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The thing that's good about Hip Hop is that it has experimented with a lot of different sounds and music.

— Afrika Bambaataa

Hip-hop is when you have crowd participation; when you chant at the audience and they chant back at you; when you wave your hands…

— Flavor Flav

Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change.

— Doug E. Fresh

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. It's what…

— Yelawolf

Hip Hop was supposed to be this new thing that had no boundaries and was so different to everyday music. As long as it…

— Tupac Shakur

My definition of hip hop is taking elements from many other spheres of music to make hip hop. Whether it be breakbeat, whether it…

— Afrika Bambaataa

What's wrong with hip-hop is the system that controls the definition of it. There needs to be more balance on the airwaves.

— Saul Williams

Hip-hop in general is an amalgamation of different things.

— Everlast

Hip hop is still strong. As an art form, music helps people express themselves, find meaning in their own lives and connect with their…

— Erik Parker

Well, I think that hip-hop is not just a music. It's really a culture and it's a way of life.

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is…

— Barack Obama

I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's sociology as…

— Quincy Jones