Mix-tapes are something that have been going on for a while. They've been pretty important to hip-hop for the past 10 years.… — Wale Copy Share Image
Man, I feel like hip-hop is - first of all, not even only with just GOOD Music, I gotta say - I… — Common Copy Share Image
To me hip-hop is a culture and I became an MC to be recognized as a dope lyricist. That's what I wanted… — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
I love hip-hop music, ... It's rebel music is how I like to speak about it. Hip-hop and reggae come from the… — Damian Marley Copy Share Image
I love hip-hop, so what I do is done with respect, but there was a very closed-minded attitude toward live instruments and… — Everlast Copy Share Image
You aspire to be as great as Michael Jackson is as an artist. I don't think any artist in pop, rock or… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
Hip-Hop got turned into Hit Pop, The second a record was number one on the pop charts. But don't skip on the… — MC Serch Copy Share Image
Being faith-driven, being a hip-hop artist, being artistic in an urban context - all of those things make you unique, and you… — Lecrae Copy Share Image
There are different kinds of R&B happening today. There's the traditional, more soulful R&B that doesn't get the recognition that it deserves.… — Ne-Yo Copy Share Image
Puffy's contribution to hip-hop culture was the remix. He offered us the music that his mom played in front of him, with… — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
Shakespeare is absolutely big in Africa. I guess he's big everywhere. Growing up, Shakespeare was the thing. You'd learn monologues and you'd… — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
When Basquiat was hanging out with Madonna and Fab Five Freddy, and all those worlds were colliding, people have to realize hip-hop… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I've been involved in a lot of different kinds of projects. I've been on straight hip hop tours. I've been on underground… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
There are certain artists that get into the little circle in hip-hop, and everybody is talking about them, and they are buzzing.… — Logic Copy Share Image
Prior to Katrina, the South Bronx and New Orleans' Ninth Ward had a lot in common. Both were largely populated by poor… — Majora Carter Copy Share Image
I always felt really alone because no one wanted to talk about the things that I enjoyed, and that was really rap… — Iggy Azalea Copy Share Image
Now if you looking for an intelligent representation of the hip hop culture, then I could name some individuals. But if you… — MC Hammer Copy Share Image
You gotta understand a lot of hip-hop kids are going to have the hip-hop mentality. And it's sad because they're not educated… — Taboo Copy Share Image
Ooh! Jesus Christ had dreads, so shake 'em. I ain't got none, but I'm planning on growing some. Imagine all the Hebrews… — E-40 Copy Share Image
No matter how far you go, if you can't go back to the essence, you're not sayin' nothin'. The essence for me… — Wyclef Jean Copy Share Image
There's a lot of situations where I feel irony involved when R&B and hip-hop is expressed in the indie worlds. There's a… — Solange Knowles Copy Share Image
Nobody's gonna ever like all my music but if your talking about the core hip-hop fans that like hardcore rap, they're still… — SonReal Copy Share Image
You never know: rain, sleet, hail, snow, See you gotta accept that's how things go. Prepare for the rainy day, or the… — Q-Tip Copy Share Image
Energy is felt once the cards are dealt With the impact of roundhouse kicks from black belts that attack the microphone like… — GZA Copy Share Image
Rock is periodically pronounced dead by clear rock critics - killed by world music, or by hip-hop, or electronica, or the Backstreet… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
I got this black chick, she don't know how to act Always talkin' out her neck, makin' her fingers snap She like,… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
When you say you love me, it doesn't matter. It goes into my head as just chit-chatter. You may think it's egotistical… — MC Lyte Copy Share Image
There's a lot of hip-hop that would be great with a banjo in it. It would just groove like crazy, and I… — Bela Fleck Copy Share Image
This is my time, this is my hour, This is my pain, this is my name, this is my power. If it's… — Pusha T Copy Share Image
When I'm creating a song, I'm thinking of a hip-hop beat playing on a live drum set - kinda like the Roots… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
Everything will eventually come to an end, So try to savor the moment, cause time flies, don't it? The beauty of life,… — Nas Copy Share Image
The great thing about 'Hamilton,' for me, is so many people have been exposed to and are more open to hip-hop and… — Okieriete Onaodowan Copy Share Image
You've got to realize that the world's a test, You can only do your best and let Him do the rest. You've… — Cee Lo Green Copy Share Image
I see N.Y. hip-hop like I see N.Y. streets. N.Y. streets are grimy; it's a grind. N.Y. rappers are hustlers - whatever… — Nas Copy Share Image
Hip-hop has done more for race relations than most cultural icons; and I say save Martin Luther King, because his 'I Have… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
I think for me, I get so much love that it balances or overpowers the hate. When I started making music, it… — Lil B Copy Share Image
Y'all mythological niggas is comical, The astronomical is comin' thru like tha flu bombin' you... And embalmin' in your crew, too. With… — Keith Murray Copy Share Image
It was magic, I felt the bond between us. She was a jelly to my peanuts, Mars to Venus, The Earth to… — Ghostface Killah Copy Share Image
My playlist on game day kind of varies. Some days I may be in an R&B mood and that's what pumps me… — Jarvis Landry Copy Share Image
For underground metaphors, you can scrape an inch below the turf. For what it's worth, my style's been developed in the core… — J-Live Copy Share Image
