Different approach Quote by Big Daddy Kane

I remember rap music. We used to party and dance off of it. Today it's all about a whole different angle... Rappers are going…

— Flavor Flav

Rap started as this very black, socio-political type of thing. And now it's turned into pop music - we laugh about how everybody is…

— Stephen Glover

All of a sudden it became that hip hop didn't used to be about partying; hip hop used to be about putting out a…

— Boots Riley

The only time I ever really got into rap was back in the early '90s, and bands like A Tribe Called Quest, De La…

— Paul Weller

Rap is just a movement within the larger culture of hip-hop.

— Cornel West

What I'm trying to do is put back into rap music what's missing - which is the good part, the fun part, that party…

— Flavor Flav

To me, the whole thing with the roots of rap music was when the DJ had to supply all the music for the group…

— Mike D

Rap music started because they were bored of other music so they created something really new.

— Aesop Rock

Hip-hop is still cool at a party. But to me, hip-hop has never been strictly a party; it is also there to elevate consciousness.

— Saul Williams

The advancement of style is the cornerstone of hip hop. There is no correct or conservative way to make rap music. Rap is and…

— El-P

Everyone who raps isn't hip-hop. To be hip-hop, you've got to know the culture. You got to know the history.

— Ice T

As far as rap goes, I grew up in Hollis, Queens, so early influences were people like Run DMC and LL Cool J.

— Ja Rule