Joyner Lucas Quotes

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

As far as rapping goes, as long as you are telling the truth and you have a good flow, then you win.

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

Biggie and Big Pun were the best storytellers of the '90s. I would get wrapped up in the narrative of what they were talking about.

But I've been freestyling and messing around with rhyming since I was 13. That's when I really started listening to hip-hop music.

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

I came up in hip-hop, where people value the ability to tell it straight.

Big Rube was on my first album and some of my mixtapes. His words are so powerful. I want to speak every word he says into existence. I wanna be a part of that! I wanna be a part of greatness. His wordplay is great to me.

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 listen a lot to rap, and I'm inspired to take it, to use it in another way, to get the message across.

Biggie was a lyrical genius: he was a musical painter with words. As he rapped, you would see the picture come to life as you heard his story. You hear a lot of rappers rap; you hear a lot of singers sing, but you don't see the movie in your head the way you do when you hear Biggie rap.

Indians have a huge misconception when it comes to rap. It isn't just about heavy beats; it is about poetry.

Nas' storytelling was just fire.

What inspires me about rap is that it's written in an almost poetic way. I just think it's so cool.

No shade, and shout out to Lil Pump, but on a track like 'Gucci Gang,' he's not really saying much.

Lil Wayne, that was one of my main influences, music-wise, because of his wordplay and metaphors.

Biggie was to me the guy who was the best at painting the picture and making you visualize something, Pac was the best poet, and I feel like Jay Z is all of the above. Then Rick Ross is just, every line he spits is just perfect, and he's one of my favorite MCs of all time.

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

To me, rapping is an art.

The first rap CD that I had, it was so different for me. The energy, the wordplay, all that caught my attention, and I liked it.

I love rap lyrics, I love hearing people rap, I love molding a thought or idea into the shape that fits on a rap beat.

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

With the super duper flow, I created that one word rhyme style.

I mean, when it's time to rhyme rhyme, I can get down for mine.

I'm into the lyrical side of rap. I listen to some old Eminem songs and think, 'Wow, he's a genius.' He's one of the greatest poets of our time. Even when he's out of control, like on 'Cold Wind Blows,' it's incredible.