Better things Quote by A Tribe Called Quest

Rap is not pop. If you call it that, then stop.

— Q-Tip

Rap is a gimmick, but I'm for the hip-hop, the culture.

— Method Man

Rap is the new rock 'n' roll. We the real rock stars, and I'm the biggest of all of them. I'm the No. 1…

— Kanye West

Rap is rock 'n' roll. Rock is when you push the buttons in the system; when you say, I'm not going along with what…

— Ice T

People in rock had this idea that rappers aren't talented. In my opinion we're better writers, we think deeper, and our concepts are harder…

— JPEGMAFIA

It's like a paradox. For one side, being popularized rap got better and the other side of it got worse. It's very pop and…

— Ice T

In this time, we incorporate money and media, and it's split up like apartheid, where when you say "hip-hop," you think just rap records.…

— Afrika Bambaataa

Rap is just a movement within the larger culture of hip-hop.

— Cornel West

Pop songs are not as graceful as they used to be. Performers today haven’t gone through the regimen of learning how to write. And…

— Hal David

When you talk about rap you have to understand that rap is part of the Hip-Hop culture.

— Afrika Bambaataa

Rap is something you live; hip hop is something you do.

— KRS-One

I say as long as the individual stays creative and continues to come up with fresh new and exciting ideas, rap will be here.…

— LL Cool J