Timbaland Quotes

I really didn't try to make an effort to make urban music, but I am a product of my inspirations.

The roots of my music start from the ghetto.

The 'trap' sound is a sound from the city. We've always liked music with bass. We've always liked old schools with big speakers in the trunks. We like our music loud. We've always had a nightlife scene in Atlanta.

You can listen to the records and know: We're really street.

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

Something that you can't play in your kitchen is rap. It is done in your neighbour's kitchen.

Probably the No. 1 most important thing in my music is not to sound like anyone else. It is hard in this day and age.

You can't just be a rock star by rehashing things you've seen or done before. Bring something new, which is what hip-hop does best.

I describe my sound as sugar trap, that's not really a description that's really who I am, that's my swag, that's how I talk and walk.

Jermaine Dupri is a b-boy, and he's dope.

Hip-hop is so saturated with the same old same old that people always expect the guy to actually be the guy. They want you to be real and straight from the streets and all that.

Rag 'N' Bone Man is for everybody, like Wu Tang is for the children.

It's great to bring urban music to the commercial scene.

I don't want to be trending. Instead of pursuing ideas of being more radio-friendly and... commercial, I want to go harder at being more creative.

I can't front: I like Kanye.

Hip-hop is a collage. It samples from all different styles of music.

I'm still going to sing these songs because trap is a type of music very popular in the streets, and people want to hear it.

I don't know how the rap game is, because I'm a fan of reality, and the rap game's entertainment.

As a young artist, especially in rap and at that time that I came out, originality was big.

Rap music started because they were bored of other music so they created something really new.

Grime is now a very talkable subject.

It's not enough to play the old songs; that feels like being your own covers band or something. It's a big release to do new stuff.

I never really considered myself super hip-hop, ever in life. I don't think anything that I've done reflects that.

My hope is that very young people in America who have experience with the streets, hip-hop, college, higher learning will fuse all that together. I just want to be the music that can relate to both sides, that stitch together their lives or represents their experiences.

I want to encourage Filipino artists to be original, write your own songs and don't be afraid to go outside the box and try new things.