Hip hop Quotes · Page 12

Life without knowledge is death in disguise.

— Talib Kweli

It ain't where you're from, it's where you're at.

— Rakim

Hip-Hop is bigger than the government.

— Erykah Badu

Hip-hop is a cultural expression - it's embracing.

— Nikki Giovanni

I'm really excited about 'Love & Hip Hop.'

— Chanel West Coast

Consequence is no coincidence.

— Lauryn Hill

Public Enemy is the security of the hip-hop party.

— Chuck D

Bullets ain't racial, kid...they only hate you.

— Kool G Rap

I aint sayin I'm requestin anyone that's perfect but I just need a woman that'll make it all worth it.

— Drake

When I come through, your like a kid in the tub, you might wanna duck.

— Anonymous

Hip-hop is interesting, but American pop music doesn't have the kind of diversity that the UK does.

— Casey Spooner

My brother's been producing rap music and hip-hop for maybe 10 years.

— Tina Yothers

I got Soul Power, never took a cold shower, Never had a girlfriend the color of cooking flour.

— J-Ro

I expect the hip-hop audience to be avant garde. I want them to be where I'm at or beyond where I'm at.

— Nas

My love for the female hip hop movement has always been genuine.

— Lil' Kim

I'm different than the normal NASCAR driver, I listen to hip-hop music.

— Denny Hamlin

I'm from Brooklyn, New York. I'm a hip-hop artist. That's just that. You're going to have to accept me or just not…

— Astro

15, 16, I mean, 17, 18, is when I was really getting into the hip hop phase and really studying the things…

— Drake

At first, Hendrix went and became a superstar in London, but if he walked past the Apollo in Harlem, no one would…

— Nayvadius Cash

You can do all them push-ups to pump up your chest, I got a 12 gauge Mossberg to pump up your chest,…

— Curtis Jackson

But there's so many things in life like women, like children, like God and family that transcends the world of hip-hop.

— Talib Kweli

I feel like I'm an okay piano player. To the music world, to people that's in the hip-hop culture, they probably look…

— Zaytoven

Sunny days wouldnt be so special, if it wasnt for rain and joy wouldnt feel so good, if it wasnt for pain.

— 50 Cent

Hip-hop gave a generation a common ground that didn't require either race to lose anything; everyone gained.

— Jay-Z

Two records put me over the top with hip-hop. One of them was 'Planet Rock,' and the other had no lyrics -…

— Queen Latifah

I do experiment with lots of different genres. In making music, I don't think of genre like, "I want to do this,…

— India.Arie

With most electronic music I hear now, the things I like will be the things that have soul. It has to have…

— Naomi Klein

Just like I'm the king on the microphone, so is Dr. J and Moses Malone I like slam dunks, take me to…

— Kurtis Blow

'Strong Island' is slang for Long Island, New York. And it really grew out of - what may surprise people, it really…

— Yance Ford

What sets 'Some Nights' apart from anything we've ever done is the hip-hop influence. Not so much the actual sound of hip-hop,…

— Jack Antonoff

As a New Yorker you can't help but be proud of the fact that so much music and culture started here. Punk…

— Moby

First of all, who's your A&R? A mountain climber who plays an electric guitar? But he don't know the meaning of dope,…

— GZA

How can hip hop be dead if Wu-Tang is forever?

— RZA

What if Manhattan was hit by Hurricane Katrina?

— Jadakiss

Commercial rap get the gun clap, day after day.

— Buckshot

Even when I'm on my back, I never back down.

— Lil Wayne

The only time I lose is when it's my memory.

— Chamillionaire

Hip-hop is about the brilliance of pavement poetry.

— Michael Eric Dyson

Kanye is my favorite hip hop artist of all time.

— Jimmie Allen

You can ask Beavis... I get nothing but head.

— Big L