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Part of our act was we would come out onstage with the shiny suits on to ‘If You Think I’m Jiggy’ and rip them off, and go into one of our harder records. But the crowd would sometimes go, ‘Awww…’ They wanted us to keep rocking ‘Jiggy.’

–Jadakiss

I never asked for anything except a purple light saber. George said, “Well, light sabers are either red or green.” I said, “Yeah, but I would like a purple one.”

–Samuel L. Jackson

I remember [Kanye] asking, ‘What is it that you wanna say? It’s not about rhyming words, it’s about what you really wanna say.’ The fact that he wasn’t even looking at me when he said it—he was on the computer looking at naked girls, I think—it was just a life-changing experience.

–Nicki Minaj

I’m writing a verse, and I come back to the table, and it’s something that I’m feeling, and [Kanye]’s like, ‘Naw, but I need more douche bag.’ And I’m like, ‘All right, man, c’mon.’ So I go back, and he’s like, ‘Naw, more douche bag!’ He’s screaming at me ‘more douche bag’ at this point.

–Pusha T on writing his douchey “Runaway” verse

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Another quotable from Premo’s press run.

You can write the illest rhymes in the world, but can you deliver it right? It’s like, we all know how to put our dick in the hole, but can you tear it up?

–DJ Premier

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…a guy committed suicide on the train that we were riding. We saw him when he was dead, right in front of us. When you’re in fifth grade, that’s the story to tell your friends: “Yo, man, we saw somebody kill themselves on our train, and his arm was cut off and it was still moving.” I was like, “I’m coming back here. This is where I wanna live. This is exciting. I wanna see all the crazy action.”

–DJ Premier

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Yeah, I like Madden. I’m not a big video game dude though but I like Madden. I be too high to play video games sometimes.

–Freddie Gibbs

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Pluto’s not even a planet no more, which I’m very disturbed about. I grew up when Pluto was a planet. Now, I’m 25, I turn around and Pluto’s no longer a planet. I’m going to elbow that guy in the nose. I love Pluto. Everybody loves Pluto. There’s a dog named Pluto in the cartoons. I don’t know how we got on that subject. We’ve got to see if we can get Pluto back.

–Ron Artest

btw Ron is actually 30

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Two of my heroes, Madlib and J Rocc, both have hook-ups in whatever city they’re in, where they can have weed ready for them as soon as they step off the plane. That’s what I aspire to have.

–The Gaslamp Killer

I’ve dominated games defensively, and sometimes people don’t see it. It’s like that Chinese death blow hit. You don’t feel until it’s in you, and five seconds later, you kind of die. I forget the name of it, but it’s a death blow.

–Ron Artest

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