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Asking why rappers always talk about their stuff is like asking why Milton is forever listing the attributes of heavenly armies. Because boasting is a formal condition of the epic form. And those taught that they deserve nothing rightly enjoy it when they succeed in terms the culture understands.

— Zadie Smith

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✓Similar Perspectives

Rappers tend to use words sometimes that just rhyme and don't really mean nothing.

— Trick Daddy

It is crucial that rappers have the chance to express the truth that is in their heart.

— Russell Simmons

Rappers should just be able to perform what they create and satisfy the people that like and love them.

— Chuck D

I've always been jealous of rappers, because they can fit so many words into a song and tell a story with lots of details. But when you're a songwriter, you have to fit the words to the melody and you can't fit as much in. I'm just a big fan of storytelling.

— Skylar Grey

I still very much appreciate the storytelling of the best rappers.

— Alex Turner

Hip-hop deals with bragging and braggadocio, being boastful. It's always been about who's got the most money.

— Two Chainz

I don't feel that rap has been respected as an art form. Because people have seen rappers rap off the top of their heads, they don't think it is difficult.

— Ice T

You take the quote from Sam Jackson about how he'll never work with a rapper, and I can understand where he's coming from because he says rappers can't act.

— Anthony Anderson

The roots of rap are originally ghetto-ised or extremely working class. So when you're an artist who's making something which isn't how its mainstream appearance should be, there's always these strange questions of authenticity and what you have to do to be 'real' as a rapper.

— Zadie Smith

The work ethic behind everything Kanye does is crazy. It's greatness. He told me, 'We're not just rappers, we're artists.'

— Desiigner

✗Opposing Perspectives

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