Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
I had a little more freedom when I started sampling because you could actually do what you wanted to do.
Rakim
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Rakim
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: January 28
Manufacturer
Poet
Rapper
Singer
Songwriter
New York City
New York
William Michael Griffin
Littles
Wanted
Little
Sampling
Started
Actually
Freedom
More quotes by Rakim
Everything becomes too normal after a while.
Rakim
I love to see when people are real passionate about what they feel and what they say.
Rakim
I'm everlastin, I can go on for days and days With rhyme displays that engrave deep as X-rays I can take a phrase that's rarely heard, FLIP IT Now it's a daily word
Rakim
Now it seems like hip hop belongs to the people you see in the videos and radios. So I want to give it bring it back to the hood, make a statement for NY to put us back in our proper perspective, and of course let them know that Ra still spits fire.
Rakim
Dabbling in music and being in music when I was young I had my own view of what I thought music was whether it was jazz, r&b, or hip hop.
Rakim
It ain't where you're from, it's where you're at.
Rakim
Do what you do don't let the label tell you to do something else.
Rakim
Thinkin' of a master plan Cause ain't nothin' but sweat inside my hand.
Rakim
I came in the door, I said it before I never let the mic magnetize me no more. But it's biting me, fighting me, inviting me to rhyme, I can't hold it back...I'm looking for the line. Taking off my coat, clearing my throat, My rhyme will be kicking until I hit my last note.
Rakim
When you come in the building with your guns don't take them off.
Rakim
I never really liked the idea of doing mixtapes but at the same time it was a big thing a lot of people were doing it and it almost got to the point where if you didn't touch the mixtape circuit it was like you didn't care.
Rakim
Rappers are separated.
Rakim
I never tried to crossover or be in the public's eye everyday. I'm laid back with it and at times I wondered if I was doing the right thing promoting myself staying back a little bit and coming out when I felt that I had too. But when I get all the accolades and hear the things people say it just puts it all together for me man. It's a blessing.
Rakim
I always had deep respect for my peoples 'cause of the love they gave me and the know how that they showed me through the years.
Rakim
I never went to college. I think about it a lot. I can't watch a game without thinking where I would have been if I had ga head and went to college and pursued my career.
Rakim
You have to learn how to take an allowance.
Rakim
I love listening to old records to keep nostalgic feeling it allows me to not lose the love for hip-hop.
Rakim
Timeless, so age don't count in the booth When your flow stay submerged in the fountain of youth
Rakim
There's things in the Bible when you read the Quran there different wordings. The Quran is dealing with the Most High and the Bible is dealing with God. If they read them both and put it together they'll know what the true culture is.
Rakim
There is still consciousness in hip hop.
Rakim
