I would love to document the Roots; I think they have an interesting story. I have a curiosity about them. Their musicality and their live performances I think would be great, and I have a feeling that there are stories behind each one of them. Michael Rapaport Read Quote
Being No. 1. It’s talked about all of the time in hip-hop. ‘I’m still No. 1! I’m the best! I’m the greatest of all time!’ It’s the same mentality in sports. Michael Rapaport Read Quote
I love my kids, and the moments I have with them, and it’s kind of weird, it’s such an age old cliche, but the way that my sons, the way they make me feel when I look at them, the way they say things, no one else would probably react to them, but it’s a special thing for me. Michael Rapaport Read Quote
To make independent films, you can’t think about them too much, ponder on them too much, get overwhelmed by the enormity of it. Michael Rapaport Read Quote
But it all came, and for me, hip-hop has done more for racial divide and racial sort of bringing together than anything in the last 30 years. Seeing people like Eminem sounding like somebody like Jay-Z and just the racial aspects of it all. Michael Rapaport Read Quote
I had a boom box, but I didn’t go too far with it because I had a really, really big one. It was like the size of a suitcase, and I was just a little kid. Michael Rapaport Read Quote
I grew up in New York City in the ’80s, and it was the epicenter of hip-hop. There was no Internet. Cable television wasn’t as broad. I would listen to the radio, hear cars pass by playing a song, or tape songs off of the radio. At that time, there was such an excitement around hip-hop music. Michael Rapaport Read Quote
When I was a kid, my first favorite song was probably Lou Reed’s ‘Walk on the Wild Side.’ Michael Rapaport Read Quote
Like any family, like any group – the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, EPMD, Public Enemy – they’ve had bumps in the road. I just think that because A Tribe Called Quest is so precious to fans, they were concerned about unveiling some of those things. Michael Rapaport Read Quote
I don’t think the subject of a documentary film should be producers on it. Michael Rapaport Read Quote
