My favourite quotes of all time....I think
May 05 '04
The Bottom Line I'm sure I've missed out many, but if so then spend 6 hours writing your own list!
Before I begin my ”Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2” week I thought I’d get an ‘assignment’ that’s I’ve been wanting to do for a while out the way. Since it’s building up to Hip Hop Appreciation Week and I’ve written my ”Top 10 hip hop albums of all time” and ”Favourite Lyricists” of the moment, I thought it was time to pull out the big guns. Yes, a list of the ”Greatest quotes of all time”. Now I can’t say this for certainly because like basically everything in the world, my list can be disputed. I’m sure that I will have missed many quotes on here that should be on here. Namely these quotes won’t be from the new waved of ‘intellectual’ hip hop that I do like, but don’t study about in as much depth as the period and style that most of these quotes will be from. If anyone here feels I’ve left anything out email me or leave me a comment and if I think you are right I will add it, but if not well then make your own list! The quotes included here are ones that I find myself relating to everyday sayings. One’s that I find myself humming repeating in my head unconsciously down the street. And ones that when you think of hip hop and rap as a genre, pop into your head. Since hip hop is a way off life, not just a culture some of these quotes I would go as far as to say you should live your life by. That is why hip hop is so important. It crosses boundaries and educates (when done right), and some of the quotes here I feel are as important as any school could give you in terms of knowledge and awareness.
I hope to include variety in my list. So not all of these quote will be serious. Some will be extreme battle lyricism and braggadocio. Some will be cool humor and some will be politically feisty. Many say you never forget the first time you see an amazing film or read a memorable book. Well I say that you can never forget where you are or who you are with when you hear a powerful lyrical sentence or verse, it sticks to you forever.
”This is the season for noise pollution contamination, examination and more cartoons than animation”-Eminem, Infinite
”Infinite” by Eminem is easily the best song that he has ever produced. He described the track as ‘me just experimenting with words’, but Infinite is more than that. Having dropped out of school two years before this was made, the song shows how you can be an intellectual and clever person without a degree to your name! The whole song is set over a tingling base drop and deep electronic keys coveted by light scratching. I found this whole song overwhelming the first time I heard it, and taking a section from the song was difficult enough as every sentence is memorable. What strikes me about this though is how it relates to the state of hip hop. The ‘noise pollution and contamination’ (as Eminem has said himself) is metaphorically describing the state of hip hop, when this album was released, where the public were starting to embrace hip hop openly. With Illmatic, Soul On Ice and various Tupac albums breaking the state of hip hop the quote refers to the period where hip hop and rap was wanted but feared. Though it took me a long time to see the song like this (as on the service it seems like just an amazing battle rap) if you look deeper the quote will imprint on your mind and never leave.
”At exactly which point do you start to realize, that life without knowledge is death in disguise”-Talib Kweli, K.O.S Determination
Talib Kweli is easily the best emcee to come out in the last few years. Though he hasn’t blossomed like many would hope, he still is an amazing artist who works hard to purify the hip hop culture. The quote above comes from my second favourite song on the ”Black Star” album ”K.O.S Determination”. When I first heard the production on this song with the snazzy piano keys a clumping wood hi-hat, I knew that I would remember this song forever. This is the type of song that is more educational than most of the garbage that schools pump your head with. It prepares the listener for the real world. And may I ask how accurate are the words posted above? Without knowledge of yourself, you cannot respect others or other cultures or anything else. Get your mind right to get your actions right. And what above all the song is saying is to make sure the knowledge you pick up is accurate and useful. I have decided this is one of the songs that my children will grow up listening to.
”Or is it the mind state that’s ill, creating crime rates to fill the new prisons the build”-Talib Kweli, Thieves In The Night
On the subject of Talib Kweli, I though I would include my only other quote from him on here. This is once again from the ”Black Star” album and is a quote from Talib’s first verse on the song ”Thieves In The Night”. I originally was going to put the bluest eye quote, but flashed back to a time when I was in a science lesson and could help but say these words out loud. As soon as the came from my mouth everyone looked at me, many sneered but one girl in the left hand corner smiled and after the lesson approached me to ask where I had got that sentence from. From that day on I knew the impact that hip hop could have and the importance of knowledge within the culture. For me Talib sums up America’s (and the world’s problem). Most of the people filling up the prisons are people who have committed the silliest of crimes. And do you ever question why they do them? Because the country doesn’t provide them with what they need. It really is that simple. They’re not horrible people; they’re people who are oppressed against. People don’t create the crime rates, the government does, and that’s why a black man is more likely to go to prison than get a college degree. A white man is more likely to get hit by lightening that that statistic propelling onto him. I’m white myself, but this is the truth! Talib shows once more how people need to stop living in darkness and open their eyes.
”I sip a Dom P watching Ghandi until I’m charged, then writing In my book of rhymes all the words past the margin”-Nas, The World Is Yours
And you questioned why he reached for the title of king of New York. Coming from his song ”The World Is Yours” on the second best hip hop album ever Illmatic, this quote is simply enjoyable. Over tingling keys and a deep drum loop, Nas plays with words and theories that most couldn’t conceptualize. The way he propels the words is so enjoyable as he takes the listener down his past. At the ripe age of eighteen, Nas has the mental capacity of a eighty-year-old as he takes the listener through a Queens Bridge movie. This quote is the first sentence of the song as is a flash back into the past. The freshness and creativity of his words is nothing like I’ve ever heard before.
”I stay in tune with the sun, stars and moon, cause behind bars you're doomed if your mind can't consume”- AZ, Ya World Don’t Stop
AZ has had a shorter but equally disappointing career like Nas. This song is taken from his second coming to Illmatic album ”Doe Or Die”. Like many emcees, AZ is a sucker to the commercial limelight, but when he wants to be he can be a prophet. Here he shows that even if you have made bad decisions or actions in the past, try to look on the bright side. When in those circumstances (of prison) the best thing you can do is built up knowledge and transform your thinking. This is educational rap at it’s best, once upon a time AZ had the whole world in his palm.
”You know the wisdom is reflected the knowledge when its manifested, If not fed in due time the mind is anorexic”-Cormega, American Beauty
Now let’s get one thing straight, Cormega is the most under rated emcee of all time! Belonging to that whole Nas, AZ, Nature packed and the mid-90’s hip hop ‘slap down’, Cormega is the only member to have kept his music and attitudes underground. Cormega, isn’t a leech for the commercial success, which is why I respect him even more. American Beauty is arguably the best song that he has ever created. Using the extended metaphor of comparing hip hop to a woman, Cormega opens up his debut album ”The Realness” with explosive voltage. Here Cormega explains that if you don’t fed your mind the right thinks it starts to thin and weaken. Here he tells the listener (like many of the quotes on this list) that you have to embrace knowledge to understand life and survive.
”I flash brilliance in the form of the truth and make Albert Einstein throw me Madi Gras beads”-Vakill, Move The Crowd
Like most emcees Vakill is a horrible person but an amazing lyricist. His debut album ”The Darkest Cloud” was one of the best albums to come out last year, though it was full of sexist garbage. Here Vakill uses Einstein’s theories on physics to rip into one of the most intelligent men to ever live! This is one of those quotes that if theres a awkward silence, you say it and it’s gets everyone talking. Either that or they move away from you, try it one time! Vakill is a lyrical genius and this quote is some of the best intellectual braggadocio I’ve ever heard!
”She said, afrocentricity, was of the past, so she got into R&B hip-house bass and jazz”-Common Sense, I Used To Love H.E.R
Taken from arguable the best hip hop song of all time, Common used this song to set off the trend of comparing hip hop to woman. What is so amazing about this quote is you can envison Common saying it. At this point on the song, Common’s voice saddens and so does the spirit of true hip hop listeners as they know the wave of defeat has come. As much as I love jazz, the early 90’s was the best time for hip hop and rap creatively and it will never return. It’s so sad that Common come to the conclusion that, a music born out of black peoples oppression will never be entirely about the struggle again. “afrocentricity” needs to live on.
”This rhythmatic explosion, is what your frame of mind has chosen, I'll leave your brain stimulated, ni--az is frozen”-Nas, It Ain’t Hard To Tell
This is just one of those lyrics that you hear and instantly rewind. Taken from one of the best freestyles ever ”It Aint Hard To Tell”, Nas lines the listener up for lyrical defeat. Speaking in present tense makes his lyrics come alive even more. When first hearing ”Illmatic” you realize that you are witnessing history in the making. Every time I think of this quote or hear it I associate it with that feeling. This is why it is so special to me.
”Does it pay to be deaf, dumb and blind? From a slave we was kept from the mind”-Killah Priest, B.I.B.L.E
Killah Priest is my 3rd favourite member of the Wu-Tang Clan, and this lyric is from the best song on the best hip hop album of all time ”Liquid Swords”. Now create the highlight of an album that isn’t even yours is hard, but Killah does it. Out of that song these words are engraved on my mind, and thats a hard thing to do! Here Killah says that as slaves, black people were kept from the mind. So now that they’re so called ‘free’ why not pick up all the knowledge you can. I think this applies to anyone who gets a second chance, or something amazing that ancestors didn’t get to do.
”Check the print, it's where veterans spark the letterings, slow moving emcees is waitin for the editin”-GZA, Duel Of The Iron Mic
Well, well my favourite member of the Wu-Tang Clan had to be on the list. Coming from the beginning of ”Duel Of The Iron Mic”, these (for me) stick out like a sore thumb. This type of battle lyricism is so unique to the GZA. As the GZA says, listen and read the lyrics to this song and the whole of ”Liquid Sowrds”, because the wording and “lettering” is beyond belief.
”I bomb atomically, Socrates' philosophies and hypotheses can't define how I be droppin these mockeries, lyrically perform armed robbery”-Inspectah Deck, Triumph
Deck is my second favourite member of the Wu-Tang Clan is the most under rated; the guys a genius! I didn’t think much of ”Wu-Tang Forver”, but this song ”Triumph” blew me away. The vocabulary, the delivery and the timing is perfect. This isn’t spiritual lyricism or “real life” drama’s this is just fun wordplay and I love it. If you want fun braggadocio at it’s best, stop by this verse and see why Inspectah Deck is a lyrical god!
”The crown is still mine cause I drop ill rhymes, a lot of rappers talk that murder sh-t and couldn't kill time”-Big L, Let Em’ Have It L
Umm did you just read that!? In many ways, Big L is a very over rated lyricist. At the best of times his lyricism drags and he is a sexist a-shole! But having said that I will raise my hadn and say he was one of the finest battle lyricists that the hip hop world had to offer. I personally loved his debut ”Lifestylez Ov Da Poor And Dangerous” and this is taken from one of his better songs. Generally speaking I’m a person that picks out little double meanings and appreciates cunning phrases in hip hop. This is a prime example of this! “You could’t kill time” is amazing! Talk about taking an everyday sentence and turning it into a giant. If your not aware by now, hip hop is extremely clever.
”I start thinking, how many souls hip-hop has affected How many dead folks this art resurrected”-Common, 6th Sense
I had to put in another little snippit of one of the best emcees ever. I just love this quote! I’m sure this is another quote on here that many are saying “this one of the best of all time!?” But this is my opinion and yes, this is one of the best. It touches on reality and is the truth. Hip hop and rap affects people everyday! It’s had the biggest impact on my life, so why not others! And yes this art form has resurrected people. But not just people, knowledge. Before hearing ”Illmatic” who had or has even heard or Papy Mason? Hmmm, I didn’t think so! Get some Common Sense!
”So lovers of life don't keep your hopes up high, (why?) cause it's just a matter of time before it's your turn to die. But until then, when you stop breathin, It's time to stand up and fight for what you believe in!”-Sticky Fingaz, 2 Wrongz
Along with Cormega, Sticky Fingaz is the most under rated lyricist of all time. The song "2 Wrongz” is my favourite Onyx song of all time. This clip shows you of the brutal honestly and feeling Sticky puts into his work. Sticky is passionate, emotive and hard-hitting, we all are going to die some day so live your life! The last few words of this sentence is something I live my life by, FIGHT FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN! Don’t just sit around talking the talk of how you arn’t racist or you are pro-environment. Do the dirty work, go on anti-racist protests, clean up the little, write to the president/leader! Don’t be anybody you are not, but if we don’t speak up for us as the people who will, think about that!
”I'm the sickest linguistically, illicit lyrical misfit, in the business And probably in existence”, Canibus, Rip VS Bis
Canibus is the best battle emcee ever, in my mind. I added this in here because when I think of him this line immediately springs to mind. And when that happens its only right to go with that lyric. Canibus battles with himself and still whips his a-s! He hits the nail on the head, he is one of the greatest and most under rated. He is better than LL Cool J, so now we know all that we can get on and wait for another amazing album.
”I break an emcee off proper, yo don't check me, ask your Moms and Pops, yo they respect me. But here you stand, tryin' to get yours, but gettin'g nothing, you probably can't spell "Boogie Down" or "Productions"”-Krs-One, Mad Crew
The man who claims “I am hip hop” and pulls it off is up next. ”Mad Crew” is my favourite Krs-One song, and if you have any idea about the amount of material he’s released you will know thats a hard thing to say! Over deep scratching and a slamming drum loop, Krs-One delivers, funny, witty and simply ill punch-lines. BDP were maybe the greatest hip hop duo of all time and Krs-One rips his enemy apart showing that you can’t out wit the master. You cannot teach the “teecha”, so just sit down and let knowledge be your guide.
”He squeezed harder, I didn't budge, sick of the blood Sick of the thugs, sick of wrath of the, next man's grudge”-Nas, I Gave You Power
I have many Nas quotes on here because no matter how much he annoys he at times, Nas is simply unbelievable. This quotes is taken from one of his greatest songs ever ”I Gave You Power” where he metaphorically describes himself as a gun. The looping piano keys and hi-hat prepares the reader for one of the greatest stories of all time. I love this ending because it shows how Nas prevail over evil and then evil comes back to conquer. Nas translates this quote to the fame and success he got from Illmatic, it’s too much pressure. He’s sick of the haters and the press and the pressure, but ultimately it will come.
” What the hell! You need cells and 2 ways for chicks to bone ya? And so much ice on ya body that you can get pneumonia”-SOS, Seasons
No one can deny that ”Seasons” was the best song of last year! I’ve had death metal fans come up to me and say they’ve loved this song! Telling the hip hop revolution through the eyes of the changing seasons is mind blowing! And I chose this quote because I couldn’t get the Pneumonia reference out of my head. The fact that “ice” is so bad that you shouldn’t be wearing it. Not only is it bad for hip hop but for the rapper itself. Tearing commercialism apart and showing that you don’t need women surrounding you to be a cool person, when actually teaching knowledge is the best thing you can do!
”Who am I? The incorrigible lyrical miracle is horrible yet hysterical the way I'll embarass you”-Young Roscoe, I Call Shots
This quote is on my profile page and I love it! Oung Roscoe is one of the most promising artists to come out of the West Coast for years, I love him! This delivery is quick and sharp and his charisma is amazing. Younger brother of one of the only West Coast artists I like Kurupt, Roscoe has a very promising future if he doesn’t mess things up. As you can see his lyrical wordplay over electric keys and amazing rifts is undeniably beautiful.
”You can be quick, jump of a candle stick burn your back, fu-k Jill on a hill but you still ain’t Jack”-Eminem, 313
Much like Nas and Common, this is another Eminem essential quote. Over the years i’ve never spoken to anyone who actually gets the double meaning of this quote. Not only does Eminem take the pi-s out of the nursery rhyme, but he also serves the rhyme as a double meaning. You still “aint Jack” means, you are not the stories main character but you aint sh-t basically. This is amazing wordplay and the first time I heard this lyric is stuck out like a sore thumb. I truly think (despite his faults) Eminem is a lyrical genius and the best artist to come out in the last five years.
”You wanna free Africa, I stare at yuh, cuz we ain't got it too good in America”-Ice Cube, Endangered Species (Tales From The Darkside)
Ice Cube is strictly dope. A “gangsta” turned political activist is what Ice Cube is. Many look ov er Ice Cube as another West Coast artist with misogynist lyricism. In a way they are right, but Ice Cube is very political. What he says in this quote hits the heart of American society. Even now with the war in Iraq which is meant to “help the people of Iraq” (but we all know the truth) but even if this was remotely true, why help other countries when yours is completely messed up. I’m from England and I think theres some terrible racism here, but its nothing compared to America! Before fixing other countries problems maybe Mr. Bush should be locking up the police that beat Rodney King within an inch of his life. Ice Cube addresses these issues face on and blossoms under the power of the mighty Chuck D.
” One day i'm gonna bust, blow up on this society, why did ya lie to me? I couldn't find a trace of equality.”-Tupac Shakur, Trapped
Now though I think Tupac is ridiculously over rated, he is one of the most passionate emcees of all time. I would put him up their with Chuck D and Sticky Fingaz. Don’t bother with 2pac’s later work but his early stuff is great listening. Having suffered a childhood that most couldn’t imagine (and even with his many problems) growing up as rational as he did is a miracle. Here, tupac over chaotic production confronts the trouble that people of non-white color face. One day the people are going to snap. I don’t it will be soon, but push someone and they will fall, break and retaliate! Tupac cannot find a trace of equality because he’s a young black male speaking the truth, and does corporate America want the truth? Of course not, they can’t handle the truth!
”What we got to say, power to the people no delay. To make everybody see, in order to fight the powers that be”-Chuck D, Fight The Power
Chuck D is my idol (forgetting the anti-Jewish crap) because he paved the way for the Tupac’s and the Ice Cubes and the Talib Kweli’s. When this song was first released on Public Enemy’s incredible album ”Fight The Power” it should have been manditory for everyone to listen to it. Of course there was to day and the “powers that be” are still stamping on the people that mean the most to the world. But over old school scratching and furious delivery this is a song not to be messed with, it stands the test of time.
”Styles compiled for miles and childs, bodies and owls and upside-down smiles. Reflect, catch wreck from sun-moon sect, paradex sheds light then thought reflects”-The RZA, 6 Feet Deep
The RZA is the most philosophical emcee that I have ever encountered. The way he views the world and the way he pieces lyrics together is up there with the greats. Also whats so amazing about him is his voice. As soon as you hear him on a track you know who it is, one of the greatest producers and lyricists of all time. What exactly does he mean when he says this. When I first heard this from his branch off project with The Gravediggaz I had no idea. Then I figured it out. He’s talking about the way that the mind processes thoughts and then reflects back on them in later years. The “upside down smiles” is the kindness that you only realize was actually kindness until it’s to late. I’m not trying to be pretentious or up my own a-s but that’s how I took the quote. If you think it’s about ants in Mexico, go you!
”So you think that hip-hop had it's start out in Queensbridge, If you popped that junk up in the Bronx you might not live”-Krs-One, South Bronx
The ultimate “ruffian” line! When this was said you could hear the years of resent and lies lifted from the South Bronx area. For so long everyone thought that American hip hop started in Queensbridge, oh no it was the Bronx. Krs-One again defines himself as the ultimate, rappers rapper and the king of knowledge. Who can ever forget the first time they heard this song? With the xylophone and the raw drum loop, BDP are the ultimate duo.
”Truth brings light, light refracts off the mirror, visions of yourself and error could never clearer. The truth is that you ugly, not on the outside, but in the inside, on the outside you frontin you lovely”-Pharoahe Monch, The Truth
Pharoahe Monch is unique in every sense of the word. ”The Truth” is arguably the best song to come off his impeccable solo debut ”internal Affairs”. This quote has stuck with me for a long time and flashes past me every time I see a guy or girl that is nice looking but a horrible person. As much as you can try and be nice, niceness is skin deep and if you are a horrible person eventually people are going to catch on. And one day people are going to have to face what they’ve done to others and the horrible person they have become. Over sweet violins and with his deep voice, Monch makes the saying “what goes around come around” more clearer than ever.
”The planet revolves, supposedly, man evolves. But no problem is solved, cause man is the cause”-Ras Kass, Ordo Abchao (Order Out Of Chaos)
This is the critical one, the Ras Kass gold medal. No, theres no signature battle lyricism just the truth. You might notice that the truth is a sort of theme that run on for my quotes. People underestimate the truth it can do so much and do so little at the same time. Even as the planet evolves from ape to man, are wer actually more civilized creatures? I didn’t see the first man beating it’s own kind to death because one had darker skin that the other one. But as Ras says, no problem is solved because man is the cause! The problems weren’t here to begin with human’s create these problems and then tries to blame others for his/her mistakes.
”Somebody tell these shorties reach for the stars Instead they tell 'em how to reach through the bars”-Nas, Purple
Though I’m 16 and still technically the next generation, I try and use this quote when with my little brothers and sisters and any young person I come in contact to. Though Nas is aiming this quote at non-white individuals I think it can apply to anyone. Anyone who doesn’t like the government or thinks that the war is wrong is thought as no use and people try to lock them away. It’s so important to teach the youth that whats going on in the world is disgusting. Give them un bias books to read and speak and listen. Over the most beautiful production of the last five years, Nas once again lives up to his ulter-ego of “Knowledge” with this quote.
”For nine six, the only emcee with a flu, yeah I rhyme sick, I be what you're tryin to do”-Jay-Z, Brooklyn’s Finest
I hate on Jay-Z a lot but this is an amazing punch line! Jay-Z has got one of the best flows in the industry and this quote highlights it well. The sick enigma is wonderful, and his power and hunger was very sharp on this album. Though he will never be in my top ten lyricists I song all the same, even though both Biggie and Jay are very over hyped as artists.
”As kids, you're overlookin death, it doesn’t seem important or serious it just seems curious”-O.C., Born 2 Live
I remember when a girl in my class died when I was 14, before I had never really contemplated death. I had had a lot of family members die, but because I don’t have a close family it didn’t affect me. The death of this girl was different though and through those few months in school this quote kept playing over in my head. O.C.. is on point here. As a child everything is so innocent and wonderful. Even if you’ve had a bad childhood you can still find glimpses of the simple things that make you so happy. As you grow older thing become more complex and nothing is what it seems, not even death. Wow, ”Word...Life” is so utterly amazing!
”Life's not a bi-ch life is a beautiful woman, you only call her a bi-ch because she won't let you get that pu-sy. Maybe she didn't feel y'all shared any similar interests, or maybe you're just an a-shole who couldn't sweet talk the princess”-Aesop Rock, Daylight
Though I’m not a huge fan of Aesop Rock, this quote is amazing! Start treating and calling women better things. Just because a girl doesn’t want to be with a guy doesn’t make her a “bi-ch”. Aesop Rock is obscure but at times a genius.
”Make a radio hit - headz criticize it; Underground classic - nobody buys it”-Ras Kass, Reelishymn
I think Ras Kass just summed up the hip hop game in one. It’s a “between the rock and the hard place” scenario. You make a radio hit everybody claims you’ve sold out, and then you make a underground classic nobody buys it and you cannot afford to make another album because you didn’t make enough back on your first album!
”I start to think and then I sink, into the paper like I was ink. When I'm writing, I'm trapped in between the lines, I escape when I finish the rhyme”-Rakim, I Know You Got Soul
Whenever I think of “real” lyricism I think of Rakim. Listening back to ”Paid In Full” the lyricism isn’t that complex, but then you put into context of when it was made, it’s a whole other story! Over Eric B’s scratching and light keys Rakim explains how he is trapped in hip hop. Unless you write a good rhyme and are a self conscious emcee, you can’t escape from that rap until it’s perfect. His imagery of almost melting into the page is mind blowing. If you still don’t believe me then just think without any Rakim there would be no Nas.
"I wear short sleeves like I bare arms"-Jay-Z, Brooklyn's Finest
I said that if anyone left me a comment with some punchlines I have missed I'd add them in, and heres one. I was SO close to adding this but the flu one seemed to win. But thanks to snoogans86, I have been convinced to add it in! In his time Jay-Z was amazing! And let's all face it we all loved "Brooklyn's Finest".
”Fortunately my music is never watery. That's how its gotta be, as far as I can see, maybe you should grab a telescope to see my veiw its like astronomy”-Tekniq (Binary Star), Reality Check
Thanks to the help of Eric I managed to recently get hold of a real copy of there album, finally! Many have never heard of Binary Star and if they have they don’t have the album as it’s super rare. ”Reality Check” is the best hip hop album I’ve heard in a while and I shall be reviewing it soon. This sentence is another one that I find myself repeating without thinking. There music is never “watery” or un-concentrated. So like me an Eric did, grab they’re telescope and see they’re view as the three man team are shooting stars!
”Week Omega, I amputate your lever dissect your pever, make your diva deep, throw off my second teaser. Activate off thought waves, picked up by moray eels makin you distill back to earth like a astro, In a light fluffy form called snow”-Gatekeeper (Gravediggaz), Unexplained
I personally didn’t like ”The pick, the sickle and the shovel” as much as "6 Feet Deep” but this is abstract lyricism at it’s best! Even if you don’t get it, respect it!
”You want to know how to rhyme, then learn how to add. It’s mathematics”-Mos Def, Mathematics
Mos Def is as important as Talib Kweli lyrically. I find this quote so simple but so affective. If you want to know how to rhyme know how to add. Know how to put words together and add up the awful things going on in the world so that you can speak knowledge. Because hip hip IS mathematics!
”Fu-k rap is real!”-Nas, Memory Lane (Sittin’ In The Park)
I second that!
”The World Is Yours”-Nas, The World Is Yours
I would like to finish with this quote as to me it’s the most simple lyric I come across but it relates to hip hop. Thank you for sitting through this and reading it. It’s taken me six hours to write and edit and I hope it was worth it. I’m sure that theres quotes I’ve missed, if so leave me a comment and if I agree with you I’ll add it. But for now I’d like to end hear. Whether reading this you are a rap lover, a rock lover a jazz lover or whatever, remember that the world is yours. Together we do have the change to change the world, but if not express yourself. Whether thats in your clothing or music, learn knowledge and read as much as you can. You only get one life and one world so make the most of it! Hip hop is the most severe form of intellect and expression today, but remember no matter if you hate it, THE WORLD IS YOURS!
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