Jacob Anderson Quotes

I still to this day get the most inspiration from rap lyrics.

Not everybody is a great rapper; not everybody lives for the art of lyricism.

Hip-hop is not all '2 Chainz' - although '2 Chainz' is awesome. How he does that with metaphors, I don't know.

I love rap, and I try to write a bit like a rapper, to have a flow.

I still very much appreciate the storytelling of the best rappers.

Drake, I'd like to collaborate with. He's a phenomenal lyricist. Probably the best rapper in the world at the moment. I love Kanye but there's something about Drake; he's more straight up, really clever and really poetic and metaphorical - I love that. He's just clever.

I was rapping at eight.

Nas' storytelling was just fire.

When I was growing up, to be an emcee meant to write the most clever, intellectual, and wittiest rap. And that's what we did.

Everything is organic. I got the wordplay, I got the vocabulary to really, really rap.

I knew I could rap a little bit, which is not the most unique way for being funny. The more I did it, the better I got at rapping, and then I fell in love with the craft of it, and the possibility that I was a good rapper was very intriguing.

I'm not just a great white rapper. I'm a great rapper.

Ever since I was a kid I've been rapping.

If you're really a rapper, you can't stop rapping.

There's a guy on YouTube named Mac Lethal - he spits hot fire.

I think that rap is narrative, when it's done right.

People compare me to Kendrick. I've seen comparisons with Jay-Z, with Nas, with Chance The Rapper. I get a lot of Eminem comparisons.

Big Sean is one of the dopest rappers, of my lifetime for sure. Like, Big Sean is one of the best rappers. Period.

Kendrick Lamar is not a whack rapper, not at all. Do I think he's a super-mega-lyricist? Not really.

I definitely am the best rapper alive, mark my words.

DMX - everything this brother spits is hot. Everything. This is the heat right here. When I stand next to MCs, this is who I wanna stand next to.

Longevity always come from lyricism. From the people who can actually rap.

A friend of mine encouraged me to try rapping, so I started experimenting with it, writing verses, seeing if I could fit an extra word or syllable into each line without tripping myself up.

I like smart rappers who aren't necessarily trying to be deeper than you, like Danny Brown.

When I did rap and rhyme, it wasn't just a word that rhymed with another one.