"I get up at seven o'clock in the morning. When most arists is on tour, they up all night, 'cause they fuckin groupies and doing other shit. I'm in the bed asleep. And while I'm up at seven and there's nobody around to bother me, I'm thinking about what do I do next to enhance myself. How do I go to the next level? I know how much room there is for me to improve, and I'm working on improving every day." - 50 Cent, XXL, August 2003
"If you even talk about the world outside the US to a lot of Americans it's as if your reminding them of something they don't want reminding of. 'Cos it fucks with all their myths of self-improvement and that whole ostrich thing of sticking your head in the sand telling yourself everything's getting better, when above ground everything's falling apart. It's not just that some Americans think the States is the only country in the universe. It's as if the rest of the world is an invention." - RZA, Bang, June 2003
"In my position, I cannot afford to lose focus for even a second. You never know who else is going to come out and try to steal my thunder.. Do I feel threatened? No, but I do feel competitive." - Ashanti, Q, July 2003
"It's pretty obsessive of me." Thompson says of his 27,000 record collection. "But it would be a mistake to think of it as an indulgence. Because it's not just sitting here. Musiq is going to be a better songwriter because he's heard the lost Donny Hathaway archives. Same with D'Angelo - I have like ten hours of Prince rehearsing on video that I wanted him to see. That can't help but make him a better performer... I'm a collector, sure, but I'm into using this stuff to help people grow." - ?uestlove, Details, December 2002
"Let me start by saying that I absolutely do not feel 45 years old. I feel like I'm 35, and my friends will attest to the fact that I often act like I'm 15. That may be the key to aging well: a healthy chunk of wisdom undercut by the occasional dose of stupidity." - Denis Leary, Details, December 2002
"I think that Cali had too many artists who tried to out-gangsta the next, same with back packers and New York. Too many artists water down the formula, and I'm beginning to see labels put out acts that are trying to out-country the next artist and think that is cute.. I think the problem is everybody talking about the same shit over the same type of beat. If a nigga switched up his conversation, it might grab your attention. It's like being in a room and everybody is talking about the same subject, and as you continue to come back the same conversation is being had and nothing has changed but the paint on the walls." - David Banner, Murder Dog, Vol. 10, No. 2
"I'd rather be stupid and sexy. I know that's wrong, but I think you can still be happy when your stupid."
- Liz Phair, Spin, August 2003
"It would be a real bitch if I ever lost my hearing. I know I couldn't be no Helen Keller. That would be worse than death." - Ray Charles, Esquire, August 2003
"I'm just a regular girl, and I still live on planet earth. I'm not interested in surrounding myself with yes people, and I don't want anyone kissing my butt." - Beyonce, Blender, August 2003
"Sighted people sometimes forget that blind people have a mind." - Ray Charles, Esquire, August 2003
"If you notice, there hasn't been no girls of ethnicity at all on none of those tapes. No Black girls, no Spanish girls - all White girls, and that (stuff) ain't cool, because White girls ain't the only hoes that get wild."
- Snoop speaking on the Girls Gone Wild videos, Associated Press, June 24, 2003
"You think a thought long enough, out comes an action...You act out an action long enough out grows a character. Choose your thoughts, actions, and character wisely." - Unknown
"Ain't gotta look for a girl no more cuz nowadays all these niggas is bitches." - Joseph Budden - (shaken in by Echo)
"Everybody wants to be black...until the cops come." - (shaken in by G*uNiT booTy)
"Roc-A-Fella CEO and self proclaimed "cakeaholic" Dame Dash hopes to beat 1 in 135 million odds and win the Mega Millions Lottery drawing. The jackpot is estimated at a cool $180 million dollars. "Why not, I'll take that money. It's only a buck. If I won that mothaf*ckers would be sick. It could happen, I just play one or two maybe. But if I won, people wouldn't know what to do." - Allhiphop.com, June 20, 2003 - (shaken in by Notaurious)
"There ain't no soulful singers. Musiq is ghetto 'cause he from Philly, but he can't see me man. He can't see me when I'm hoarse. I'm about to start letting these niggas know who I really be." - Jaheim, Vibe, July 2003 - (shaken in by me.. not me but "me")
"We was like, 'Til death do us part. Ride or die, Jesus.' And when my dad said 'I now pronounce you man and wife,' we was throwing up West Side symbols." - Lil Mo, talking about her ghetto fabulous wedding ceremony, Vibe, July 2003 - (shaken in by teezebaby)
