I'm not trying to become the demon I'm fighting against
For what it's worth, I've been a hip-hopper from birth. Try to disrespect, and get your ass played up like a Smurf.
Well I listened to mostly rock music, and I felt like hip hop was like an extension of rock music when it was done well. So energetically, again I felt like it was in line with punk rock and maybe hard rock, more than it was in line with R&B, which I never really liked.
Most rappers these days is actors, And I can't keep watching the same movie.
Why give you the cure when the disease makes money?
If Dr. King marched today, would Bill Gates march? I know Obama would, but would Hillary take part?
Ayo, shout out to Mobb Deep, the Extra P Busta Rhymes, De La, the J Beez, so don't sleep
Once you find your lane, you can't cruise; When you define the game, you can't lose.
Hip hop has been an integral part of my life and my whole career. I started off doing videos with Ice Cube, and Dre, and Mary J. Blige, and TLC. So I've been involved in hip hop since the beginning.
Some wish that I was gone, cause they know I'ma win.
What's happening right now in the Hip Hop industry is that it is deeply affected by the general economy of America.
I think that any story that intends on being culturally authentic and true to life experiences will be a great story. Even if that culture isn't a hip-hop-centric one.
We listen to the early '90s Hip-Hop that we were raised on. I still think that stuff is better than anything you hear nowadays.
The powers that be are trying to meld, shape, and corral the culture of hip-hop into another speaking voice for the government.
It's basically me saying to the industry that I won't work within the walls in hip-hop. I want to put a twist on things, and that's what that song is all about. It's about putting a twist on stereotypes.
Strictly cop and go's until we laid in the Galapagos Eating tacos, higher than an opera note
After you back it up, then stop; Then wha-wha-what, drop drop it like it's hot!
50 told me go head and switch the style up and if they hate, let 'em hate, watch the money pile up.
Much of hip-hop, like comic books, is fantastical by nature, too.
I don't love all hip-hop, but I do relate to stuff like early Nas, 2Pac, Biggie, and MF Doom because they're also trying to escape a scenario.