Ad-Rock Quotes

When it's a rapper's album or a singer's album, there's a tendency to want a text-based or theme-based narrative.

I've been heavily, heavily tuned into the DJ Khaled album, 'Major Key,' which has some major, major plays on it, up and down the line.

I've been doing this since 'So Icy' back in 2005.

I guess I'm the guy from the Beastie Boys. I'm one of the guys from the Beastie Boys. I guess that's what I'll always identify myself as.

I like '4:44.' It's a good album. AY-Z's a great, great artist.

There's gonna be a lot of great songs, but there ain't going to be another 'Trap Queen.'

Yeah, the next Wu album should be out by late '95.

Working with 50 Cent was great, you know what Im saying? It was just great to work with 50 Cent.

When I put out my first mixtape, '50 Cent is the Future,' it was the first tape where an artist did the entire tape in song format.

This is sort of not expected, but I would love to produce a record for Missy Elliott. It would be totally different, but she makes party music. 'Lose Control' was my favorite song when I was in 5th or 6th grade.

I'd want to collaborate with Eminem, of all people. Maybe even Lauryn Hill.

I think that Eminem is very talented and remarkably bright, and I actually do like a lot of his music.

When 'Paul's Boutique' came out, I was one of the fans that didn't get it.

I would love to have a rapper on one of my songs, like Ludacris, or the 'it's so hot in here' guy, Nelly.

If you asked me what pop is right now. I'd say hip hop.

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.

I would love to do a collaboration with Lil' Wayne. I would have loved to sing on his song, 'How To Love.' I wanted to do the remix to that song really bad.

Rap music's been around for too long now to be inspirational. The words are, but the music isn't.

'Yeezus,' I really love it. I think the sound of it is cool.

People can look to me as a teacher, but I consider myself a student of hip-hop.

Billboard called my solo album, 'Standing In The Spotlight,' a great party album and even said that my raps put the Beastie Boys to shame.

In 1999, I just came out of putting out the song 'Vivrant Thing' and 'Breathe and Stop' off the 'Amplified' album. Clive Davis signed me to Arista.

I have an EP coming soon with Cardo. It's called 'Glizzy Got Wings.' I love his sound, and he loves mine.

I did record 'The Chronic' in 1992. The year was not a total loss.

I remember the first time I saw the 'Sugarhill Gang' on Soul Train. I was 11 or 12. I was like, 'What's going on? How did those guys get on national TV?' And then, when I was a little older, a rapper from the neighborhood got a record deal. I was shocked.