Hip Quotes
797 quotes by 503 authors
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I was the only punk rocker at my high school. And there were at least a handful of black kids who liked hip-hop. Both were…
— Rick Rubin
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The methodologies of examining hip hop are borrowed from sociology, politics, religion, economics, urban studies, journalism, communications theory, American studies, transatlantic studies, black studies, history,…
— Michael Eric Dyson
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Michael Jackson carried urban America and eventually American society on his vocal cords for a good 25 to 30 years before even hip-hop became the…
— Michael Eric Dyson
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Old-school hip hop, i.e., whatever was popular when you were nineteen, is great. Everything since then is intolerable.
— Teju Cole
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I have a stab wound on my left hip and one on my thigh and a slash mark across my right calf. I have a…
— Jonah Lomu
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Hip-hop is all over the planet.
— Herbie Hancock
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I think hip-hop is no more misogynistic than America is as a society. I just think hip-hop is a lot more brash, a lot more…
— Talib Kweli
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I tour whether I have album out or not. I tour more than any other hip-hop artist.
— Talib Kweli
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As a kid, I was listening to Aretha Franklin, Etta James and hip-hop as well as music my parents were listening to, like Joni Mitchell…
— Alanis Morissette
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I always felt really alone because no one wanted to talk about the things that I enjoyed, and that was really rap music and hip-hop…
— Iggy Azalea
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Hip-hop is a voice for voiceless poor people.
— Russell Simmons
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I came up playing in both punk rock bands and hip-hop bands, and I found a more universal way of reaching people, especially with music…
— Michael Franti
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My love for the female hip hop movement has always been genuine.
— Lil Kim
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I grew up in Chicago, so hip-hop has always been a part of my life.
— Gina Rodriguez
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I went to college at NYU for acting, since acting was my dream from very young. I did a lot of hip-hop courses while I…
— Gina Rodriguez
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I love pop music... some hip hop... not super big into rap, but I love Rihanna. I love Alicia Keys. Rihanna was my first concert…
— Gracie Gold
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One of the things that makes me most happy about music is that I can look at a picture and see Da Brat, Missy, Lil…
— Lil Mama
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Waka Flocka Flame, some of his lyrics are, like, common sentences. But just the way he is, and the way he delivers it, makes it…
— Kreayshawn
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I may be able to concentrate on a move, but it may not look exactly how I need it to look like, as far as…
— Joey Fatone
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Hip-hop has never had boundaries - the more adventurous it is, the more popular it seems to be.
— Ariel Rechtshaid
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