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Rakim
Profession : Musician
Birth : January 28, 1968
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I can't look at TV without seeing something that's been influenced by rap. Even commercials for cereal. When I was small, I was a fan of cartoon characters - now the cartoon characters are rapping!
Rakim
My mother sang jazz and opera - she even performed at the Apollo on Amateur Night.
Rakim
I always say a rapper is like a halfback in the NFL. You got about seven years, then it's a wrap.
Rakim
People think the older you get, the wacker you get. I think the older I get, the better I get.
Rakim
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.'
Rakim
Playing the sax and then enjoying jazz music, man - it's like I learned how to find words inside of the beat.
Rakim
When I was in high school, the energy in hip-hop at that point was the park energy... I was just trying to develop my style at that point, and I think, when you're trying to find your style, you find yourself.
Rakim
I love, you know, a lot of jazz, John Coltrane.
Rakim
You come up, you love music, and then business interferes.
Rakim
When me and Eric did songs back in the day, we didn't go and sit down in front of no A&R. We made our album, and then, when we finished, we handed it in, and then we picked the best song for the first single.
Rakim
Everything I did on the 'Paid in Full' album and those first three albums, I wrote everything right in the studio.
Rakim
I'm a fan of Jay-Z, from the negotiating table to the booth.
Rakim
I just appreciate the love that I get and support from hip-hop.
Rakim
I've always tried to insert consciousness and spirituality in my records, interpreting the writings of all cultures and religions and how they apply to life in modern times.
Rakim
Every generation wants that real hip-hop. And I've always been able to bring that.
Rakim
When you look at hip-hop, I want to do that: to spit fire and take our best from the ashes to build our kingdom; to recognize all the regional styles, conscious lyrics, the tracks, underground, mainstream, the way we treat each other. Lose the garbage and rebuild our scene.
Rakim
I try to support my kids in what they do and, at the same time, not push them towards anything.
Rakim
No Doubt is one of the groups that I think everybody listens to, man, and everybody loves Gwen Stefani.
Rakim
Being a new artist, I was trying to make a good album and hope that people like Kool Moe Dee and Melle Mel and some of the firstborns appreciated it. I was being influenced by them brothers there. That's where I got my start and my first listen.
Rakim
I was always a laid-back, subdued person, and I just try to let that speak through my music.
Rakim
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