Hip hop Quotes · Page 28

If you know hip-hop, you're going to love and appreciate 'Napalm.'

— Xzibit

Being raised in the church and being raised in hip-hop, it was just a really natural marriage.

— Kirk Franklin

Question: Why is that MC's be wack And major labels wanna sign that crap? A-yo...funk that!

— Phife Dawg

...And Sunday's the one day I rest, give thanks, and bless.

— Special Ed

Ain't no love lost, cause there was never none there.

— Eric Murray

Why do I need ID to get ID? If I had ID, I wouldn't need ID.

— Mos Def

People told me that Miley's '23' wasn't hip-hop. Let me tell you, she went in and owned that track.

— Mike Will Made It

You could either ignore this advice, or take it from me: Be too nice, and people take you for a dummy.

— Daniel Dumile

No-frill rappers: you will evaporate, disintegrate, deflate to your fate, as the great will dominate straight to the state Of reignin', gainin'...So…

— Big Daddy Kane

Honestly, I started playing the pause game right after the 2015 BET Hip Hop Awards cypher. That's around when pauses really started.

— Joyner Lucas

There's a lot of hip-hop that's oriented toward a progressive view of America because it's oriented toward a civil rights progress and…

— Ari Melber

It's hard for a liberal to go on between Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, because it's like doing country music after hip-hop.…

— Al Franken

Hip-hop certainly is in sync with the youth, and every day that passes, I grow less youthful, as much as I have…

— John Cena

Hip-hop is a part of rock & roll because it comes from DJ culture. DJ culture is the embodiment of all genres…

— Chuck D

Really, I listen to more hip hop probably than most other things. That's where I get a lot of my influence from…

— Richard Ashcroft

There's a lot of hip-hop that would be great with a banjo in it. It would just groove like crazy, and I…

— Bela Fleck

She's not impressed by your fancy car. She got a body so she's snotty and she don't care who you are. So…

— Positive K

We wound up taking my enterprise inside marketing, branding, management, finances. We went in there [Sisterhood of Hip Hop show] and taught…

— MC Lyte

Unfortunately hip-hop is so competitive that in order for fringe groups to get in, you gotta be better than whoever's the best.…

— Talib Kweli

If you just want a comfortable life, the awards, and pats on the back then you play Christian Hip Hop safe. Because…

— LeCrae

Bob Marley performed the 'One Love Peace' concert in Jamaica with the two different warring political sides. There's always been that in…

— Mos Def

I say that I do soul, R&B music. I have so many influences, from Billie Holiday, Nina Simone to Stevie Wonder and…

— Goapele

When I'm actually creating music, I try not to listen to the hip-hop records that are going on, because I think, subconsciously,…

— Curtis Jackson

Squeeze 7cc's so I could see the seven seas, And CC all my friends so they could see what I was seeing...…

— Pharoahe Monch

I always say that I'm a hip-hop fan, and I'm definitely a Drake fan.

— Mannie Fresh

The victory's found in truth, like innocence found in youth Self defeat is your own dispute

— Damian Marley

In the future, hip-hop is going to be called American folklore.

— KRS-One

I leave scientists mentally scarred, Triple Extra Large, Wild like rock stars who smash guitars...

— Inspectah Deck

We're trying to plug a void and bring what's been missing back to hip-hop.

— Black Thought

One of the things that's really the cornerstone of '90s hip-hop is sampling.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

I scored 1.1 on my SAT, And still push a whip with a right and left AC.

— Redman

I am not one to brag but to tell you the truth mang, I am funkier then a locker room after a…

— Mac Dre

I was always taught my do's and don'ts: For do's I did, and for don'ts, I said I won't.

— GZA

You don't even have to ask twice, you could have my heart or we could share it like the last slice.

— Drake

It's like I know what I gotta say, I just don't know how to say it to you.

— Drake

I been in the game for 10 years making rap tunes... Ever since honeys was wearing Sassoons.

— Dr. Dre

I don't like thugs, I don't like nerds, I don't like myself and I hate bein' disturbed.

— Sean Price

You stackin cheddar cause you working at the burger place.

— Inspectah Deck

I totally embrace the different transformations we've seen in hip-hop throughout the years.

— Frank Dukes

I listen to this mix of smooth jazz, independent hip-hop, chiptunes, and anime music.

— Xavier Woods