Kenny Beats Quotes

Rap music was and is, for me, everything.

Rap is a gimmick, but I'm for the hip-hop, the culture.

My music isn't rappity-rap-rap-rap.

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

It's bad poetry executed by people that can't sing. That's my definition of Rap.

Rap is rhythm and poetry. Hip-hop is storytelling and poetry as well.

Rap helps me connect emotionally.

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

I am obsessed with rap music - it's such a big part of my life.

Rap in general has never been my steez, but I like it.

I'm not big on rap, to be honest. I just don't get it. It's angry people shouting. I like a song, melodies, people singing.

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

Hip-hop saved me. It gave me permission to use language in a certain way. It validated my community and my friends. It gave our slang a certain elegance.

I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rapping.

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

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

My girlfriend is rap. Music and albums and records and my kids.

Although rap is about boasting, it's also about honesty and expressing your emotions.

Rap is the only interesting music left - it's the only genre that's still pushing itself, and experimenting in a way that I find exciting.

I would say that I'm more moved by melody, even though I love to rap.

I like Badshah's songs, as they are very cool, catchy, and very young. I think that's very important... It's connecting with the youth.

So when I'm listening to music, I'm listening to a lot of hip-hop to be inspired and to hear new things.

I love hip hop. It's such an appendage for me. It's something that's always shaped my experience out in the world.

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.

I'ma sound like all your favorite rappers.