Earl Sweatshirt Quotes

All the rappers in rave music are like the sloppy seconds of rappers who couldn't make it.

But, Eminem... No, I've loved rap for a long time, especially when it got out of its first period and became this gangsta rap, ya know this heavy rap thing? That's when I started to fall in love with it. I loved the lyrics. I loved the beat.

When I came out rapping on my record, a lot of people said, Oh, you just want to be like Puff.

Rappers were my storytellers.

I like underground rappers - Cory Gunz is a young kid that's been really doing his thing. I'm a Gym Class Heroes type of fan even though they're not new, but they're definitely trendsetters.

When I first got into the rap game, I had an early dream of unifying rappers.

Serious rap music puts me to sleep.

If we want to mumble rap, we can mumble rap.

Back in the day, rappers were 'bump bump bump ba bump ba bump.' They was rhyming like that, but I was like, 'bababa bump bump babum ba babump bababa bump.'

When the Chicago rap scene came about, I listened to all of the upcoming artists like Lil Durk, Chief Keef and G Herbo.

I'm trying to bring gangster rap back to the forefront, like in the early '90s.

I listened to Lil Wayne a lot when I was kid.

Rapping was a hobby; when I went to college, there were a ton of dudes rapping. I think that's where I got my rapping chops up.

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

I'm usually bored with both gangsta rappers and underground ones, too.

I was, like, in a rap gang. I loved rap, and it was all around me.

I must say, I've been in the studio with Jay Z, dog... I thought the freestyle thing was a myth. But, bro!

I always heard 50 Cent, Da Brat, Lil' Kim, all that in the house. My mom's playing them - 50 Cent, Kanye West.

I got a close friend who raps.

I used to really like Method Man and Redman for some reason. And Fabolous. A lot of New York rappers, too. Cam'ron. Jim Jones. Hurricane Chris.

I mean, Common was and is like my favorite rapper.

Ghostface, when it comes to hip-hop, was one of my favorite rappers and definitely one of my favorites in the Wu-Tang. He's also a really cool dude.

Earlier in our country, rapping was not considered as a proper art form, as it is not a song. But now, incorporation of rap in Bollywood songs, is giving rappers a chance to show their talent and it is coming to the mainstream.

I was always into the West Coast rap, the production and the flows were always more appealing to me. I think my rapping days are over though.

Jay Z and Nas is probably my favorite rap beef because Nas was kinda quiet for a while.