Busta Rhymes Quotes

The rap game has to save itself. Everybody's saving it. People like Lil Wayne is saving it. He's bringing energy to it.

This is the industry that wants [music], the rap industry.

My brother's been producing rap music and hip-hop for maybe 10 years.

I ain't got no beef with east coast, I think it's just being hyped up.

You can't compete with hip-hop. That doesn't mean I don't want to be as big as a rap star. I do - I'm always competitive. But there's this weird perception of me as someone who's sitting around plotting like a devil. It's not like that.

Hip-hop is a way of life. It isn't a genre in truth in 'American Idol.'

When I was 14 years old, I was talking about much more mature things because of the writers that I had at the time. My first album was tied into what the culture was at that moment, which was Jodeci, Al B. Sure, Puff, The Hitmen. I reaped the benefits of being part of Bad Boy's movement. That was my introduction.

I would do a documentary about Jay-Z. Yes, I would.

I'm not just a hip-hop artist; I feel like I'm a rock star.

I'm always up to no good, messing about.

My favorite artists are Kanye West, Jay Z, the Fugees, Lauryn Hill, Destiny's Child.

I have been tagged mischievous since childhood and was known as a prankster.

Everybody knows how hard Jay Rock is.

We need more Rocafellas; we need more Bad Boys.

But I still rap like I'm on my Pharoahe Monch grind.

He was not hip-hop's most gifted emcee. Still, Shakur may be the most influential and compelling rapper of them all, he was more than the sum of his artistic parts.

I'm pretty sure JAY Z don't wanna rap right now.

I am a huge Eminem fan and find it flattering that he would rap about me. Personally, I'm honored.

To be hip-hop is much more than just rapping in the production. It is more in the attitude.

I've always been a fan of music. I would say I'm a fan of late '90s to early 2000s rap. That's where I get all my inspiration from.

One of the great things about rap music... it leaves a lot to be desired, as far as I'm concerned, musically, but I do recognize the very important place that it has in music and in creating role models for younger kids to emulate, giving them the dream that they can make it out of whatever situation they're in.