When the band begins to get a name for themselves, and the writers get assigned to bands, they'll hit somebody who just… — Kim Deal Copy Share Image
Jazz is all about being in the moment. Whatever the music is making you feel, jazz gives you the freedom. That's the… — Christopher Jackson Copy Share Image
I've given up my hip-hop aspiration. But I look at Macklemore and I'm like, 'I could have made it. I shouldn't given… — Spencer Pratt Copy Share Image
Every ten years, we get a new old school. In 1987, we thought 1977 was the best era in hip-hop. Here we… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Everyone who raps isn't hip-hop. To be hip-hop, you've got to know the culture. You got to know the history. — Ice T Copy Share Image
Hip-hop and jazz have always been intertwined. Even the G-funk thing. You listen to 'The Chronic,' there's flute solos and everything. It's… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
I'm on the radio because I love hip-hop. I represent that community, but there are so many other aspects to who I… — Angie Martinez Copy Share Image
It's an honour to have been invited to perform in India for 'Vh1 Hip Hop Hustle.' This only reconfirms the impact Hip… — Chamillionaire Copy Share Image
...Cops just surrounding me with pistols everywhere. They put me in the backseat of their car handcuffed, Pushed out them chests like… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
The idea of a celebrity endorsing a presidential candidate is nothing new, but the full-throated endorsement for Senator Bernie Sanders from one… — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
People see a 'South Park' episode, and there's racially insensitive jokes - nobody bats an eye because they're expecting that in that… — Lil Dicky Copy Share Image
I guess the difference between the Korean hip-hop scene and the American hip-hop scene is that in the American hip-hop scene, you… — Tablo Copy Share Image
From alternative to Brazilian to hip-hop to old R&B, that's what we listen to. And we don't just listen to it only… — Taboo Copy Share Image
When 'Raw Like Sushi' came out in the U.S., I wasn't considered to be black enough. They didn't really know where to… — Neneh Cherry Copy Share Image
'You claim to be the man, you want me for a lover, So you can do my girlfriends and my sister and… — Dres Copy Share Image
Now, [hip-hop/grime artists] Stormzy, Skepta, or the Section Boyz have to be validated by Drake, Rihanna or Beyoncé. They're rolled into this… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
Cutting and pasting is the essence of what hip-hop culture is all about for me. It's about drawing from what's around you,… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
We just decided to make our dancing as important as our MCing and our production. It's an element in hip-hop that a… — Taboo Copy Share Image
My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
I always loved hip-hop, being a black little kid. I always used to freestyle on the bus when I was young. It… — J.I.D Copy Share Image
Sublime was like my first hip-hop-y, surfer-rap hip-hop. But then once I found Tupac, I never looked back. — Spencer Pratt Copy Share Image
It's whatever - people like me and Dre are music people, so we're beyond just hip-hop. We're purists. Not everybody who makes… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
The funniest thing in the world to me is the idea of a white guy in his thirties going, 'Wait - I'm… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
Hip-hop has a feeling element, it's not just about knowing music. It's not like classical music or jazz where you can go… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Hip-hop has been the guiding light of my life as a musician and a music fan. It's the one common thread through… — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
Award shows, like the Grammys, were tough on us early in hip-hop, not even televising our categories or splitting them up on… — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
For me growing up when hip hop was forming and maturing and coming into its own, I just felt I was a… — Rick Famuyiwa Copy Share Image
“Hopeful dreams - even where crack kings’ and dope fiends feast. Dust from the ash and rubble; they shine like bright stars… — T.F. Hodge Copy Share Image
I don't get mentioned in too many things that deal with hip-hop, really, because I'm not really friends with anybody. Not in… — Hopsin Copy Share Image
I knew this girl named Tropicana, She's always juicin'. Producing cash for a sexual task. She loves men that trick like Halloween… — Lord Jamar Copy Share Image
I believe in heaven more than hell, lessons more than jail. In the ghetto, let love prevail with a story to tell.… — Common Copy Share Image
I experienced Hip-Hop first-hand in the Bronx with the boys in New York; people like the Rock Steady Crew and The Dynamic… — Goldie Copy Share Image
The first rule of hip-hop is probably keep it real. And that can mean a lot of different things, but that's certainly… — Ari Melber Copy Share Image
Music gonna pop, The bars getting rocked and we aint gone stop till 3 hits clock, R & B, reggae, cylpso and hip hop — DaForce 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
When I started forming my own taste, there was a period in high school when I listened to only rap and hip-hop,… — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
I had a really good time on the show [Sisterhood of Hip Hop]. Most of all, what I've learned is I need… — MC Lyte Copy Share Image
Nowadays rap artists coming half-hearted, Commercial like pop, or underground like black markets. Where were you the day hip-hop died? Is it… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
Now I'm showin off, tryna dunk, tryna dribble break fast through the middle just to see her smile and giggle. — Chingy Copy Share Image
Hip-hop saved me. It gave me permission to use language in a certain way. It validated my community and my friends. It… — Jason Reynolds Copy Share Image
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