Brian Fallon Quotes

As I got older, I really got into Tupac's poetry, his books and just learning about his life and what he was into.

I think Tupac was more someone who was trying to inform us about what was going on, and he did it through entertainment.

I was the biggest Public Enemy fan - I think it's what inspired the aggression of N.W.A. We just took a different route lyrically.

Growing up, you hear Tupac's music, it's kind of like... it goes without saying that everyone likes Tupac.

Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar sounds decades older than he is, and it's not necessarily the wear and tear that comes from a rough life; instead, his world-weariness seems to result from years of soul-searching.

When you look at a guy like a Jay-Z or look at a guy like a Nas, you don't necessarily qualify them as conscious rap purely, although they are extremely conscious of the social inequities that prevail.

Who gave it that title, gangsta rap? It's reality rap. It's about what's really going on.

Nineties hip-hop was a big influence for me; it still is. I love '90s everything. And it's when I was born, too. I'm a '90s kid for sure.

I was a Swedish guy who listened to Too Short.

I think hip hop is a dance music that's rebellious by nature.

You know, Tupac is very near and dear to my heart. He started my career as an actor.

Tupac, Biggie, Jay. Your usual suspects. These were the people that was played in my household.

People forget how dominant Public Enemy became in the mid '80s. No one talks about how transformative they were. And then that led to the '90s and the sort of East Coast v. West Coast stuff, which is kinda when I came of age.

Tupac was real and honest about every question I asked.

Revolution is Tupac showing a young artist that he can scribble in a notebook and it's worth a lot.

When you're looking for good lyrics, you turn to Kendrick Lamar, you turn to J Cole, you turn to Wale, you turn to Chance the Rapper, you turn to Rapsody. You don't turn to Post Malone.

I enjoy Tupac's music. I enjoy Tupac.

I love 2Pac, the cadences of 2Pac.

Kendrick Lamar is from Compton, but his Compton and how he expresses that is completely different than NWA and Eazy-E even though they were from the same environment.

I've been interested in hip-hop since it first appeared: the fact that it was born not in the music industry but on the street, the idea of using a turntable as an instrument, singing vividly about reality instead of typical love songs, and its links to graffiti and dance.

I've always done music with so-called thug- or gangster-type lyricists. I've always been associated with that because I'm from the West Coast.

My core thing is gangster rap, but a lot of my music is melodic and carries a message of survival.

Hip-hop is not about crime. Hip-hop is not about being a gangster.

I love playing Rick Ross' 'Port of Miami' album. Jeezy's 'Thug Motivation 101' is a classic in my opinion, and I still listen to that album to this day. I'm a big fan of OutKast, so pretty much any album they put out is great in my opinion, but I find myself listening to 'Aquemini' a lot. Anything Kendrick Lamar does is great.

Oh, my dad listens to a lot of 2Pac, Ice Cube and WC. That's what he was listening to a lot when we were growing up. He's always been a fan of hip-hop.