Art Quote by Brother Ali

The current state of music journalism is not bad, but it's not great at all. Some of the hip-hop stuff people get into is…

— Cameron Crowe

As a journalist, I have wanted very much to find a way to write about the music industry, and it's been frustrating to me…

— Jennifer Egan

Some of the hip-hop stuff people get into is exciting, because there's a passion and there's something to explain to a more mainstream audience,…

— Cameron Crowe

Hip-hop is the art of story-telling.

— Kano

A lot of the hip hop artists don't write music. They write words.

— Roy Ayers

There have been a lot of hip-hop artists who have made a difference to people's lives, spreading the message of the struggle and representing…

— Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Hip-hop is limiting itself and that also goes for editorially. Magazines and websites are the gatekeepers of what people think hip-hop is, but they…

— will.i.am

I am really inspired by writers, and weirdly - respect music journalists, which I think makes me the exception amongst most musicians. I think…

— Emily Haines

I don't think a lot of people have been privy to understanding that there's this talent in hip-hop all over the earth that's just…

— Chuck D

The thing about hip-hop producers, and the thing about hip-hop musicians, is that we listen to everything. And we're inspired by everything. I'd say…

— El-P

When hip-hop was new and raw, it was all about being an MC. You wanted to be respected as a lyricist. But as the…

— Big Daddy Kane