17 Quotes by Jay-Z about rap



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    The art of rap is deceptive. It seems so straightforward and personal and real that people read it completely literally, as raw testimony or autobiography. And sometimes the words we use, nigga, bitch, motherfucker, and the violence of the images overwhelms some listeners. It's all white noise to them till they hear a bitch or a nigga and then they run off yelling "See!" and feel vindicated in their narrow conception of what the music is about.

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    You know the type: loud as a motorbike but wouldn't bust a grape in a fruit fight.

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    And all you other cats throwin' shots at Jigga, | You only get half a bar: fuck y'all niggaz.

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