Hip hop Quotes · Page 29

Scared of a bunch of water? Then get out the rain. Order a rapper for lunch, and spit out the chain.

— Daniel Dumile

It's kinda hard bein humble in the belly of the struggle, Doin things that probably get you in trouble.

— Busta Rhymes

I never ever ran from the Ku Klux Klan, and I shouldn't have to run from a black man.

— Kool Moe Dee

I've asked about you and they told me things but my mind didn't change and I still feel the same.

— Drake

If you don't know hip-hop, at least a little bit of it, you can't even call yourself an American.

— KRS-One

I'm in the mood to get faded, so please bring your finest.

— Drake

Hip-Hop is my vehicle to scientific and universal enlightenment

— GZA

I'm slamming n***as like Shaquille, s**t is real When it's time to eat a meal, I rob and steal

— The Notorious B.I.G

There are situations where I'm uncomfortable saying, "I'm a hip-hop artist." In some circles, the response is like, "Oh, OK, so... you…

— Pharoahe Monch

I think that when I did the Methods Of Mayhem record, some of the hip-hop stuff probably freaked a lot of Motley…

— Tommy Lee

The hip-hop community is made up of a lot of hustlers. Everybody is trying to get theirs, and everybody is trying to…

— Ludacris

I love listening to old records to keep nostalgic feeling; it allows me to not lose the love for hip-hop.

— Rakim

I think of hip hop as a mass media, radio, MTV thing. It’s been extremely relevant over the last 10 years and…

— Win Butler

Everything is everything What is meant to be, will be After winter, must come spring Change, it comes eventually

— Lauryn Hill

There ain't no time to be wasted, the world is going under... Nowadays, can't tell Fall from Spring, and Winter from Summer.

— Big K.R.I.T

We always do kinda like the bare bones representation or variation of the voice and drums, which is what we feel is…

— Black Thought

“1. Close Friend, someone who got yo back, yo "main nigga." 2. Rooted in blackness and the Black experience. From a middle-aged…

— H. Sammy Alim and Geneva Smitherman

I listen to all those kinds of music, from classic soul to hip-hop to Brazilian music to, you know, jazz to indie…

— John Legend

We want to convey that the modern-day GOP looks like the conservative party that stands on principles. But we want to apply…

— Michael Steele

Hip-hop is not about pretense. You can be missing an eye; you can have an ice-cream cone in your face; you can…

— Brian Tyree Henry

A lot of us have classical and jazz training, and it would be hard for us to work with a hip-hop artist…

— Philip Bailey

I think that's one thing that hinders hip-hop and I think when everybody tries to be the same... That's why people look…

— Fabolous

I think we need to sort of broaden our definition of poetry, which maybe it's a good thing that they just gave…

— Jim Jarmusch

I stand, limited primitive, sentimentalist, escapist The way I shape this landscape, automatically makes this, vivid I give it a rivet, hold…

— Aceyalone

Ima give yall that cold shoulder, let'em see how my shoulder chill

— Chamillionaire

You can't listen to all that language and filth without it affecting you

— C. Delores Tucker

The courage to be yourself is the essence of hip hop

— KRS-One

I took a chance with my heart and I feel it taking over

— Drake

Hip Hop will always have a lane of its own, for those that appreciate the culture.

— Iceberg Slim

There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible.

— Wyclef Jean

I'm the leader of the show, keepin' you on the go, but I know I can't live without my radio.

— LL Cool J

I love hip-hop and soul, but I desperately want to challenge it and see what I can bring to it.

— Seinabo Sey

Drink up cause everyone here is good tonight. Except the niggas that I came wit, they good for life

— Drake

Cause we they leaders, and they the followers And we the nut-busters and they the swallowers'

— Kanye West

There are plenty of people who are, I think, completely racist who love hip-hop.

— David Byrne

I heard you good with them soft lips.. Yeah you know word of mouth

— Drake

An undercover agent sent by goverment to kill hip hop.

— Soulja Boy

I call wild niggas together like Cyrus, And knock off more birds than the West Nile Virus.

— Bumpy Knuckles

When I hit the skins they all say, 'Damn Kane... You knock out the Bush like a presidential campaign!'

— Big Daddy Kane

I hope everybody out here is supporting hip-hop and trying to make it continue on.

— Big Daddy Kane