Elvis Mitchell Quotes

I will say it's great - that Method Man - Cliff Smith - plays a rapper in a laundromat who is working out some lyrics sort of to the rhythm of a washing machine. And something about hip-hop culture and hip-hop is the ability to use current language and slang and reference details of life is very, very strong for me.

When I first heard rap, I wasn't quick to be critical. I couldn't understand what they were saying, but I had a feeling it was a reflection of what's been happening in the ghetto.

I like anything by 50 Cent and Snoop Dog. I love the way they mouth their way around words.

I got no problem with Nas.

You know, Slick Rick was tight at telling stories.

Pop culture mirrors culture, and, I think, as a rapper, hip-hop in a lot of ways mirrors the things that are happening in urban neighborhoods.

'Chopper City in the Ghetto' - a lot of it was B.G.'s real story.

I listen to a lot of Biggie, he's so lyrical.

The fundamentals of hip-hop still play an important role, cause it's about those similes, those metaphors, those parallels. And to some people it's just about, "Man, I'm really relating to the lifestyle."

One of the great things about rap music... it leaves a lot to be desired, as far as I'm concerned, musically, but I do recognize the very important place that it has in music and in creating role models for younger kids to emulate, giving them the dream that they can make it out of whatever situation they're in.

I just loved listening to hip-hop, I love the words. The angry words resonated with me.

Some people be game-goofy and words don't sound right coming out of their mouthpiece. But whenever E-40 says something it's just solidified.

I think, in a lot of ways, hip-hop is interesting to me because it's like the modern-day folk music.

I thought that Wu-Tang was the best sword style - the best sword-style of martial arts. And the tongue is like a sword. And so I say that we have the best lyrics, so, therefore, we are the Wu-Tang Clan.

My style has been compared to someone probably like the Fresh Prince.

Me and Tupac were long-time friends.

I think of myself as a reporter. I just rhyme my reports and give them a beat.

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

Our style of hip-hop, our style of beats, our style of rhymes - you gonna give us burn. We gonna get our burn that we deserve.

I think Ye is important to hip-hop.

Kendrick is phenomenal. I've never tried and practiced a song that was as hard as when I practiced Kendrick's verse on 'Control.' He's a genius. I think that people do recognize it.

Drake is damn near the best with melodies.

I feel like the D.C. streets just love Gucci Mane. He's like a hood pastor.

Historically, hip-hop is about a generation of artists rapping about the realities they see in their neighborhoods or the 'truths' they hear growing up in their homes.

Rap music was and is, for me, everything.