Rakim Quotes

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Rakim

Profession : Musician

Birth : January 28, 1968

Maybe I'm too sensitive to the struggle, but I think a lot of people that listen to music are trying to escape.

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I love Jay-Z, I love Kanye, and I praise the way he's been able to bring more business out of the jungle.

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Sometimes you can't forgive, but you try to forget.

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Social media gives a lot of people a platform where they can express their feelings. I like to do mine through songs. I let info build up. In some way, it translates into paper whenever I sit down.

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You know, I got kids. I got sons, and I try to tell them, 'Look, man, when you in the car and you get pulled over, hands on the steering wheel. 'Yes, sir. No sir.' Your job is to either wind up in jail, so I can come get you, or be able to pull off. That's your job.'

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The laws are gonna have to change. And it's 2016. We can't keep using all the laws that was made back in the 1700s. We're gonna have to understand that times have changed.

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When I broke up with Eric B., I went on a little hiatus. Then all I was trying do is find producers. It's real hard, man.

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When you're dealing with a bunch of different producers, you gotta make sure the chemistry fits.

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You can't have 12 records on your album and none of them sound alike. You gotta kind of have something to make them say, 'That sounds like Rakim.'

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I always went left to what everybody else was doing. I'm used to going against the grain.

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I'm a fan of hip-hop as well. I like everybody who keeps the game on their toes and keep it pushing.

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Jada, Styles P, the LOX, period. You throw on one of their joints... I'm in the whip; I try to keep my cool in the whip. I don't like bouncing around, getting my crazy on, but it's certain joints you gotta wild out. Roll the window down, blast the joints, let it be heard. That's one of them groups that bang it out.

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I love Kanye for that. Being a producer, making beats, and being a rapper. He does it all.

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We need the media to know that some of us are really passionate about music.

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Don't even go to the studio if you don't think that your music's going to do something. You're wasting your time and my time.

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We need a few more Kanyes, people that's really passionate about hip-hop and who keep it alive.

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I got a lot of vinyl, a lot of music in general in the house.

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You know, 'Paid in Full' is a classic album, man. It kind of got me to where I am now, so I can never get tired of 'Paid in Full.'

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In New York, they kind of rode with me from day one: they understand who I am.

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To know that I was being heard on the radio, it made me feel as if I was, I guess, spread across New York. It was incredible.

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