Albums Quote by Andre Benjamin

Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as…

— Questlove

Hip Hop has become real constrained. The creative juices and creative flows have been diminished.

— Grandmaster Flash

What's wrong with hip-hop [is that] it became so one-dimensional; it became like a businessman thing. It's run out of creativity. It went so…

— M.I.A

Critics are always complaining about the materialism of hip-hop and accusing the artists of living way above their means. But this ostentatious sort of…

— Simon de Pury

Hip-hop is just bombarded with a lot of materialistic stuff. When a group like us with more creativity comes out, I think it will…

— apl.de.ap

Hip-hop from the beginning has always been aspirational. It always broke that notion that an artist can't think about money as well. Just so…

— Jay-Z

As an artist when you come into [hip hop] you don't know nothing really. You just know what you do and it's free of…

— Mic Geronimo

I don't think hip-hop is a dying art form. I think it's impossible for hip-hop to be a dying art form.

— El-P

As hip-hop artists, you have to take the music seriously, not just as a way to get rich.

— Xzibit

Hip-hop is about tearing down the system to better it, tearing down the system to better themselves. No matter how flimsy it might seem,…

— Russell Simmons

Hip hop is ever changing and has definitely entered a new era. Many fans have mixed feelings over the direction of rap as more…

— Eric Thomas

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