Hip Hop Quotes
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Question: Why is that MC's be wack
And major labels wanna sign that crap?
A-yo...funk that!
Malik Izaak Taylor
A Tribe Called Quest
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I always thought that there was something in hip-hop culture that was the misfit of all the musical styles, where they didn't really belong. They're kind of like, 'No, we're a real culture! We're not going anywhere, you can't get rid of us!' I really liked that there was a rebelliousness about it. I connected with that.
Iggy Azalea
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There's divinity within because we come from the divine,
A force that's not seen, but you feel it every time:
When the wind blows, and the world turns,
And the rain drops, and the baby cries,
And the bird flies, and the ground quake,
And the stars gleam.
Kamaal Ibn John Fareed
A Tribe Called Quest
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I be more hipper than a hippopotamus
Earl Stevens
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I'm a child of the 70's. R&B to me is Curtis Mayfield. Then a transition came in and I was part of the Hip Hop era when Sugar and Kane came out. That was a good transition for me. Then now R&B is Hip Hop and Hip Hop is R&B.
D'wayne Wiggins
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Hip-hop can be limiting and I refuse to accept limits.
LL Cool J
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As a kid, my main interest was dancing. When I was 8 years old, I was in a hip-hop troupe.
Zendaya
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Believers of Jesus be denouncing Satan on every level,
But every Halloween they're dressin' like devils.
Lawrence "Kris" Parker
Boogie Down Productions
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This was early '90s and in New York hip-hop was coming on really strong; that was the sort of urban folk music that was almost threatening to eclipse rock music and indie rock music in terms of popularity, which it has certainly gone on to do. But you know, this is the end of the 1980s, beginning of the '90s. The whole independent label thing has really evolved to this incredible point from the early '80s when we started, and there wasn't one record label at all, until a couple people started forming these small labels.
Lee Ranaldo
Sonic Youth
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I have inherited two of the most important brands in hip-hop, Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella. Reid and Universal Music Group have given me the opportunity to manage the companies I have contributed to my whole career. I feel this is a giant step for me and the entire artist community.
Jay-Z
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I feel like everything I do in the hip-hop world has an influence. People don't really notice what I did until somebody else does it. As far as hip-hop goes, I want to continue to make good music, and good art. I don't really follow the state of hip-hop.
ASAP Rocky
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I am not one to brag but to tell you the truth mang,
Andre Louis Hicks
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Life is something you can't borrow and give back;
Earl Stevens
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Where I grew up in the middle of Georgia, hip-hop is king, and on Friday and Saturday nights, local DJs do mixes. It's a great mix of local stuff and then some of the bigger hits and remixes of the hits, and it just has this nice flow with a dirty-South sound to everything.
Washed Out
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I think music gives so much inspiration. I listen to all kinds of music: pop, hip-hop, everything. I also love classical music.
Nicki Minaj
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I'm funkier than a locker room after a hoop game.
Andre Louis Hicks
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Perm in your hair or even a curly weave,
Wichya New Edition Bobby Brown button on your sleeve.
I tell you come here, you say, 'Meet me half way,'
Cause brothers been popping that game all day.
LL Cool J
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When I first heard hip-hop I thought it was rubbish because I didn't understand the concept of people talking over music.
Akon
