People who say that music is dead or hip-hop is dead are refusing to evolve. — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
Ricky Ricky Ricky, can't you see? Somehow your words just hypnotize me. — Slick Rick Copy Share Image
I make soul music for hip-hop heads. It's music I'd want to sample if I were a rapper. — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
There's a war going on outside no man is safe from. You can run but you can't hide forever. — Prodigy Copy Share Image
Take the first chance that you get, because you may never get another one. — Lil Wayne Copy Share Image
Hip-hop and R&B are especially fertile bases of collaboration. It always makes good records and good music. — John Legend Copy Share Image
Of course I'm funky like fat people having intercourse. Basically, the funk is stuck in your teeth...so get the dental floss. — Redman Copy Share Image
There's top 40 R&B/hip-hop, which is probably sexy but you wouldn't listen to it for a musical awakening. — Lotic Copy Share Image
Historically, hip-hop is about a generation of artists rapping about the realities they see in their neighborhoods or the 'truths' they hear… — Karamo Brown Copy Share Image
I could let these dream killers kill my self-esteem, Or use my arrogance as the steam to power my dreams. I use… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
I was always attracted to music that moved people. Whether it be gospel, R&B, folk, hip-hop, pop, alternative rock - whatever moved… — Luke James Copy Share Image
So from Jazz, Blues, R&B, Soul, Classical and Country music, Hip Hop has introduced us to a little bit of everything. — B.J. The Chicago Kid Copy Share Image
Dabbling in music and being in music when I was young I had my own view of what I thought music was… — Rakim Copy Share Image
Growing up in New York, there are a lot of tenement buildings and a lot of projects. You don't leave your projects… — Rza Copy Share Image
I was, like, 12 or 13; the first hip hop song I tried to rapping to was Macklemore's 'Thrift Shop,' and my… — Rich Brian Copy Share Image
It was very important, and I felt like music ran through my blood lines, with my father being a deejay and teaching… — Pete Rock Copy Share Image
There's not a lot of pretty, young female artists that's out. It's a lot of talent out there, but they don't know… — Tyga Copy Share Image
“...We claim the present as the pre-sent, as the hereafter. We are unraveling our navels so that we may ingest the sun.… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
I've loved hip-hop all of my life, but there came a time in my life when my entire life had a shift:… — Trip Lee Copy Share Image
Barriers have been broken: rappers are singing, and singers are rapping. You might catch a rapper on a rock song, a pop… — Trey Songz Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Leave it up to me while I be livin' proof, To kick the truth to the young black youth. — Inspectah Deck Copy Share Image
A born terror, a rebel without a pause... Ain't never had a good Christmas, so who is Santa Claus? — Shyheim Copy Share Image
In my opinion, some of the hip-hop records that come out, people are willing to compromise. I'm not. — Dr. Dre Copy Share Image
See, you're out your mind tryin' to face tha God. Your rhyme is like an empty prison...a waste of bars. — Lord Finesse Copy Share Image
Hip-hop was a big part of my life growing up, especially West Coast gangster rap. — Moshe Kasher Copy Share Image
I got u single,so I got to mingle, and anybody tingle,then u'd have to jingle. — Busta Rhymes Copy Share Image
Dance is merging with the more mainstream hip hop/R&B scene, and there will be new ideas and sounds. — Little Louie Vega Copy Share Image
I'm here to inspire young people to be part of the most magnificent culture on earth: hip-hop. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
But I never get attracted to fans cause the eager beaver could be the collapse of a dam — Drake Copy Share Image
I will not lose for even in defeat, theres a valuable lesson learned so it evens up for me. — Jay Z Copy Share Image
I'm bangin' from Belize to Tel Aviv on the Red Sea Racin' Saddam Hussein on Kawasaki jet ski's — Ras Kass Copy Share Image
