Concerned Quote by Aesop Rock

My main concern is that there is a balance in the system and that some art-based hip-hop can get out to the masses, 'cause…

— Black Thought

To me, that's the biggest problem with hip-hop today is the fact that everyone believes that all of hip-hop is rap music, and that,…

— KRS-One

I get upset when people knock hip-hop, because I can absolutely see the musicality in it. These days, when I'm listening to records by…

— Elton John

To be hip-hop is much more than just rapping in the production. It is more in the attitude.

— Questlove

The biggest misconception in the hip-hop industry is that people are only focused on the money. We should just be happy for everybody that…

— Fat Joe

This is what I say to people: I'm not in the music industry. I'm in show business. So when people are like, 'What are…

— Spencer Pratt

I think that people have been claiming hip-hop as being dead since the moment it started. I think there are people - and I…

— El-P

Well, a lot of people within government and big business are nervous of Hip Hop and Hip Hop artists, because they speak their minds.…

— Afrika Bambaataa

I think hip-hop is actually one of the most challenging things that's happened in music in a long time. The people who are in…

— Mos Def

After many years of hip-hop as a nation we should have the sophistication to accept that their are distinctions between the corporate manifestation of…

— Bakari Kitwana

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

— Del tha Funkee Homosapien

Hip-hop can be a very closed-off community. Sometimes these barriers are demographic but it can be musical, too.

— Prefuse 73