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Gangsta Quotes
On gangsta rap, and the gap between image and reality.
These quotes sit right at the tension in gangsta rap, artists labeled by a genre they didn't choose, writing about a lifestyle some admit they don't actually live.
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I've been called everything. Gangsta rap. I've been called conscious rap. You know, everything. Whoever feels like calling it whatever they want to call it, that's on them.
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Hey, you gotta love a gangsta girl. Even the suburban and preppy girls wanna be gangsta girls. That's the whole gimmick to it. Everybody wants to be a gangsta girl.
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I always saw two sides of life. I saw the dudes who would be the gangsta, big-time guys on the block, but would also be dedicated fathers. It was kind of weird to see that dual story that everybody has.
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I just want to put my stamp on all kinds of music. Everything I do is going to be gangsta rap, street-based, street-oriented.
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Part of my affinity with urban music comes from being on 'Kids Incorporated,' 'cos we used to sit around and listen to Chaka Khan and Prince, and I got influenced by all that. Then gangsta rap got started, and I was infatuated with that - maybe that's why I'm fascinated by guns.
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Who gave it that title, gangsta rap? It's reality rap. It's about what's really going on.
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When you are culture, you're forever young, like Snoop. When you're on that level, it's just contributing to the gangsta.
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