Prodigy Quotes

Really, I listen to more hip hop probably than most other things. That's where I get a lot of my influence from because it's so eclectic. So that's what I love.

The part of modern pop music I don't know much about is hip hop.

We gotta keep our sound alive, that dark hip-hop.

I was listening to Young Jeezy and Shawty Red, and to me, the trap music they had was something special.

Hip-hop is the last true folk art.

Hip-hop is a cultural expression - it's embracing.

When I'm not in the booth, I'm one of the most laid-back guys. But growing up, I liked DMX, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, and T.I. - dudes that went all out on the track. My first songs were energetic because I liked their energy.

Hip-hop is too young to put a definition on it.

Rap is something you live; hip hop is something you do.

Gangsta rap was the most important movement since the beginning of rock n' roll.

I really like hip-hop and rap; that's my main influence. I really wanna be more of a hip-hop artist.

I'm just a Harlem dude that can rap, and people dig my style and persona.

I think the sound of 'The Infamous' came naturally from our lifestyle and some of the criminal things we were doing. We always rap about what we're living, and to put a beat to lyrics like those is hard.

It wasn't really me who invented rap. I stole the idea from Aristide Bruant.

When we came out, they just labelled us 'ratchet music' cos we said 'ratchet' a lot. Ratchet means that's it's ghetto, but I would just call the music we're making just good music.

I've known about hip-hop for a long time. The first time it intrigued me was when I saw this music video by Tyga on television. I was intrigued by the whole aesthetic. It was very unique.

Hip-hop was super-exotic to us in Canada.

'Gangsta rap' is a derogatory label.

Rap is definitely a youthful expression.

Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.

Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days... that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you. It speaks to your livelihood and it's not compromised. It's blunt. It's raw, straight off the street - from the beat to the voice to the words.

I listen to some Kevin Gates, Rick Ross, Fabolous.

A lot of the hip hop artists don't write music. They write words.

Hip-hop is all over the planet.

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