Sports Rap Hip Hop

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Ice T

Rapper, Actor

“Everyone who raps isn't hip-hop. To be hip-hop, you've got to know the culture. You got to know the history.”

Culture Rap Hip Hop

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Ice T

Rapper, Actor

“When I first got into the rap game, I had an early dream of unifying rappers.”

Dream Games Rap

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