Hip hop Quotes · Page 39

My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet.

— Washed Out

When I met you it was magic... We polar opposites, but attracted like we was magnets.

— Talib Kweli

I come from the golden age of hip hop when all the greats came on the scene.

— Coolio

In this lifetime, you got two things: Bad and good, and ain't nothin' in between.

— Cold 187um

I should have blown this mic like I said I might Got the force of 20 men like a Jedi Knight.

— Kwame

'cause haters wanna shoot, everything that shine So I'm prepared, to lock and load my rhymes

— Ol' Dirty Bastard

Mama never thought I was bad kid But I got a lot of tales for the grandkids

— 100s

Hip hop is a human skill, and the practice of real hip hop should remind us of our humanity.

— KRS-One

Usually because of our ethnicity we would be labeled a 'Latino Hip Hop' group. But we were able to get past that…

— B-Real

I always wanted to be a Freshman because XXL is really important in the history of hip-hop. It embodies the culture.

— Cordae

I do a lot of things hopin I never had to fit in, so tryin to keep up with my progress is…

— Drake

In my world, even sure bets are not certain; 'Cause you'll get the picture, then find out it's the cropped version.

— Joe Budden

My life is a blunt to the head, a prayer for the dead, Run around hustlin...scared of the feds. They said death…

— Styles P

The borders and boundaries of hip-hop have been broken all over the world. There's a great scene everywhere you go.

— Shane Bunting

I don't like to focus on just hip-hop because with hip-hop, I can only do so much; with a vocalist, I can…

— Adrian Younge

I can think of no one more relevant and credible in the hip-hop community to build upon Def Jam's fantastic legacy and…

— Jay-Z

I'd like to see people pay attention to the science of hip hop. The knowledge part, the political side of what hip…

— Afrika Bambaataa

I made my name and reputation DJing in hip-hop clubs in New York. 'Celebrity DJ' is a term that I hated. To…

— Mark Ronson

So why you pushin' it? Why you lyin' for? I know where you live, I know your folks, you was a sucka…

— O.C

Braniac dumb-dumbs, bust the scientifical, Approach to the course and the force is centrifugal. Can you find your way through the lyrics…

— Masta Ace

Hip hop is just a reflection of what's going on, or where the art is…Technology definitely gives artists a new mind, new…

— Del tha Funkee Homosapien

In hip-hop, I wasn't very focused on delivering a message. It was just a string of lines that didn't connect. What I…

— Aloe Blacc

The aggressiveness of it attracted me to hip-hop because I was angry inside. I was an angry kid because of the sickle…

— Prodigy

When I listen to hip-hop, I listen to Just Ice, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MCs. I grew up in that age, and…

— MF Doom

I like them brown, yellow, Puerto Rican, or Haitian Name is Phife Dawg from the Zulu nation

— Phife Dawg

You ain't seen money in your life, when it comes to this cheese ya'll like three blind mice.

— Jay-z

“Cuz even a gangsta rapper can find redemption For the sins committed before revelation.”

— Carlos Salinas

I'd rather be broke and have a whole lot of respect. It's the principle of it.

— O.C

Hip-hop isn't dead by any means, but it's not something I define my black identity with.

— Justin Simien

Uh I like it like that She working that back, I don't know how to act

— Juvenile

Hip-hop didn't invent anything… hip-hop re-invented everything.

— Grandmaster Caz

Far from a Harvard student, just had the balls to do it

— Jay-Z

You see my tears, in the rain underneath it all, we're just the same.

— Machine Gun Kelly

We went from candy bars, to handle bars, to hangin' in bars, to being behind bars

— MF Grimm

Makin' veterans run for medicine, Cause I put out more lights in a fight than ConEdison.

— Kool G Rap

Nah, I don't really have to spit nothin' too complex, I just rep for my hood, and it sound correct.

— Cappadonna

This is hip-hop. If you've got something you want to rap about, just rap about it, man.

— Yelawolf

I started dancing when I was 3 in Toledo, Ohio, and started hip-hop dancing at the age of 7.

— Alyson Stoner

When I hit the bong I'm Godzilla takin' over Hong Kong Eatin' wonton with a shotgun in long johns.

— Redman

Ladies love me when I spray the mic But there aint no "I" in snuggling Aint no "U" in "Stay the night"

— Mac Lethal