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90s rap quotes

50 quotes (50 verified) from 27 artists, grouped below

Every line here is a lyric from a song that its linked Genius page dates to 1990–1999; interview lines carry no release year, so they are left out. 50 lyrics from 27 artists are shown, rated 3.5 or higher with at most five per artist. By the scene listed for each artist, the lines split 34 East Coast, 8 South, 6 West Coast and 2 Midwest.

1998 is the busiest year, with 12 of the lines. 2Pac, Big L and The Notorious B.I.G. have the most lines, and the themes that come up most are wisdom, confidence and struggle. Next to the 2000s rap quotes page, struggle shows up in 20% of the lines here against 6% there and loyalty shows up in 10% of the lines here against 0% there; wit goes the other way, 38% there against 18% here (a line can carry more than one theme). The songs with the most lines here are Keep Ya Head Up by 2Pac (3). The top-rated short line is “I knocked out so many teeth, the tooth fairy went bankrupt” (Big L, Let Em Have It L, 1995).

Lyrics dated 1994 or earlier are mostly on the old school page instead. No line appears on more than two of the region, decade and old school pages, and no two of them share more than a quarter of their quotes.

East Coast in the 90s (34)

34 lyrics from 18 artists, most from Big L (5).

West Coast in the 90s (6)

6 lyrics from 2 artists, most from 2Pac (5).

South in the 90s (8)

8 lyrics from 5 artists, most from OutKast (4).

Midwest (2)

2 lyrics from 2 artists.