Agree Quote by Bakari Kitwana Download Open image “I agree that a lot of mainstream corporate sold hip-hop is self-hating.” — Bakari Kitwana ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Agree Corporate Hate Hip hop Hips Hops Mainstream Self
The biggest thing that has happened to hip-hop is the clinging on to the corporation as the all-mighty hub of the music. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Hip-Hop's cultural movement is much larger than the corporate representation. The images most of hip-hop's critics point to are those manufactured by major corporations… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I see hip-hop as going in a self-managing place. It's very culturally controlled and artist-controlled. It's not really based on a label anymore. Everything… — Travis Scott Copy Share Image
Hip hop is a multi-billion dollar business, and it was built off an opportunity that nobody else saw because they didn't understand the culture. — Troy Carter Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I noticed that difference early on, like if you were successful in rock 'n' roll, that was a really bad thing, you almost had… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There are plenty of people who are, I think, completely racist who love hip-hop. — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I think when people say 'real hip-hop,' they want it more buried in the streets. They want it more connected to the streets and… — Ice T Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I'm not a poster boy for misogyny and I don't think hip-hop should be either. — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is contributing to American society's misogyny and racism, hyper-sexuality anti-Black representations. Hip-Hop isn't setting the standard for misogyny. No one reduces the presidency… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
Few places in American culture have made as effective a case for entrepreneurship than hip-hop. Hip-hop tells young people that our society is offering… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
The question 'Why white kids love hip-hop?' forces us immediately to deal with the historical weight of race in America. On the surface people… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
And just as you can find hip-hop lyrics beating up on all these groups, including young Black men themselves, the primary producers of the… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
“Wigger: a young white who wants desperately to be down with hip-hop, who identifies more strongly with Black culture than white. (What's disturbing about… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is a complex music and culture that has been reduced to a one-dimensional critique. Hip-hop's messages aren't all bad. Neither are they all… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
My hope is to get young people to think about ways that they can translate hip-hop's great cultural movement into political power that can… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
Hip-Hop's cultural movement is much larger than the corporate representation. The images most of hip-hop's critics point to are those manufactured by major corporations… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
Legions of young hip-hop fans are as against this as hip-hop's most fierce critics. There is a huge underground movement within hip-hop circles that… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
I agree that all kids of all colors love hip-hop. My point in writing the book was to raise questions about the ways the… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Any comprehensive doctrine, religious or secular, can be introduced into any political argument at any time, but I argue that people who do this… — John Rawls Copy Share Image
Islam never differentiates between men and women as regards political rights and puts them on an equal footing. However, even if a woman is… — Yusuf al-Qaradawi Copy Share Image
“All these creatures spend their time explaining, realizing happily that they agree with each other.” — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
I talk to fashion designers and say I want some money to save the rainforest, and they say, 'Oh, I agree with you completely… — Vivienne Westwood Copy Share Image
As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Climate change poses clear, catastrophic threats. We may not agree on the extent, but we certainly can't afford the risk of inaction. — Rupert Murdoch Copy Share Image
Never be afraid of doing the thing you know in your heart is right, even if others don't agree. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
It's fine to talk about politics with people you agree with. But it is rude to argue about politics with people you disagree with.… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
I will not agree to have this bill [to repeal DADT ] go forward, because our economy is in the tank. — John McCain Copy Share Image
People might not agree with me, but I think a woman should have a feminine shape, something you can get your hands on. You,… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
On 9-11, we discovered that we cannot escape from the world. To me personally, this was a life-changing experience, and I realized, as did… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image