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Rappers | Nas Jay-Z The Notorious B.I.G. 2Pac Eminem Wu-Tang Clan A Tribe Called Quest Outkast Kendrick Lamar Gang Starr Talib Kweli Common Kool G. Rap Ras Kass
Years | 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982
The better you sell, the better future for their children.
Controversy sells, so they support conflict,
Makes more progress, means more profit.
An artist gets killed, they say they’re ‘so sorry,’
Meanwhile, they tell you the date of his next project.
What a life…death made them more profit:
Record companies get paid for your drama.
- Cormega, “Industry,” Mega Philosophy, 2014. More wisdom from ‘Mega…
There’d always be somebody that shoot down any dream.
There’ll always be haters, that’s the way it is:
Hater niggas marry hater bitches, and have hater kids.
- Kanye West, “Bring Me Down,” Late Registration, 2005. More gems from ‘Ye
Don’t care about culture, they only want profit.
If your album sell slow, bet you’ll get dropped quick;
Q-Tip warned us: the industry’s toxic.
For reference, check out BDP’s Sex and Violence.
- Cormega, “Industry,” Mega Philosophy, 2014
Felt like every bullet hit me when they flew out each 9.
I’ll be happy when I wake up and I have a free mind.
- Lil Herb, “The Neighborhood,” from Common’s Nobody’s Smiling, 2014
- Prodigy, “Give Up the Goods (Just Step),” from Mobb Deep’s The Infamous, 1995. More quotes from QB’s finest…
I’d run away from this bitch and never come back, if I could.
- 50 Cent, “Hate It or Love It,” from The Game’s The Documentary, 2005. More lyrics from 50…
- Mad Skillz, “The Jam,” From Where???, 1996
With a wide-eyed look and a rotten-toothed smile.
Used to walk with a swagger, now you simply stagger
From one spot on, to the next spot on, to the next spot on, to the next…
- Derek X (now known as Sadat X), “Slow Down,” from Brand Nubian’s One For All, 1990
It’s freedom or not freedom. Breathin’ or not breathin’.
Another day, another way, another dollar spent;
Gotta make a revolution out of fifteen cent.
- Dead Prez, “The Grind,” from Erykah Badu’s Worldwide Underground, 2008. Read more Dead Prez quotes…
You always was committed;
A poor single mother on welfare, tell me how you did it.
There’s no way I can pay you back,
But the plan is to show you that I understand…
You are appreciated.
- 2Pac, “Dear Mama,” Me Against The World, 1995. More 2Pac quotes…
Got Mary, got Lucy, got Molly: that’s wifey, girlfriend and mistress.
- Ab-Soul, “Gods Reign,” These Days…, 2014
And CC all my friends so they could see what I was seeing…
But what they saw was a despicable human being;
So, I guess they just wasn’t seeing what I was seeing.
- Pharoahe Monch, “Broken Again,” PTSD, 2014. More quotes from Pharoahe Monch…
But long distance love, never thought it would end.
The feelings never changed until the call came…
You were engaged, I was in pain.
It was such a shame: the timing, it just wasn’t right.
So I say, ‘Good luck,’ and then I say, ‘Good night.’
- Murs, “Dance With Me,” from Murs & 9th Wonder’s The Final Adventure, 2012. More Murs >
…So it’s only right I’m still tossing ‘round Knicks.
- Jay Z, “Seen It All,” from Jeezy’s Seen It All, 2014
I called them: cousins, aunts, pops, moms.
To you? Hoodlums, crackheads, gunmens.
To me? Just neighbors, classmates, young friends.
- Ka, “To Hull and Back,” 1200 B.C. EP, 2014. More bars from Ka…
