Hip Hop Quotes
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I really try to keep it hip-hop oriented. For me, that's high energy - people being able to dance, being able to vibe out - but with an ethereal factor. When I perform, I'll have a guy doing live visuals for me or I'll have a guitarist playing a lot of solo, really heavy reverbed vibes and stuff like that.
Alexander Spit
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I am proud of the hip hop generation. They are good business people and, actually, good people.
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.
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What's happening right now in the Hip Hop industry is that it is deeply affected by the general economy of America.
Robert Fitzgerald Diggs
Achozen
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...Cops just surrounding me with pistols everywhere.
They put me in the backseat of their car handcuffed,
Pushed out them chests like they're big rough and tough.
A cop come and said 'You'll never sell your guns now.'
I said 'It doesn't matter, you'll sell them anyhow.
You take the guns from me, you sell them for a fee;
Anyway you put it, they'll get in the city!'
Lawrence "Kris" Parker
Boogie Down Productions
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I come from a very specific love of hip-hop. I'm saying hip-hop, not rap. That's what saved my life. I carry that badge with a lot of pride and honor, and I really enjoy trying to raise the perception and the bar of what we do.
Ernest Dion Wilson
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The courage to be yourself is the essence of hip hop
Lawrence "Kris" Parker
Boogie Down Productions
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How can hip hop be dead if Wu-Tang is forever?
Robert Fitzgerald Diggs
Achozen
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Watch your attitude. I don't mean to sound like so much of an old head, but there is another generation behind me, out there, doing it now. I find that, with the whole hip-hop generation, there's a lot of attitude. Whether it's confidence or arrogance or whichever, I will always say to a young guy, “Nobody wants to work with an asshole.” You know, you can still be a great player. You can still play all of the baddest licks in the world. But if you don't have a good attitude, nobody's going to work with you.
Christian McBride
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Every time you ask yourself where hip-hop's going, ask yourself where you're going; how are you doing?
Yasiin Bey
Black Star
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I grew up on rap and hip-hop and fell into dance music. Hip-hop died down, and I moved more into dance music, disco and house. It feels very natural. My rhythm growing up on hip-hop and R&B was cool, fresh, and I feel comfortable with it.
Nomi Ruiz
