The first rap record came out in '79, but hip-hop began in '69. — Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five Copy Share Image
The professional conducts his business in the real world. Adversity, injustice, bad hops and rotten calls, even good breaks and lucky bounces… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
We used to talk about wanting to get some money, but that's when hip-hop was based on your dreams and your fantasy.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Well, we have to realize the truth about the person who is a hip-hop insider. Most of these people are not really… — MC Hammer Copy Share Image
Everyone's been on the "hip-hop is dead" campaign for years, and now it's the most unsure-of-itself genre ever. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
I keep waiting to be invited to the hip hop party, I've never been. So if there's anyone out there who is… — Ewan McGregor Copy Share Image
I'm 60, and I did 60-year-old women songs. I'm not trying to be the Hip-Hop Queen, although I am the original Hip… — Patti LaBelle Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, you listened to a certain genre. Now it's like, "I love indie rock, I love hip-hop, jazz,… — Jonathan Rhys Meyers Copy Share Image
That's why this generation is the least racist generation ever. You see it all the time. Go to any club. People are… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
The new-school hip-hop generation exists with a mandate to 'keep it real'; this has to do with embracing a hard-nosed truth about… — Todd Boyd Copy Share Image
I listen to a lot of crazy stuff like pop, techno, rock, hip-hop, rap, baladas, bachata...my iPod is crazy. I like listening… — Prince Royce Copy Share Image
I don't think that early hip hop stood out to be a social critique. A lot of fans of mine think that… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is the only music in the world where you can take any instrument and make it hip hop. It's anybody's music.… — Yelawolf Copy Share Image
Hip Hop will always have a lane of its own, for those that appreciate the culture. — Iceberg Slim Copy Share Image
[My ideal] is being able to be outdoors, have a labor intensive life, and then have this other life, where I hop… — Lissie 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
My favorite era of hip-hop was between '85-'89. That was the era that got me to love hip-hop. — El-P Copy Share Image
It's no doubt that there's a connection (between the blues and hip-hop). Hip-hop is definitely a child of the blues. And I… — Common Copy Share Image
I love hip-hop. I'm big into Jay-Z, Kanye, Little Wayne. Those are everyone's favorites, I know. I just like the fact that… — Nate Burleson 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
Hip-hop was a big part of my life growing up, especially West Coast gangster rap. The reason I was able to listen… — Moshe Kasher 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
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