Hip hop Quotes · Page 25

Up against Goliath, to bring butter home. I'm David on pavement, sling another stone.

— Ka

I feel a lot of hip-hop videos are all about portraying a lifestyle that the artist doesn't even live.

— Kano

Police on my drawers I had to pause 40 ounce in my lap And it's freezing my balls

— Eazy-E

I am proud of the hip hop generation. They are good business people and, actually, good people.

— Nikki Giovanni

I gotta make a move, I gotta do this now, If they don't know your dreams, they can't shoot 'em down.

— J. Cole

Notorious B.I.G. was one of my favorites. I started getting into hip-hop around the Bad Boy era.

— Big Sean

You need a bad operation. Gimme the scissors, hammer, flame.

— Kool Keith

Hip hop has evolved, thankfully. Kids are making music that is important to their lives and outlooks.

— Erik Parker

Hip-hop has done more for race relations than most cultural icons; and I say save Martin Luther King, because his 'I Have…

— Jay-Z

Every time I see you walking by, I cannot breathe but you don't notice me, but in time you will. I must…

— Roger Troutman

So sometimes if I'm working with a rapper, like Ghostface Killah or Nas, producing usually means, in hip-hop, that you make the…

— Mark Ronson

I think hip-hop is really fun right now... and that's why people are using dance beats and singing more.

— Wiz Khalifa

My first Grammy wasn't even in a jazz category, but of course I was really excited. 'Rockit' was the beginning of kind…

— Herbie Hancock

I'm just changing the game because I know what the fans want and the people want 'cause I'm a fan of hip-hop.

— DJ Khaled

I think that hip-hop is more of an individual effort. That means you're an artist from the streets, they expect you to…

— Conor Oberst

Believers of Jesus be denouncing Satan on every level, But every Halloween they're dressin' like devils.

— KRS-One

But whats it all worth, cant take it when you under this earth Rich men died and tried, but none of it…

— Nas

Depending on who I am talking about or who's talking through me - if the person is a kind of hip-hop, or…

— Maya Angelou

I think every generation has that movement of hip-hop that you know you're playing it and you definitely have that moment of…

— Solange Knowles

I've sort of realized there's a definite pattern to my output at this point: there's an album that everybody sort of loves,…

— Jose James

The ghetto music of my era is hip-hop. And Parliament, and Curtis Mayfield, and Marvin Gaye, that was all the ghetto stuff…

— DJ Premier

With guitar, I'd always mixed more sounds that occur in hip-hop, or occur on Crystal Method records, or occur at the zoo…

— Tom Morello

I wanted to be a great producer so I studied great hip-hop producers, but also stuff beyond that: Phil Spector, David Axelrod,…

— Frank Dukes

Hip-hop has done so much for racial relations, and I don't think it's given the proper credit. It has changed America immensely.…

— Jay-Z

I still love old-school hip-hop, but there hasn't been a lot that I've taken from the new stuff.

— Kid Rock

If I should fall asleep and death takes me away, Don't be surprised son, I wasn't put here to stay.

— Lauryn Hill

We love it where we from, but we kick it where we at.

— Ladybug Mecca

Hopefully, we learn to appreciate hip-hop here so that it doesn't go the way of jazz.

— Talib Kweli

I've always treated my city like some shoulder pads.

— Drake

I realized the power of hip-hop. I realized how influential this music and this culture are.

— Nipsey Hussle

My nards aren't clean Ive been partying With Charlie Sheen

— Simon Rex

I grew up in Chicago, so hip-hop has always been a part of my life.

— Gina Rodriguez

Pretty soon I think you'll have Republicans, Democrats and Hip Hop as a party.

— Pitbull

I had a cigarette for breakfast, just for beginners, Cried for my lunch, and sleep for dinner.

— G. Dep

I'm a firm believer that we all meet up in eternity, Just hope the Big Man show me some courtesy

— Nas

Rap game Taylor Swift, 45 on my hip and I'll lift off, a switch up hip hop with Riff.

— Kitty Pryde

I can drink a whole Hennessey fifth, some call that a problem I call it a gift.

— Xzibit

Riding in another drop, ain't talking Enterprise They try to see me, get diabetes from humble pie

— Wale

Watch out for the medallion, my diamonds are reckless, Feels like a midget is hangin from my necklace!

— Ludacris

Hip-hop educated me about other forms of music, because it sampled from all different styles.

— Aloe Blacc