Alan Vega Quotes

I hate serious rap. It's boring.

In my mind, not in real life. My rap name will be Optimus Rhymes. Or the Notorious B.o.B.

Back in the day, rappers were 'bump bump bump ba bump ba bump.' They was rhyming like that, but I was like, 'bababa bump bump babum ba babump bababa bump.'

I'm huge into '90s rap. It's my jam.

You have this ability in hip hop to be invincibly cool, and that is a part of G-Eazy.

I would say I started rapping because my friends were doin' it.

I love that twinkly, girl rap. I've always loved that.

I mean, Common was and is like my favorite rapper.

Ghostface, when it comes to hip-hop, was one of my favorite rappers and definitely one of my favorites in the Wu-Tang. He's also a really cool dude.

Earlier in our country, rapping was not considered as a proper art form, as it is not a song. But now, incorporation of rap in Bollywood songs, is giving rappers a chance to show their talent and it is coming to the mainstream.

Rapping was a hobby; when I went to college, there were a ton of dudes rapping. I think that's where I got my rapping chops up.

I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rapping.

It must surprise people that I'm such a rap fan, but it's true. Sometimes, just staying in, putting on some rap music, and letting loose is all I need to have a good time.

I made the decision that I was going to make rap music in, like, fourth grade, so it's been something I was saying for a long time.

Lil B opened up the floodgates for Odd Future, and now rap has a huge Internet culture.

You don't really gotta rap no more; you can just say the verse with a swag now.

My character is meant to know nothing about rap, and not to like it very much, but I know about it, because my kids make me listen to it. There's some rap I do like very much. I like Eminem, Blackalicious.

Nas always been my favorite rapper, but 50 Cent, he changed my way of thinking about music 'cause he was so detailed in his music, I knew that wasn't lying. I never felt Tupac that way; I never felt Biggie that way. I love Nas music, but I never felt and believed like, 'This is for real.' 'Cause I grew up that gangsta lifestyle.

For me, I like old-school rap music. There was a time when music was so, so rich overall, and the content of what people talked about was so deep on every level, song-for-song, pound-for-pound, and on radio, there was so much content. I gravitate more towards that type of music, to be honest.

I love listening to Lil' Wayne, Drake, and Eminem to get me fired up!

As far as rap, I was more of a Mobb Deep guy rather than a Tribe guy.

I'm not big on rap, to be honest. I just don't get it. It's angry people shouting. I like a song, melodies, people singing.

The music is just real powerful when Mobb Deep and Nas work together.

I grew up with bubble-gum rap. Seriously, in 2003, 2004, it was Chingy 'Right Thurr.'

Juicy J was always one of my favorites. For one, he was a producer and I just used to love how he came on his verses every time.