I was competitive in the ring and hip-hop is competitive too... I think rappers condition themselves like boxers, so they all kind… — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
Most people have a blank slate and can start from nothing. But for me, I had to break a bad habit that… — Roshon Fegan Copy Share Image
Hip-hop and country aren't too far different: They got shiny suits and the boots and the guitars with their names on it.… — Post Malone Copy Share Image
I kind of idolized older punk-rock and hip-hop bands, and I was, like, 15 when I started the Beastie Boys. And what… — Mike D Copy Share Image
Mix-tapes are something that have been going on for a while. They've been pretty important to hip-hop. It's the way we advertise… — Wale Copy Share Image
Back in the day, you belonged to a tribe, whether you liked rock, whether you liked pop, whether you liked hip-hop. But… — Vick Hope Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is a beautiful thing. I think that the music genre itself has created more millionaires than any other music genre before… — Steve Harvey Copy Share Image
At first, Hendrix went and became a superstar in London, but if he walked past the Apollo in Harlem, no one would… — Nayvadius Cash Copy Share Image
It doesn't get any more underground, conscious or indie than Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, but because they got a couple of really big… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I think when hip hop first started, people were open to it, and groups like Public Enemy and there was groups like… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
You can't control who likes you. If I got Backstreet Boy fans what am I supposed to do? Turn them away? Whoever… — Eminem Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, white people made fun of me. So it was always strange to me as I would gain… — Paul Wall Copy Share Image
I've been writing since I was 10 or 11. I started with poetry because that was the easiest thing. It just kind… — Sasha Grey Copy Share Image
The talk-box thing that T-Pain does is something new and different for this generation because they don't know about Zapp or Teddy… — Keith Sweat Copy Share Image
I love all types of music. Jazz, classical, blues, rock, hip-hop. I often write scripts to instrumentals like a hip-hop artist. Music… — Chadwick Boseman Copy Share Image
I heard Q-Tip on the Jungle Brothers' song 'The Promo.' It was very exciting. It was very new. The music and the… — Michael Rapaport Copy Share Image
It's such a phenomenon for a hip-hop artist to fully embrace his Christian roots and his faith. And that becomes something that… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
I used to do this one club called New York Sound Factory where I played house, hip-hop, and dancehall. I was one… — Lil Jon Copy Share Image
I've been writing songs since I was 10 years old and always had a penchant for rhyming. I started listening to hip… — Hoodie Allen Copy Share Image
I think the average country music fan grew up the same exact way that all the artists did, listening to hip-hop and… — Chris Lane Copy Share Image
Ultimately, Dead Prez should have went multi-platinum. But when people didn't rally around them, I knew the black hip-hop audience had become… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
I've been out there 3 days and I got shot at 3 times, Felt like every bullet hit me when they flew… — Lil Herb Copy Share Image
Everything has a price... No matter if it's fortune, fame or your life. I understood later that it's all about paper, Everything… — O.C Copy Share Image
If Hip Hop is all smoke and mirrors, then I'm the Windex and a napkin New dudes is whack, some vet's is… — Joe Budden Copy Share Image
People are so confused about race and hip-hop that people didn't even consider the Beastie Boys one of the greatest rap groups… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Some of you been trying to write rhymes for years, But weak ideas irritate my ears. Is this the best that you… — Rakim Copy Share Image
Jazz isn't as profitable for labels like Hip hop or Rap. Jazz needs subsidies to continue, just like European classical works of… — Jimmy Heath Copy Share Image
You should do what we do, stack chips like *Hebrews* Don't let the melody intrigue you (uh-uh) Cause I leave you, I'm… — Jadakiss Copy Share Image
In the early '80s, I was blown away when I began to hear some of the earliest hip-hop songs, and I'm fascinated… — Simon de Pury Copy Share Image
The early '90s was the best time for hip-hop. The Cube's, the Snoop's, the Dre's - that was a golden time with… — DJ Yella Copy Share Image
Everything really came together on '1992.' That isn't to dismiss my earlier works - they were great - but when I focused… — Princess Nokia Copy Share Image
Until black culture as a whole is effectively disentangled from the python-grip of hip-hop, and by extension the street, we are not… — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
Soul music is soul music. It can be wrapped up in a neo soul package; it can be called hip-hop soul. But… — Maxwell Copy Share Image
When I came up in hip hop, there was no such thing as a Puerto Rican rapper doing hip hop for many… — Fat Joe Copy Share Image
I want to plug back into the hip-hop audience. Whether it be fans who grew up watching 'Yo!', or people who have… — Fab Five Freddy Copy Share Image
Damn, I can't wait until it get dark, So I can light these fireworks up at the park, And celebrate my independence,… — Kam Copy Share Image
My first Grammy wasn't even in a jazz category, but of course I was really excited. 'Rockit' was the beginning of kind… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
You have your purists and you have people who want to go outside of what they think hip hop is. You've got… — B-Real Copy Share Image
Take 7 emcees put em in a line And add 7 more brothers who think they can rhyme It'll take 7 more… — Rakim Copy Share Image
“Hip Hop Generation “captures the collective hopes and nightmares, ambitions and failures of those who would otherwise be described as “post-this” or… — Jeff Chain in "Can't Stop Won't Stop A History of the Hip-Hop Generation Copy Share Image
