Quote of the day

QUOTE OF THE DAY: A FORMER COLLEAGUE

August 29, 2008

  “I’m not racist. I have nothing against coloureds…. I mean black people… or your skin colour. I mean it’s not your fault …..”   This was said during a conversation over lunch with a former colleague, twelve/thirteen years ago. I was working weekends at a department store (those born, raised and living in London should remember Allders of Bromley, which has now been turned in to a Primark), and this particular colleague happened to be a 16 year old girl, who […]

QUOTE OF THE DAY: RICK ROSS

July 29, 2008

“When you get to my level, you’re a great conversation piece. I’m big on the blogs, I’m big on the magazines, and I appreciate that as an artist. That’s why I’m in the game. I got in this game to introduce people and to make great music. And that’s what it’s about.  Just keep the rumors coming,”   “We gon’ keep the records coming, we gon’ keep the music coming. Like I said, I’m one of the realest sources of this real street […]

QUOTE OF THE DAY: ICE CUBE

July 26, 2008

“Today’s artists are caught up in Soundscans and stuff that record companies should be caught up in. So, now, if Akon or T-Pain is hitting, they trying to roll the f**kin talk box in the studios. Artists are under a lot of pressure, cause they just got two, three, four hundred thousand dollars to do a record. This is more money than anybody ever handed them. So they feel obligated to let people in the studio that they would never let in […]

QUOTE OF THE DAY: TERRENCE HOWARD

July 12, 2008

“I despise rap music because it doesn’t tell a story anymore. Music cannot be harmful. There is a war song that tribes play when they go out to war, and rap has become a continuous war song without a cause. I will not be a part of that, that’s why I had trouble with the songs on ‘Hustle & Flow.’ (Pride Magazine – July issue)

QUOTE OF THE DAY: 50 CENT

June 21, 2008

“I’m really confused. Usher had a number one record, a number one across the board and sold like 450,000 copies. And then Wayne comes and does those numbers, and it’s phenomenal I don’t understand what the connection is. What audience is going to purchase that? Somebody went out and got ‘em.” (50 discusses Lil Wayne’s first week sales figure (1million) with radio host Angie Martinez) 50, you’re not the only one that’s confused!

QUOTE OF THE DAY: R.KELLY

June 16, 2008

Kelly leaving court last week after being cleared of all 14 counts of child pornography. “Thank you Jesus” (R.Kelly’s words after he was found not guilty of child pornography last week)

QUOTE OF THE DAY: NAS

June 5, 2008

“There never been a president to address the slaughter of young black people by this country’s police. When your government’s police are killing one section of people, that’s genocide. There’s never been a president to even acknowledge it. You don’t acknowledge that? That’s a big thing President Obama has to recognize when he gets in office. I’m five presidents in … and I ain’t seen nothing happen to stop the police murders on young, black people,” he added. “Why would I believe […]

QUOTE OF THE DAY: USHER

May 27, 2008

”My mother made a decision not to come to my wedding because she didn’t really agree with my decision. She’s never told me and I’ve never asked her. It hurt me very much not to see her there ’cause I would’ve liked for her to be there, not to mention that I paid so much money for her to be accommodated and her behind didn’t show up. [Laughs] But just as she’s made stands, so have I.” (Entertainment Weekly) Oh Usher…  you know […]

QUOTE OF THE DAY: ACTRESS GWYNETH PALTROW DEFENDS JAY-Z

April 28, 2008

“He’s the best rapper of all-time and I think he’ll knock it out of the park.” (BBC News) ( Jay-Z’s new best friend and Beyonce’s maid of honour, Gwyneth Paltrow, defends his inclusion at this year’s Glastonbury Festival) LMAO @ Gwyneth…. I happened to catch E! News this morning and they featured an interview with Gwyneth. The Oscar winning actress was asked who she thought was the better rapper, Kanye or Jay-Z. Gwyneth replied “oooh that’s a difficult one, but I’m going to have to […]

QUOTE OF THE DAY: ALICIA KEYS

April 13, 2008

Photograph: AP “‘Gangsta rap’ was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. ‘Gangsta rap’ didn’t exist.” (Alicia discusses her theories on ‘gangsta rap’ in the May issue of Blender Magazine)