Hops Quotes · Page 34

I think hip-hop has changed. When I first came out, hip-hop was more of a kind of way to learn about new…

— Ice Cube

When I was growing up, hip-hop music existed as American thing. If you listened to it you were listening to an American…

— Jonas Carpignano

Hip hop has always been, for us, for artists who are pure to the craft - any place overseas, whether it's Australia,…

— Talib Kweli

People will less and less need to put an identity on genres, such as "hip hop," "electronica" and so forth. That's what…

— Princess Superstar

I've always been a fan of hip hop and there are cats out there that I admire.

— Rakim

The majority of the high schools and the public schools in N.Y.C. don't even have band programs. Hip-hop in a lot of…

— Wynton Marsalis

Bob Marley performed the 'One Love Peace' concert in Jamaica with the two different warring political sides. There's always been that in…

— Mos Def

But the idea of taking things and mixing them together is what I do in my music. I take hip-hop, R&B, pop,…

— Jennifer Lopez

I'm a fan of hip-hop and I love it, I by no means am an expert on it.

— Solange Knowles

Hip Hop has introduced us to a lot of genres that we probably wouldn't even listen to in our own homes from…

— B.J. The Chicago Kid

A lot of the hip hop artists don't write music. They write words.

— Roy Ayers

Salsa, classic rock, soul music, jazz... all of that was a part of my education in making hip-hop music.

— Aloe Blacc

Hip-hop was the culture that I grew up with; I am part of this culture.

— Ali Shaheed Muhammad

It's very rare that people let me hop off the crazy wagon.

— Jimmi Simpson

I thought that the R&B / Hip-Hop world really hasn't been explored on film and there's some issues that we're going through…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

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

We were never organized readers who would see a book through to its end in any sory of logical order. We weave…

— Eleanor Brown

The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in…

— Talib Kweli

I think hip hop is a dance music that's rebellious by nature.

— Talib Kweli

Locally lived hip-hop culture that is giving many of America's youth the tool they need to survive and thrive in America, in…

— Bakari Kitwana

[Moses] is obsessed with hip-hop and wanted a gold chain like his uncle Jay-Z.

— Gwyneth Paltrow

I like music. Country, hip-hop, R&B, sometimes classical.

— Zaha Hadid

Be interested in everything. You don't have to adore it. I don't adore hip-hop, I don't think it's great music, but I'm…

— Mel Brooks

Hip hop music is important precisely because it sheds light on contemporary politics, history, and race. At its best, hip hop gives…

— Michael Eric Dyson

I was into hip-hop when I was a teenager. Then I started to look for samples, and I started a long Hendrix…

— Gustav Ejstes