Hip Hop Quotes
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People who say that music is dead or hip-hop is dead are refusing to evolve.
Erykah Badu -
My main concern is that there is a balance in the system and that some art-based hip-hop can get out to the masses, 'cause right now people are not responding to what they don't know. Most people are just afraid to think on their own.
Tariq Trotter
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Hip-hop is a perfect mix between poetry and boxing.
Jay-Z -
Hip-Hop's cultural movement is much larger than the corporate representation. The images most of hip-hop's critics point to are those manufactured by major corporations whether on television, via Viacom, or on the radio, via Radio One and Clear Channel.
Bakari Kitwana -
This thing called rhymin' is no different than coal minin'; We both on assignment to unearth the diamond.
Yasiin Bey Black Star -
It's a kick-ass lineup. We know you're going to have a sloppy good time. We made a concerted effort to book more hip-hop this year, and to mix it with a bunch of other amazing things too. And what we've ended up with is a beautiful, amazing thing.
Perry Farrell Jane's Addiction -
They're targeting guys who dress like me, guys who dress hip-hop.
Allen Iverson -
I'm pain in the spoken form;
Ka
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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 -
The blues echoes right through into soul, R&B and hip hop. It's part of the make-up of modern music. You can't turn your back on the blues.
Ronnie Wood The Rolling Stones -
Hip-hop is the last true folk art.
Yasiin Bey Black Star -
Up against Goliath, to bring butter home.
Ka -
It's an honor for me to represent urban music, reggaeton, trap and hip-hop.
Bad Bunny -
I've never been a mega-star. I'm more of a tastemaker of hip-hop. I try to be more of an ambassador for the era of hip-hop that I came in.
Ernest Dion Wilson
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If it's time to party, it's time for hip hop. I love Drake, Jay-Z, Kanye. If I'm chilling at home though, I'm listening to Massive Attack, Thievery Corporation, Radiohead, DJ Shadow. I also listen to a lot of classical.
Alexis Knapp -
Young Juiceman, he a flamer!
OJ da Juiceman -
I'm headed towards greatness. I think I'm making history in hip-hop.
Soulja Boy -
Think about it, if you was there standing looking at me. What would you do, if I hit your face with dog doo-doo?
Keith Matthew Thornton -
I grew up around hip-hop so I didn't think it was about being cool or being black or being white or whatever.
Chad Hugo N.E.R.D. -
Hip-hop was fast, originally. It was always fast music.
will.i.am
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I got into hip hop from my uncle; he was always playing us Kool G Rap and Big Daddy Kane. He was a bad boy, and my mum was not really happy that I was hanging out with him.
Estelle -
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 -
You can't control who likes you. If I got Backstreet Boy fans what am I supposed to do? Turn them away? Whoever likes my stuff, likes my stuff but just know Slim Shady is hip hop, I grew up on hip hop, it's the music I love and it's the music I respect. I respect the culture...that's me.
Marshall Bruce Mathers III Bad Meets Evil' -
Shakespeare's gone, don't even think about it.
Keith Matthew Thornton