Hip Hop Quotes
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Hip-hop's always reached out to kids. If you look at the last 10 big albums it might seem ironic. But when I look at the history of this music it's always had a lot of positivity.
LL Cool J
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Hip-hop is a cultural expression - it's embracing.
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.
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Now success was like lust, she's good to the touch, She's good for the moment, but she's never enough
Jay-Z
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The poor get worked, the rich get richer,
Jean-Jacques Cadet
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This thing called rhymin' is no different than coal minin'; We both on assignment to unearth the diamond.
Yasiin Bey Black Star
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Everyone's been on the "hip-hop is dead" campaign for years, and now it's the most unsure-of-itself genre ever.
Ian Matthias Bavitz
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People who say that music is dead or hip-hop is dead are refusing to evolve.
Erykah Badu
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Breathe in...inhale vapors from bright stars that shine, Breathe out...weed smoke retrace the skyline.
Yasiin Bey Black Star
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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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We live in a society that refuses to set a standard for what we will allow American entertainment to expose to our children. I think we need to set a standard that is entertainment industry wide, not just limited to hip-hop.
Bakari Kitwana
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Up against Goliath, to bring butter home.
Ka
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There are so many different musicians I look up to for different reasons - from hip-hop to rock to pop. Some are Alanis Morissette, Michael Jackson, Aerosmith, Pink, Avril Lavigne, Beyonce, Lil Wayne.
Manika
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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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I'm not stuck strictly doing hip-hop. Songs from the dance/electronic scene are my favorite to make and remix, and I like that world.
AraabMuzik
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I'm not a poster boy for misogyny and I don't think hip-hop should be either.
Bakari Kitwana
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You took the Alkaholik challenge, and lost your balance
Alvin Nathaniel Joiner
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Every night I pray to God: 'Please, no more wack MC's.'
James Anthony Robinson
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In the history of the hip hop world...there has been one, single, solitary human being in the history of the world. One female rapper to sell more albums than me in the first week.
Nicki Minaj
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It's an honor for me to represent urban music, reggaeton, trap and hip-hop.
Bad Bunny
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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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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
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In general I’m not a big fan of hip hop, even though I worked with Kanye. I did the Kanye stuff not because I’m a fan, but because for me it’s interesting to make some new music in an old style.
Mike Levy
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The only reason I've been so critical of hip-hop is because I've always been aware of the effect that it has, and the reflection that it gives of the African-American community.
Saul Williams
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Really, really obscene hip-hop. I love it so much. It makes me laugh and then it makes me want to dance.
Natalie Portman