hip-hop-music

"At this point, the guys behind Big Gigantic are bona fide funk experts."

"A lot of songs will do justice to how a lot of people are feeling, and it is good for the time regardless of the situation."

"Age is nothing but a number. It is how one ‘rocks’ one’s age that matters."

"I respect anybody who's pulled an idea out of their brain and fully brought it to life. That sh*t is spiritual. To know that it started as a thought and you brought it into fruition is crazy. Shout out the ones who see it all the way through. Keep creating."

"Gnarls Barkley is an alter ego and something like an out of body experience."

""That´s my way and i go"."

"Who's that voice on the side of the phone that shakes and rattles his bones? Could it be the man behind the man behind the man behind the throne?"

"My business card says you're in luck: I do two things, I rap and fuck."

"I’ll do anything that’s going to save animals. Anytime I can encourage people to think twice before [doing] anything to animals … that’s a good thing."

"I always adapt to everything that’s going on. If a new iPhone 8 is coming out, I gotta get it. If a new computer is coming out, I gotta get. Everything that’s new. I don’t live in the past. I just don’t. I still have my sound. I still have my flow. Everything sounds like the stuff that I created from back in the ‘90s. All the flows, I created all of that. I created everything. Everything you hear on the radio, it’s the Three 6 sound so I keep that sound but I still stay relevant. I don’t dwell in the past. My mind is not in the ‘90s, even though I’m a bigger star in the ‘90s -- I’m not in the ‘90s. Some people be stuck back in time, in their prime, in their moment, but I always move forward. A lot of people ask me that. I just move forward."

"Ice on the wrist, with the ice on the chain."

"I’m executive producing Suicideboys. I’m executive producing their new album. I’m doing a lot of that. Me and A$AP Rocky got a lot of great records we got coming out. I just stay busy, man. I just adapt with times. That’s just who I am. I move forward. Even working in the studio, the equipment changes. The mixing boards -- people used to make their beats on MPCs and W30s and SP100s. Now, people are making beats on computers."

"DJ Paul is a dog, one you do not trust. You leave your green around me? Nigga, your green gonna get lit up! You leave your drink around me? Believe that your drink is going to get drunk up!"

"Man, I love music. I looked up to producers like Barry White and Isaac Hayes. You know, I was about those guys. Dr. Dre, Michael Jackson, looking at those guys, how they came up, looking at all those guys I feel like I’m one of those guys. I’m one of those legendary guys just like them. I’ll never go anywhere. I love music. I love making music and working with different producers and getting the rappers and stuff like that. I signed TM88 to my company, you know? It’s been successful. He produced "XO Tour Llif3," which sold over four million copies."

"And I got some other producers I’m working with right now. I got YK 808, I got Deedotwill, I got other up-and-coming artists. I stay working with different people. I like overlapping and vibing with different producers, and that’s just how I’ve always been, man. Even when I was with Three 6 Mafia. I used to always just search for new talent and work with new talented people. I just think that’s what it is. I love making music. I don’t like to stay in the same place -- I’m not that type of person. But I still keep my roots. I still keep my sound."

"Man, I just followed the same formula. I feel like if something ain’t broke, you don’t fix it. I’m gonna give the fans what they want, so I’m giving them what they want. I have a couple of different flows on there. But it’s gonna be the same Rubba Band Business that people love, that was banging in the clubs and stuff like that."

"Now now 6 got my hands on my first my mill, eyes sold 7 damn near and a quarter bill."

"I'm sipping on you like some fine wine, though And when it's over, I press rewind, though"

"All fast money, no slow bucks No one can control us"

"And I get high with my baby"

"I wake up in the morning, all I think is flip Count a couple hundreds, flip a couple bricks Time to hit the plug now, need another flip Counting all this money, got me filthy rich"

"Every night in sao paulo the blood flows aovernor's accomplice number one apologizes on tv, what a joke has a coffin being buried and a family mourning the death the president sets the tone of hypocrisy fortunately the pm are the minority not only are ten animals that damn corporation.""

"My niggas stack their money just to spend it 'Cause, when you die, you cannot take it with you"

"Monty: Counting all this bread, I don't talk to feds"

"And right after we sex, I don't leave I just hold her I don't leave, I just hold her"

"Cannot keep you out my brain"

"In love with the money, I ain't ever letting go"

"I love the weed, blow that odour"

"Pay attention to how we move things"

"Baby, take a look at my life Let's drop the top on my ride, baby Yo, nigga ain't hittin' that right Come roll with me for the night, baby"

"This is something you should know, I don't ever chase no hoes I spotted you, you had that glow; watch me pull out all this dough"

"Have you ever had a dream so real That you felt the life you live was fake"

"I want you to be mine, again, baby I know my lifestyle is driving you crazy Aye, I cannot see myself without you"

"Married to the money, I ain’t never let go"

"Name another nigga that you know that could do it like me"

"Never really cared what the fuck these niggas think"

"And everybody got they opinions But they ain't got no money"

"O que é, o que é. Clara e salgada Cabe em um olho Pesa uma toneladaTem sabor de mar Pode ser discreta Inquilina da dor Morada predileta Na calada ela vem Refém da vingança Irmã do desespero Rival da esperança."

""After the scare, after the storm"

"She was true to who she was and she didn't seem to care about it. The core of her art to me is heavily, heavily urban based. When an artist's music is so urban based, sometimes people like to take risks with artists like that. When you think about it, it really is pop, it really is cultural and that's the one thing that I thought was cool about her music. It never felt like she was trying to reach across or do anything more than just keep that cool, soulful, heavy urban core about it. It wasn't like she was trying to be anything more than who she was. I really respect that and I appreciate that."

"(Aaliyah) was like my seventh daughter. She had so much grace. That's why I just thought her so special — that such a young person always approached her creativity with humility and her success with such grace."

"I think that Aaliyah's death will always leave a hole in urban music, and I think that people will always miss her, but I hope that the positive image that she represented will carry on, and that young people will still aspire to the greatness that she exuded."

"I think that Aaliyah's death could definitely be compared to Selena's, because of her powerful music and lyrics, and her huge fan base. For urban music and hip hop, we also make the comparison to The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac."

"I watched her grow up, and, with the rest of the world, saw her achieve success with her very special and unique talents. From an early age, I knew she had enormous talents, an intrinsic gift."

"Aaliyah is an excellent role model, because she started her career in the public eye at age 15 with a gold album entitled Age Ain't Nothing but a Number. And then her second album, One in a Million went double platinum. She had the leading role in Romeo Must Die, which was a box office success. She's won numerous awards, several MTV music video awards, and aside from her professional successes, many of her lyrics are very inspirational and uplifting. She also carried herself in a very professional manner. She was well spoken. She was beautiful, but she didn't use her beauty to sell her music. She used her talent. Many young hip-hop fans greatly admire her."

"There is a bit of acting involved when you get in front of a camera for a video. Even when you perform onstage, you're putting on a show."

"Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want."

"I don't know if Aaliyah's accident will change the way that celebrities fly, but I hope it will make people realize that life is very short, and that you have to appreciate everything each day. And when you are making decisions, to make sure that they are safe decisions and smart decisions. But there has been a long history of celebrities dying in plane crashes."

"Aaliyah's loss is major, because she was one of R&B and urban music's brightest stars. She was an excellent singer, a talented performer, and a great actress, whose success had only just begun. There will be a huge gaping hole in urban music now that she's no longer with us."

"She had a refreshing outlook for one so young, with true respect for her art and for her elders. She brought joy to my heart, and I felt blessed to encourage and support her professionally and personally as she strove for each new goal."