Hip Quotes

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The materialism, the brashness, the misogyny - everything in hip-hop is amplified. Misogyny is a good example of something that is completely amplified in hip-hop.… — Talib Kweli
What's more condescending and corny than someone telling you how much more money they have than you and telling you basically, 'I don't care about… — Talib Kweli
I'm 60, and I did 60-year-old women songs. I'm not trying to be the Hip-Hop Queen, although I am the original Hip Hop Queen. — Patti LaBelle
My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call… — Kendrick Lamar
Sometimes you have the trends that's not that cool. You may have certain artists portraying these trends and don't really have that lifestyle, and then… — Kendrick Lamar
Award shows, like the Grammys, were tough on us early in hip-hop, not even televising our categories or splitting them up on best male or… — Queen Latifah
To me, hip hop will never be right until female rappers have a stronger voice in it. — Queen Latifah
Hip-hop definitely taught me a lot. Having to create your own identity and become known and respected in a male-dominated field - it requires some… — Queen Latifah
The objectification of females is not a good thing! Not every rapper does this, but when the lyrics focus solely on the strip club, 'poppin'… — Queen Latifah
Two records put me over the top with hip-hop. One of them was 'Planet Rock,' and the other had no lyrics - it was called… — Queen Latifah
Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip. — John Lennon
House music is about love, and lots of hip hop is about hate and intolerance, so in that respect, it's not good at all. — Chris Lowe
Hip is the sophistication of the wise primitive in a giant jungle. — Norman Mailer
The majority of the high schools and the public schools in N.Y.C. don't even have band programs. Hip-hop in a lot of ways is an… — Wynton Marsalis
Rap is a gimmick, but I'm for the hip-hop, the culture. — Method Man
I love hip-hop; I love Sleigh Bells. I also love classical music and musical theater. — Tatiana Maslany
A lot of record company people, even though they're our age, want to be perceived as young hip guys, and they're hurting the business. — John Mellencamp
I'm a comedian, for God's sake. Viewers shouldn't trust me. And you know what? They're hip enough to know they shouldn't trust me. I'm just… — Dennis Miller
My graffiti really comes more from a May '68, sort of Situationist vibe than the hip-hop world. I think a real graffiti artist would find… — Mike Mills
My goal the whole time has been for people to see me as a stand-alone artist. I came out with Young Money, the biggest hip-hop… — Nicki Minaj

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