What's more condescending and corny than someone telling you how much more money they have than you and telling you basically, 'I… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
Two records put me over the top with hip-hop. One of them was 'Planet Rock,' and the other had no lyrics -… — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
I hope people have pulled something about me and said "Hey Mr. T loves his mother, hey Mr. T ain't no dummy,… — Mr. T Copy Share Image
I'm an R&B and Hip-Hop type guy. When I work out, which I do at least four or five times a week,… — Morris Chestnut Copy Share Image
I am generalizing, of course, but in hip-hop, it's like you get this shine for using the word "pussy" a billion times,… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
There are all the offsprings of people who are influenced by punk. It sounds completely different - but it's still rock 'n'… — El-P Copy Share Image
Just slip out the back, Jack, make a new plan, Stan, you don't need to be coy, Roy, just get yourself free.… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
I thank God for Hip Hop because Marvin Gaye didn't have that and he was able to be that dope. For us… — B.J. The Chicago Kid Copy Share Image
I like my R&B, my hip-hop. But I'm old school, I don't like a lot of new stuff. Though I do like… — P. K. Subban Copy Share Image
When Americans think of college these days, the first word that often comes to mind is 'debt.' And from 'debt' it's just… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
I wouldn't want to hear Beethoven without beautiful bass, the cellos, the tuba. It's very important. Hip-hop has thunderous bass. And so… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
Well, you know what? The same people that get driven crazy by hip hop are the same people that probably listen to… — Patrick Carney Copy Share Image
I came to a point where I couldn't walk into an urban store and find anything I liked. Everything was just getting… — K-Maro Copy Share Image
As a New Yorker you can't help but be proud of the fact that so much music and culture started here. Punk… — Moby Copy Share Image
I felt like hip-hop was my music, it was like my outsider music... but then my mom started answering our phone, 'Yo,… — Jenny Lewis Copy Share Image
I'm a fan of the mythos of Atlanta hip-hop, and it's something I grew up imagining. It was very interesting to get… — Hiro Murai Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, there were so many things I thought were stylish. Jabo jeans, V Bombers, Clarks, Vikings, Nugget watches,… — Swizz Beatz Copy Share Image
A lot of times, when people say hip-hop, they don't know what they're talking about. They just think of the rappers. When… — Afrika Bambaataa Copy Share Image
One of my favourite things about country music is that, at least until recently, you could always count on a solid story,… — St. Vincent Copy Share Image
Comedy is the one absolutely self-aware art form. Actually, hip-hop's another one, I suppose. Because in your songs you're talking about how… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
At the very worst, if I have a short-lived career, at least I could say I sparked a change—that I inspired some… — Iggy Azalea Copy Share Image
The beats change, I mean you got a lot of artists out there advancing new sound, new technology, new beats everything sounding… — Kool Keith Copy Share Image
The materialism, the brashness, the misogyny - everything in hip-hop is amplified. Misogyny is a good example of something that is completely… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
One of the problems with hip hop is lack of infrastructure and not being able to control its own course. I don't… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I now possess the tools as a producer and a songwriter to really just go out and make smashes all day long.… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
Quentin Tarantino is a hip-hop artist. I told him, 'You're hip-hop!' You keep seeing surprises, and a clip here and there, because… — Jamie Foxx 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
I was listening to a lot of hip hop, music like Public Enemy that was about raising consciousness, and I realised I… — Chris Ofili Copy Share Image
I respect everything H3 has already accomplished and respect everything he's trying to get done. We're building a real HOME for the… — Juelz Santana Copy Share Image
My father was a musician, and I've always loved writing. I grew up in New York City during a time when hip… — El-P Copy Share Image
Hip hop - it's an art form but it's a culture as well. You grow up in the culture and you never… — LeCrae 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
Humans, we just hop out of things, off things. We splatter ourselves in inappropriate places. Because we have nothing to live for.… — Deb Olin Unferth Copy Share Image
I started DJing soundclashes. I used to go to Jamaica a lot. I was like a hip-hop sound boy, where I took… — DJ Khaled Copy Share Image
I think I always felt a connection to music and to movement. Growing up, I was surrounded by R&B and Hip-Hop, and… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
We have been lead as the hip hop generation. We have been once again lead by people who are under qualified. It's… — MC Hammer Copy Share Image
As an artist when you come into [hip hop] you don't know nothing really. You just know what you do and it's… — Mic Geronimo 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
Well, a lot of people within government and big business are nervous of Hip Hop and Hip Hop artists, because they speak… — Afrika Bambaataa Copy Share Image
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