Hip hop Quotes · Page 32

Never lookin' back or too far in front of me; the present is a gift and I just wanna be.

— Common

These ante meridiem cats, insomniacs... Four in the mornin' we throwin back some Cognac juice.

— Prodigy

Every time the ball drop on New Year's Eve, We toast to more money, we smoke to more cheese...

— Prodigy

De La Soul, from the soul, black medallions, no gold.

— Afrika Baby Bam

Im not saying Im number one, uh sorry I lied Im number one two three four and five.

— Krs One

I think that people have been claiming hip-hop as being dead since the moment it started.

— El-P

I listen to a lot of Eighties hip-hop. I listened to a lot of Ice-T.

— Shavo Odadjian

I think you can hear all my hip hop influences in 'Just Kids.'

— Mat Kearney

I'm going to be honest, I would love for Flava Flav to be president. It would bring a lot of excitement to…

— DJ Khaled

Hip-hop influences my talent, but I think that punk and everything else I listened to growing up was who my idols were.

— Machine Gun Kelly

People get caught up in worshipping certain rappers, or they try to demonise hip hop by looking at what certain rappers are…

— Afrika Bambaataa

I come from both sides of the spectrum: I grew up listening to hip-hop and R&B then learned how to make a…

— Lotic

I don't love all hip-hop, but I do relate to stuff like early Nas, 2Pac, Biggie, and MF Doom because they're also…

— Lykke Li

Y'all really think Ms. Shakur, or Ms. Wallace, Or Ms. Mizell from out in Hollis Wouldn't exchange the love and fame Attached…

— Kelvin Mercer

I can go from doing an electronic track to hip-hop to even folk songs. I think people like that variety in me.

— Hyuna

Nowadays, you gots ta walk the street and watch your back, Cause brothers with the gats don't be knowin' how to act.

— Shyheim

West Coast hip hop was the sound of my neighbourhood. It was something I could relate to because it had a sound…

— Kamasi Washington

I think that people have been claiming hip-hop as being dead since the moment it started. I think there are people -…

— El-P

I'm not really up on what's new. I'm still listening to Run DMC twenty-five years later. In the same way that the…

— Colson Whitehead

If you take a guy like a Barack Obama, who's raised millions of dollars from the most donors in the history of…

— Michael Eric Dyson

...Shorty's laugh was cold-blooded as he spoke so foul, Only twelve tryin to tell me that he liked my style. Then I…

— Nas

I have gone through many difference phases in my love affair with hip-hop.It evolves, your taste. It sometimes deepens, in terms of…

— Solange Knowles

All the forms of popular music from jazz to hip-hop, to bebop, to soul [come from black innovation]. You talk about different…

— Michael Jackson

Everybody has the Tupac that they admire. Certain people love the hip-hop person, the rapper. Strictly just the rapper. A lot of…

— Demetrius Shipp, Jr

I play chess, but my past is checkered, The mic and I are like staff and shepherd.

— Ka

Can I hit it in the morning with out giving you have of my dough?

— Jay-Z

My music is quite diverse, but it blends Grime, Hip-Hop, Old Skool and other urban genres together.

— Bugzy Malone

Damn right I like the life I live, Cause I went from negative to positive.

— The Notorious B.I.G

I think it's impossible for hip-hop to be a dying art form.

— El-P

Sometimes I look up at the stars and analyze the sky, And ask myself: was I meant to be here...why?

— Ghostface Killah

You ask me, "Did I like Arsenio?" About as much as the Bicentennial.

— Ice Cube

I just rocked the eye chart, So if you can't see it, now you know it by heart.

— MC Paul Barman

Whats up with your motto? Will you lead? Will you follow?

— Nas

I got the wild style, always been a foul child, My guns go boom-boom, and your guns go pow-pow.

— Big L

Breathe in...inhale vapors from bright stars that shine, Breathe out...weed smoke retrace the skyline.

— Mos Def

I played a little bit of everything. I got Ace of Bass, hip-hop songs, and dance hall [music].

— Theophilus London

And when I'm in my car I'm laid back I got an 8-track and a spare tire in the backseat But that's…

— Skee-Lo

It's ninety-six degrees in the shade... Before I catch blood on my blade.

— Keith Murray

I tell you this once, hip hop is not dead. Change gon come just like Barack said.

— Jadakiss

Hip-hop educated me about other forms of music, because it sampled from all different styles.

— Aloe Blacc