Don Winslow Quotes

I don't recall being excited about a new rapper, ever.

It took me a while to like Wu-Tang's style.

When I started forming my own taste, there was a period in high school when I listened to only rap and hip-hop, like A Tribe Called Quest.

My character is meant to know nothing about rap, and not to like it very much, but I know about it, because my kids make me listen to it. There's some rap I do like very much. I like Eminem, Blackalicious.

I loved rap, especially in the early days. But I wasn't trying to shove it down anybody's throats.

My earliest love, which was sort of an obsession, actually, was Nas. I was in seventh grade, I believe, when 'Nastradamus' was out, and I took it pretty far.

It's funny: I don't listen to too much rap. I don't listen to too much older hip-hop. If I do, it's Ja Rule.

Intellectuals that read a lot of books might not have been interested in Mobb Deep before 'My Infamous Life,' but now they might go, 'Who are these guys?' and check us out.

Early on in my life, I got two older brothers; we used to listen to Eminem, 50 Cent, Lil Wayne.

One of my best friends is quite into rap, and I'm always being introduced to music by him.

One of my favorite rappers of all time, if not my favorite rapper of all time, is Nas.

I like Kanye and Kendrick Lamar.

Kendrick was a real big inspiration for me. I seen him when I was younger... 'Rigamortis' was out... maybe I was 14... I rapped for him.

Ain't nobody bumping Nas no more, no disrespect to him. He had his time.

My thoughts on Eminem have always been that he is one of the greatest lyricists ever. I've never been a fan because I can't relate to a lot of his world views and experiences, but I acknowledge that he's one of the greatest MCs.

The first album I bought, I didn't even buy it. My grandma got Mike Jones and Bow Wow's 'Wanted' a little later. Matter of fact Ying Yang Twins' 'U.S.A. Still United' was the first album, but Mike Jones was the first album I really love.

I like Kendrick a lot.

I love me some Kendrick Lamar, love J. Cole.

Compton got such a legacy in hip-hop.

To me, the NWA is a thing of the past.

I learned so much from listening to Jay-Z, M.O.P. and Gang Starr.

My pops put me on to Jay-Z and Kanye, and my discoveries would be like Future and Kendrick Lamar. I turned my pops on to Kendrick, Young Thug. I feel my mom made me play the Isley Brothers and real, real old music.

I like Maroon 5 and Andy Grammer, but I also like hip-hop a lot.

When I was up in New York, the first record my parents bought me was the Terror Squad record with 'Lean Back.'

My dad did not play Biggie or Tupac, so I had never heard it.