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849 Rapper Quotes

I can't really see myself as an artist. Now, to step out here and there, do it when I feel like it, that's a possibility. But for me to be a full-fledged, full-time artist in the industry, I don't think so.

Artist Feel Full-Time Here
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People put me on a box, and I love when people think they know what I am capable of or not capable of. I thrive off of that.

Am Box Capable I Am
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Acting in film, you know, I hear all the time, people say 'You did so much better than I thought you would.' So there's an added element of surprise in film, different than in music.

Acting Added Better Did
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I don't really like the sound of Auto-Tune. I don't like when it's extremely audible, when you're able to detect it easily. I don't like that.

Able Detect Easily Extremely
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Let it be known: I am a free agent. I'm operating as an independent label. I do not have corporate sponsors. I don't have no corporate backing. I don't have no major distribution.

Agent Am Backing Corporate
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My childhood name that my father gave me, my mother, my grandmother, grandfather, family and friends all call me T.I.P.

Call Childhood Family Family And Friends
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My father passed away in 2002, but yes, we were pretty close. I loved him a lot.

Away Close Father Him
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We cannot attain the sanity that we seek by being quiet or nonchalant about our state of affair.

Sanity Seek Nonchalant State
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Most Time. Disappointments are just God's way of saying I've got something better. Be patient
Patient Better Disappointment Most time
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When you're putting in the work you don't realize how much you've put in until you get to a point and look back and see how much you've done you'll be proud of your hard work! Hard work always pays

Hard work You Realize Proud
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Cleanliness is next to idleness.

Cleanliness Next Idleness
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Basically, the Internet is just the way now. It's the end-all, be-all of self-promotion. It's not like you got to burn CDs and pass them out or sell them. The Internet is a tool that reaches billions and billions of people. It's like a no-brainer to tie it in with self-promotion, or even label promotion.

Label Internet Billions Promotion
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The Web is the new way to figure out who's hot and what's not. You can't let TV dictate because it's so polished, so political. It is what they want you to know. The Internet is the raw.

Because Dictate Figure Hot
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The first thing that's important is to really have people believe in you. If you have that, you can do anything.

Important Anything People Believe
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No days off. I'm a workaholic.

Days Off Workaholic
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I dated all these girls and ended up not liking them and thought to myself, 'What was it that all of them had in common?' They had too much time on their hands. Even though they were pretty, they lacked something. A woman could be less attractive but with ambition and drive, that's the most beautiful thing.

Ambition Attractive Beautiful Common
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I never had money; I like nice things, but I don't let that run my life. At the same time, I have to let something drive me... so now I let the money drive me.

Drive Life Money Nice
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I don't want to be one of those guys that you see who made $4 million, invested $3.5 million, and now you work at Wendy's.

Guys Invested Made Million
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Hip-hop is all about impact, baby. You can sell records, you can be two-times platinum, you can be gold... but if you lame, you lame, man. We try to provide the exact opposite of that. It's style, individuality, confidence. We exude that.

Confidence Exact Gold Impact
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All the rappers my age are getting Audemars and Rolexes. I want to find my own thing. That's why I travel the world - for me, that's my B-side, why we go places. I have a Hublot on from time to time but I want a home base watch - something that's elegant but has got a little pizzazz to it.

Age Base Elegant Find
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When we were in D.C. my daddy used to cut his hair with a bowl. Crucial. If you're African, Haitan, Jamaican or even more poor than the people in the project, you'll know about that.

African Bowl Crucial Cut
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I worked at a hot dog place, a bagel place, the Jersey Store and the hottest fashion joint around. I was getting too famous to work there anymore. I was almost showing up as a joke. I made $2,000 on my show the previous night and I'm going to go shopping during my five-hour shift.

Famous Hot Joke Fashion
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I'm never satisfied, man. I'm Virgo. We overanalyze and we're never satisfied. So I'm gonna keep going 'til the wheels fall off.

Virgo Fall Keep Satisfied
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Everything's pretty consistent in the industry, you know. There's a couple of naysayers, whatever, people who don't agree. But for the most part a lot of people believe in the new class of MC's that coming to the game.

Agree Believe Class Game
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I'm very proud of my Nigerian heritage. I wasn't fortunate enough to be raised in a heavy Nigerian environment, because my parents were always working. My father was with D.C. Cabs and my mother worked in fast food and was a nurse.

Proud Heavy Fast Enough
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Mix-tapes are something that have been going on for a while. They've been pretty important to hip-hop for the past 10 years. It's the way we advertise our music to the public for free.

Pretty Free Important While
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You don't necessarily pick the singles that you want when you're making a record, but for the most part it's the same process. You're the artist - you make the music that you want to make.

Music Process Artist Singles
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Sometimes I'm happy - you can tell via Twitter. Sometimes I'm pissed off - you can tell via Twitter. I just think, at the end of the day, I don't want them to see me as a celebrity; I just want them to see me and say, 'He's like a regular person at his job right now who's mad.'

Celebrity Day End Happy
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However, people need to understand that it ain't that deep to try and convince people of what your persona is. You are who you are, and what you are will show in time. What you aren't can be hidden, but eventually it will come to light. Long story short: rappers should never take themselves too seriously.

Deep Long Time Come
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I go out, but not too much. When I'm on tour, I just write a lot of music and sleep.

Tour Music Write Out
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I don't wanna sound pretentious talking about myself.
Sound About Talking Myself
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I'm learning as I go. I don't know everything. I never had anybody to look at, nobody ever taught me, and where I'm from I didn't have any famous role models.

Famous Role Know Taught
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There are certain things that can be asked that get me excited. It's never a thing where I think I'm too good, I'm just the type of person who likes to be enlightened. I don't like to go through the motions.

Excited Type Asked Certain
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Ruzzle's my therapy. When I get off the stage from a packed show and I'm exhausted, I'll just go Ruzzle for like a good 30 minutes.

Good Show Exhausted Stage
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I used to switch up my cologne every two to three months, get a new wave - Dolce, Versace, Burberry. But Black Orchid, that joint stayed. That's the smell of beauty that stays on you... and girls love Tom Ford.

Beauty Joint Cologne Love
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It's a trend to insult Wale, like that makes you cool on the Internet, and a part of it is because I respond.

Cool Trend Insult Part
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I'd love a super human memory. My memory has never been good.
Good Human Love Memory
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I don't be remembering women that I've met before. I don't remember people as a whole. It's crazy. A lot of times, people get in their feelings, like, 'You don't remember me?!'

Times Crazy Feelings Lot
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I dated a lot, but I never really had anyone who was worthy of an anniversary. And most girlfriends never made it to a year, anyway.

Worthy Dated Lot Anniversary
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I hope everybody thinks they've got the best album. I wouldn't have put mine out if I didn't think it was the best.

Album Mine Best Hope
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I used to have a real passion for writing, but not so much anymore - probably because I do too much of it.

Passion Writing Anymore Much
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I feel like I'm one of the more creative artists in the game. I think I'm going to be here for a while.

Feel Game Artists Creative
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There's no way you can win when you're the president; you've got to be the scapegoat for America's issues.

America Got Issues President
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I'm a black man in the United States of America, so I always feel like there's a target on me.

Always America Black Feel
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I'm fortunate enough to be living my dreams and a lot of other peoples' dreams.

Dreams Enough Fortunate Living
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My life is better than a lot of people I know. I'm definitely happy about that.

Better Definitely Happy Know
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Every artist is supposed to get emotional. You're painting pictures of emotions.

Artist Emotions Pictures Every
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If someone doesn't have a reason to not like you in America, they talk politics or religion. Then they get to hate you and we get to be enemies.

America Enemies Get Hate
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I want to be on a show that's not sensitive to racial jokes; I want to be on one where they call me everything and I call them right back. There's blatant racism going both ways. That's what we need.

Show Blatant Both Call
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Not to sound corny, but intelligence is big. Everything fades, and everything can be modified. But intelligence is something you can't fake. I'm not even talking about whether you can read a thesaurus backwards. But there is a beauty in common sense.

Common Beauty Corny Fades
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