Hip hop Quotes · Page 31

Beef is not what Jay said to Nas; Beef is when the working folks can't find jobs.

— Mos Def

People used to think, because of our name, that we were a hip-hop group.

— Kyle Gass

If I woke up tomorrow and didn't have a dolla, as long as I have my heart, I can get it all…

— Wale

My favorite era of hip-hop was between '85-'89. That was the era that got me to love hip-hop.

— El-P

Your reign on the top was short like leprechauns, As I crush so-called Willies, thugs, and rapper-dons.

— The Notorious B.I.G

I'd like for y'all to meet the love of my life, her name's the game.

— Drake

I think a lot of people can learn from listening to hip hop. It ain't always about beats and rhymes.

— Raekwon

Tell 'em the truth and they call you a traitor, Talk to 'em honestly and they call you a hater.

— Immortal Technique

My favorite singer is Canton Jones, a gospel hip-hop artist - when I'm on the bus going to a game, I listen…

— Maya Moore

And I'll break, when I'm through breakin, I'll leave you broke, Drop the mic when I'm finished, and watch it smoke

— Rakim

Golly, he's just a pest and your worst best friend, Who mend and rip space-time fabric like polyester blend.

— Daniel Dumile

I'm a young dude from Chicago who grew up with Kanye as my image of hip-hop. Finding your voice in a room…

— Chance The Rapper

You can't imagine hip-hop without the Black Panthers. Today, hopefully, the movement can be an inspiration to people. These were people who…

— Stanley Nelson Jr

I think comedy is incredibly discriminated against. It is one of the most enjoyed yet most condescended art forms in the world.…

— Brett Gelman

You can't take the heat, get ya ass out the kitchen Matter fact, take ya ass back in there and wash the…

— Ryan Montgomery

I'm a musician. I play instruments. I dabble in the hip-hop field. That doesn't take vocal ability necessarily.

— Nick Cannon

Oh My God, the [hip-hop] videos! The imagery is so awful! I just can't get with it at all. The best thing…

— Alicia Keys

To have mentors and moguls like Russell Simmons and Chuck D pushing me forward and empowering my movement makes me all the…

— Lazarus of Bethany

We'll never change the fact that we are hardcore hip-hop and we make rebellious hip-hop music, and we're going to keep doing…

— Prodigy

I try to take elements from all kinds of music. Even if I'm listening to anything off the wall, like Britney Spears,…

— Metro Boomin

I know that people everywhere listen to hip-hop, but especially being from the South, you really get that influence. You go out,…

— Kat Dahlia

I know that everyone has their own ideas about what the good life is, and hip hop has especially strong ideas about…

— Trip Lee

As far as hip hop, I ain't even gonna front, it was 'Rapper's Delight.' That was the first thing I heard where…

— Madlib

I really wanna make hip-hop music, but I don't know how to use any of the tools. Electronic, computer skills, I don't…

— Ty Segall

It was Saturday night and I was feelin kinda funny, Gold around my neck, pockets full of money.

— Schoolly D

Music just ain't what it used to; We used to have songs that you could shoplift or boost to.

— Jadakiss

Full moons, skunk weed all up in the room; You got the munchies, baby? Ice cold milk and Lorna Doones.

— Ghostface Killah

They'd rather hate you for the truth than love you for the lies.

— Kirk Jones

This is a robbery, boy, gimme them dollars. We hit the lottery, boy, it's in ya wallets!

— RZA

I don't understand the difficulty, people; Love your brother, treat him as an equal.

— Heavy D

New York City gritty committee pity the fool that act shitty in the midst of the calm, the witty.

— Pharoahe Monch

I'm at the round table, where your seat at? Where your plate, where your lobster, where your sea bass?

— Gunplay

Baby I'll never forget none of that. Girl I told you I was comin back.

— Drake

If you were a star you'd be the one I'm searching for

— Drake

I love listening to hip-hop and going to concerts with Jerome Boateng; it's my hobby.

— David Alaba

Weird like Murdock, Thinkin' like Hannibal, Man like Face, But I'm wild like B.A.

— Styles P

We need a few more Kanyes, people that's really passionate about hip-hop and who keep it alive.

— Rakim

Oh baby you ..got what I need but you say he's just a friend

— Biz Markie

What good is a beautiful dame with a Rolls-Royce frame, and a Volkswagen brain?

— J-Ro

I came to Baku the same way I would go to Texas - because they asked me to come and play hip…

— Coolio