Quotes by Rap I would say I started rapping because my friends were doin it. Action Bronson my-friends rap As far as rap, I was more of a Mobb Deep guy rather than a Tribe guy. Action Bronson tribes rap guy It's an accompaniment to life. It's not something that I do to rap; I smoke when I open my eyes...I don't know any other feeling. Action Bronson rap weed eye Educated: no. Stupid: yes. Ad-Rock rap stupid mean They don't want to see rap music. They don't want to see the Beastie Boys. They don't care what we're doing. They want one thing and one thing only: that's to see Madonna come on stage. Ad-Rock rap want boys There is a community in hip-hop. It doesn't seem like that anywhere else, except maybe in punk rock. But punk rock is tricky, because it has become such a pop thing. But in rap, there is still a feeling of community. Who are our peers? Rappers. Ad-Rock rap community feelings We just wanted to get as far away from the rap-rock scene as possible, because its been done and other bands do it better than us anyway. Adam Rich rocks rap band 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. Adam Yauch rap listening interesting ...I've never had a dream in my life, Aesop Rock rap hip-hop dream Too bad your inner sheep never forgets to follow. Aesop Rock rap hip-hop sheep People are very adamant about maintaining a certain sound or a certain era, like, "There were three years of rap that were great, so let's just keep doing that." The genre itself is just stuck in place. It's been treading water for a while. Aesop Rock rap people years The first lady in my life, but now you're gone, Afrika Baby Bam rap memories years De La Soul, from the soul, black medallions, no gold. Afrika Baby Bam rap hip-hop soul HIP-HOP HAS DIFFERENT ELEMENTS DEALING WITH MUSIC, RAP, GRAFFITI ART, B-BOYS (WHAT YOU CALL BREAK BOYS)... AND ALSO DEALING WITH CULTURE, AND A WHOLE MOVEMENT DEALING WITH WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING, AS WELL AS PEACE UNITY AND FUN. Afrika Bambaataa rap fun art When you talk about rap you have to understand that rap is part of the Hip-Hop culture. Afrika Bambaataa rap hip-hop culture 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. Afrika Bambaataa rap dancing white House, rap, R&B, disco rock, they are all part of hip-hop culture. Why you ain't playing Kraftwerk along with Jay-Z? That's hip-hop. Afrika Bambaataa rocks rap house In this time, we incorporate money and media, and it's split up like apartheid, where when you say "hip-hop," you think just rap records. People might have forgot about all the other elements in hip-hop. Now we're back out there again, trying to get people back to the fifth element, the knowledge. To know to respect the whole culture, especially to you radio stations that claim to be hip-hop and you're not, because if you was a hip-hop radio station, why do you just play one aspect of hip-hop and rap, which is gangsta rap? Afrika Bambaataa gangsta rap thinking There are so many millions of records out there, you should always be playing old and new together. This way, people can respect what the early elders of certain musical tastes have given to what we are now, and where we're going in the future. I don't care if it's rap, metal, whatever. You still should play Beatles records mixed with Limp Bizkit mixed with Foghat mixed with Creedence Clearwater Revival, stuff like that. Afrika Bambaataa rap musical people I don't care if it's rap, metal, whatever. You still should play Beatles records mixed with Limp Bizkit mixed with Foghat mixed with Creedence Clearwater Revival, stuff like that. Afrika Bambaataa records rap play «1234567891011»
