Charlamagne tha God Quotes

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.

I think the greatest hip-hop artist of all time is Jay-Z, without a doubt. He just keeps amazing me with his performance, and since '96, that guy has been producing at least one hit every summer and every winter. That's a pretty good resume.

Common would come to my house and give me a freestyle verse. I'd make a new beat for it and put it with something else. That's how I met Eminem - he came to my house back when he first started. He gave me a bunch of freestyles, and that's how we built a relationship. Everyone came to my house.

For people to keep saying, 'We want to see more of this guy, even though the shows have not always been out-of-the-box successes,' is a huge compliment to me.

Eminem is just incredible. That's the word that comes to mind: 'incredible.'

Eminem is a master.

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

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.

No one will ever be able to come against me on the beats.

The mission of '8 Mile' is essentially to garner sympathy for a white rapper involved in an old-school shootout - a rap contest. This may be the final frontier for pop, more unbelievable than the prospect of launching a member of 'N Sync into orbit.

'8 Mile' is so revered, it's like, everywhere I go, somebody's talking about it.

Rap is very competitive. I just think I'm light years better than anybody.

When I made 'Detroit vs. Everybody,' I knew. I knew this for Eminem.

My thoughts on Eminem have always been that he is one of the greatest lyricists ever. I've never been a fan because I can't relate to a lot of his world views and experiences, but I acknowledge that he's one of the greatest MCs.

XXL is the embodiment of hip-hop... Eminem even shouted it out in a song.

Early in my career, I was only being dissed by Chingy. Now, I'm being dissed by Eminem. Life is great.

I got a liberal education. A white guy, rapping as Bugs Bunny, on a quintuple-platinum album.

When I'm in the studio with other rappers, we talk about social issues.

We was able to become real successful in the mixtape space.

Your best work involves timing. If someone wrote the best hip hop song of all time in the Middle Ages, he had bad timing.

There are poor white people who hear rap music and feel it is about them, because it is. That's why you have an Eminem and a Bubba Sparxxx and rappers like that.

Now all my niggas gettin buck Overbite

The moment I made that decision to get in the studio and actually work and study the culture of hip-hop, then everything just started to open up and blossom for me.