American - Musician | January 28, 1968 -
Sometimes I write from the end of the verse to the beginning of the verse.
Rakim
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I'm not a mainstream artist. But I've seen my kids being born; I've seen them take their first steps, I've seen them grow up and start school. That's worth more to me than any umpteen million dollars.
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I was an athlete in college - a quarterback, a leader - so people telling me what to do doesn't work.
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I stick to my guns - that's what keeps me going as an artist. Stevie Wonder never changed from what he wanted to do, and each new album that came along was dope.
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I'm very smart with my paper! I stopped buying things for myself a long time ago - now I just buy things for my kids or my wife.
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Maino is an artist that I feel walks what he talks - you can tell what he raps about and what he's been through is very similar. You've got a lot of rappers that rap about what they've heard or seen, but I think Maino is one of the rappers that has actually lived it.
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Lil Wayne is doing his thing, and so is Drake.
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One of the main reasons why it didn't work out for me and Aftermath is because I felt my music should sound one way, and they felt it should sound another. But, I learned a lot from watching Dre, and when I left California, I knew it was time for me to get my own label.
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There are certain things that I wish people knew - certain things that I feel I started and certain things that I'm responsible for. Sometimes you wish people knew where a certain style of rapping came from or who was the first one to say whatever.
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You've really got to appreciate an artist that's really outspoken and feels like his music can change the world.
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I try to make my flow sound like a John Coltrane solo.
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I had nothing but respect for Pac.
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