Top 37 Quotes & Sayings by Phife Dawg
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Trinidadian musician Phife Dawg.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
I'm all about the fans.
London is one of my favourite places to come to overseas.
I'm doing a fun EP. It's called 'Songs in the Key of Phife: Eight Is Enough.' It's radio-friendly, but then a lot of it just has that raw hip-hop. Some of it will be vintage Tribe, but for the most part I'm just letting my voice be heard.
When I hear the word 'documentary,' I don't think certain things should be left out. You've got to keep it 100 percent as much as you can, unless your group has a meeting beforehand and says, 'Yo - don't say this, 'cause boom, boom, boom.' Other than that, it's a documentary so let's document, you know what I mean?
I emcee how I feel for the moment. I'll always be influenced by Tribe, but my EP and LP have a lot of different flavors! I'll keep it vintage Tribe if Tribe decides to do another LP... which, in my heart, I'd love to do for the fans.
A Tribe Called Quest was one of those things where it was supposed to be about growth. When I say 'growth,' I don't just mean with our sound or our product, but Tribe was supposed to grow as individuals.
Yeah, me and Q-Tip is cool outside of the business, but you know, within the business sometimes it can get ugly, you know what I mean?
I didn't really know what to expect, but I thought there aren't a lot of rap groups that can say they have a documentary done about them, so my attitude was like, 'Shoot, why not?' I'm sure there are a lot of people that would like to take our place. I felt like we should all embrace it.
Straight from the heart, I represent hip hop
I be three albums deep, but I don't wanna go pop
Too many candy rappers seem to be at the top
Too much candy is no good, so now I'm closing the shop.
If your not honest with yourself, how the hell are you gonna be honest with me.
When I hear the word "documentary," I don't think certain things should be left out. You've got to keep it 100 percent as much as you can, unless your group has a meeting beforehand and says, "Yo -- don't say this, 'cause boom, boom, boom." Other than that, it's a documentary so let's document, you know what I mean?
If it takes 30 days of rehearsal, you better ace all 30 of those days. When it's game time, you're ready to play ball.
Too much of something is never good.
I really don't have to answer to nobody.
Used to have a crush on Dawn from En Vogue.
It's not like honey dip would wanna get with me,
But just in case I own more condoms than TLC.
I instruct you to be the obeyer,
A rhythm recipe that you'll savor,
Doesn't matter if you're minor or major,
Yes, the Tribe of the game, rhythm player,
As you inhale like a breath of fresh air
I don't want to take food off of somebody's plate.
Cuz if I don't say I'm the best, tell me who the hell will.
I'm a rapper but I'm a human being.
Call it stubborn, call it ignorant, call it what you want, but I don't think I have to join a particular faith or culture or creed or religion just to fit in, since I was part of the clique since it's inception.
New York City pretty much reeked of music. Reeked of rap and hip-hop. As for me, growing up in a strict West Indian, Trinidadian household, and a Christian household as well, I had to fight for the right to go and actually be a part of it.
I am totally involved with music, but my goal is to do the sports thing.
When's the last time you heard a funky diabetic?
People in the U.S. always got to be spoon-fed. If it's something to difficult to understand, they don't give it a chance. They want something real simple that they can sing along with and play in the clubs and that's about it. In the UK, their whole mind set is completely different.
I like them brown, yellow, Puerto Rican, or Haitian
Name is Phife Dawg from the Zulu nation.
Question: Why is that MC's be wack
And major labels wanna sign that crap?
A-yo...funk that!
I think hip-hop needs a little bit of diversity.
New York has changed a whole lot. For worse I think because back when I was growing up in New York we were always the trendsetters. I don't care if it was from clothes to hip-hop music, to whatever. Right now New York is a bunch of followers. A lot of them are. It's really not the same.
I don't have a problem expressing myself.
I got tired of New York. I mean when you grow up somewhere, uh, I just basically wanted something different for myself and if I was planning on having a family.
Styles be fat like Jackie Gleason, the rest be Art Carney.
Your whole appearance is a lie and it could never be true.
And if you really loved yourself, then you would try and be you.
There were only two things you did in New York City, Queens to be exact, music or sports.
Now here's a funky introduction of how nice I am
Tell your mother, tell your father, send a telegram.
I would never disrespect a man's way of life, especially if they're happy.
I love New York. New York made me the man that I am, and I always rep it to the fullest, but right now it's completely different from what it was and anybody that says it's for the better is straight up lyin'. Straight up lyin'!
One of my main goals is to become a sports broadcaster. That is the ultimate for me.
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