February 2012
21 posts
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“We speak the love language, they speak from pain and anguish.
Some don’t...”
– Talib Kweli, “Love Language,” from Reflection Eternal’s Train of Thought, 2000
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“Say somethin’ positive? Well positive ain’t where I live.
I live...”
– Treach, “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright (Ghetto Bastard),” from Naughty By Nature’s Naughty By Nature, 1991
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“Ain’t no tellin’ what I’d do for a dollar…
I’m...”
– Sean P, “Murder,” from DJ JS-1’s No Sellout, 2009
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“Yo, you don’t think you’re going under?
I got a bullet with your...”
– Kool G. Rap, “Death Threat,” from Brand New Heavies’ Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1, 1992
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“I once caught a bid, I never hit skid,
Never date a girl if the girl got a kid....”
– Grand Puba, “Who Makes the Loot?” from Brand New Heavies’ Heavy Rhyme Experience Vol. 1, 1992
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“Too many MC’s take that word ‘emcee’ lightly;
They...”
– KRS-One, “MC’s Act Like They Don’t Know,” KRS-One, 1995
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“I got styles sick as hell, sicker than sickle cell anemia,
Slaughter your...”
– AZ, “Rather Unique,” Doe or Die, 1995
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“Ain’t no love lost, cause there was never none there.”
– Billy Danze, “Hood Music,” from Memphis Bleek’s M.A.D.E., 2003
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“I’d rather die enormous than live dormant.”
– Jay-Z, “Can I Live,” Reasonable Doubt, 1996
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“I’m your Mr., you my Mrs. with hugs and kisses,
Valentine cards and...”
– Method Man, “All I Need (Remix),” from I’ll Be There For You/You’re All I Need 12”, 1995
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“Flawless victory, y’all niggas can’t do shit to me:
Physically, lyrically,...”
– Big Pun, “Beware,” Capital Punishment, 1998
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“If I should die this very day,
Don’t cry…cause on Earth
We wasn’t...”
– Whitney Houston, “My Love Is Your Love,” My Love Is Your Love, 1998. A rare R&B quote exception dedicated to Whitney Houston (August 9, 1963 - February 11, 2012), who has finally found peace.
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“…I’ve never had a dream in my life,
Because a dream is what you wanna do, but...”
– Aesop Rock, “No Regrets,” Labor Days, 2001
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“…Had dreams of fancy cars and limos,
And all I wanted was somebody to listen to...”
– Erick Sermon, “Please Listen to My Demo,” from EPMD’s Unfinished Business, 1989
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“Fuck Batman and Robin: I’m robbin’ with a bat, man.”
– Rock, “Gunz ‘N Onez (Iz U Wit Me),” from Heltah Skeltah’s Magnum Force, 1998
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“I’m somethin’ serious like Crips that bust gats,
Ignorant with it...”
– Jay Dee, “Y’All Ain’t Ready,” Welcome 2 Detroit (The D), 2001
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“You’re lookin’ at the Fridge, I’m the rookie.
I may be large,...”
– William “The Refrigerator” Perry, “The Super Bowl Shuffle,” Chicago Bears, 1985
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“Although I hit a pound of herbs, I’m still nice with the verbs.
So fuck...”
– Sadat X, “Show Business,” from A Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory, 1991
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“Your whole vocabulary’s played out, admit it.
Still wack if it came out...”
– Redman, “Pick It Up,” Muddy Waters, 1996
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“I call you once…you never dialed back.
Twice…you never dialed back.
Saturday...”
– Kool Keith, “Stop Jockin Me,” from Ultramagnetic MC’s Funk Your Head Up, 1992. Donald Cortez “Don” Cornelius (September 27, 1936 – February 1, 2012) Rest in peace.
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“When I hit the skins they all say, ‘Damn Kane…
You knock out the...”
– Big Daddy Kane, “How U Get a Record Deal?” Looks Like a Job For…, 1993
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“God damn! Drug dealers dealin’ to the kiddies,
Livin’ in the city...”
– 2Pac, “Wassup Wit The Luv?,” from Digital Underground’s The Body-Hat Syndrome, 1993
January 2012
30 posts
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“The mind tricks the body,
Body thinks the mind is crazy…”
– Buckshot Shorty, “How Many MC’s…,” from Black Moon’s Enta Da Stage, 1993
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The definition of hip-hop music
According to Guru (RIP): “Streetwise poetry and turntable wizardry.”- from “Flip the Script,” off of Gang Starr’s Daily Operation, 1992
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“I don’t feel pain cause it’s all in the mind,
And what’s...”
– Sticky Fingaz, “Throw Ya Gunz,” from Onyx’s Bacdafucup, 1993
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“I never ever ran from the Ku Klux Klan, and I shouldn’t have to run from a...”
– Kool Moe Dee, “Self-Destruction,” from Stop the Violence All-Stars’ Self Destruction, 1989
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“I find it’s distressin’, there’s never no in-between:
We...”
– Mos Def, “Thieves in the Night,” from Black Star’s Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star, 1998
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“When I need bread, I grab the toaster and stick niggas for they crumbs.”
– Akinyele, “The Robbery Song,” Put It in Your Mouth EP, 1996
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“I’m from Jerz, the home of: “I could’ve swore I parked my car...”
– Chino XL, “B-Boy Gangsta,” Poison Pen, 2006
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“I know how it feels to wake up fucked up,
Pockets broke as hell, another rock...”
– Notorious B.I.G., “Everyday Struggle,” Ready to Die, 1994
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“They say jealousy is a serious disease.
So I’mma say a prayer for you dudes,...”
– Lil Fame, “Hard NIggaz,” from M.O.P.’s Sparta, 2011
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“You got a man? That’s somethin we will talk about.
He’s smart...”
– LL Cool J, “Mr. Goodbar,” Mama Said Knock You Out, 1990
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“Pull down the shades on the windows of your soul,
And gaze into your mind and...”
– Beanie Sigel, “Hypnotic,” from Memphis Bleek’s M.A.D.E., 2003
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“Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther could walk,
Martin Luther walked so Barack...”
– Jay-Z, “My President is Black (Remix)” from Young Jeezy’s The Recession, 2008
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“I guess I was a combination of House of Pain and Bobby Brown:
I was...”
– Notorious B.I.G., “Dead Wrong,” Born Again, 1999
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“…Not to mention, I take authority horribly.
Fuck a job, nigga, that...”
– Obie Trice, “Growing Up in the Hood,” Bottoms Up, 2012
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“Every little boy wanna pick up the mic,
And try to run with the big boys and...”
– LL Cool J, “4,3,2,1,” Phenomenon, 1997
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“Friday the 13th…I’mma play Jason!”
– Big Daddy Kane, “Ain’t No Half-Steppin’,” Long Live the Kane, 1988
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“It don’t make sense: either you a soldier from the start,
Or a actor with...”
– Xzibit, “Paparazzi,” At the Speed of Life, 1996
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“Fuck a moment of silence…I need a moment of violence.”
– Immortal Technique, “Toast to the Dead,” The Martyr, 2011
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“You can call it hell…
But I say it’s below the heavens.”
– Blu, “The World Is…(Below the Heavens),” from Blu & Exile’s Below the Heavens, 2007
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“A forty and a blunt, that’s all she really wants.”
– Grand Puba, “Slow Down,” from Brand Nubian’s One for All, 1990
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“Life is real, reality is not a dream.
Those who chose to sleep…I wake em up,...”
– King Sun, “Humm Deez Nuts,” Strictly Ghetto EP, 1994
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“Look past the garbage, over the trains,
Under the ruins, through the remains,...”
– Grandmaster Caz, “South Bronx Subway Rap,” from Wild Style Soundtrack, 1983
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“Why is it a honey act like she don’t want to be bothered?
But after the...”
– Breeze Brewin’, “Sex Type Thang,” from Juggaknots’ Clear Blue Skies (Re-Release), 2002
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“Two years ago, a friend of mine
Asked me to say some MC rhymes.
So I said this...”
– Run, “Sucker M.C.’s,” from Run-D.M.C., 1984
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“I wanna lie to you sometimes…but I can’t.
I wanna tell you that...”
– Cee-Lo, “Thought Process,” from Goodie Mob’s Soul Food, 1995
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“Uh oh, it’s beer o’clock, I think I’m sober.
How about we...”
– Viktor Vaughn, “Raedawn,” Vaudeville Villain, 2003
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