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Hip Quotes by Michael Eric Dyson
- He was not hip-hop's most gifted emcee. Still, Shakur may be the most influential and compelling rapper of them all, he was more than the…
- Hip-hop has globalized a conception of blackness that has had a political impact, whether or not it had a political intent.
- Hip-hop is about the brilliance of pavement poetry.
- Body piercing and baggy clothes express identity among black youth, and not just beginning with hip-hop culture. Moreover, young black entrepreneurs like Sean 'P. Diddy'…
- Hip hop music is important precisely because it sheds light on contemporary politics, history, and race. At its best, hip hop gives voice to marginal…
- Hip hop scholarship must strive to reflect the form it interrogates, offering the same features as the best hip hop: seductive rhythms, throbbing beats, intelligent…
- If you take a guy like a Barack Obama, who's raised millions of dollars from the most donors in the history of this nation, it…
- ..And the same rapper who revels in a woman's finely proportioned behind may also speak against racism and on behalf of the poor, even as…
- 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 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…
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- There's a good television programme called 'Disco 2.' It's quite good but again it's average, average. It's all on a down play.… — David Bowie
- The thing that's good about Hip Hop is that it has experimented with a lot of different sounds and music. — Afrika Bambaataa
- So you think that hip-hop had it's start out in Queensbridge, If you popped that junk up in the Bronx you might… — Krs One
- At the end of the day, you want to be always the one that's one step ahead of everybody, and when it… — Carmelo Anthony
- I was listening to a lot of hip hop, music like Public Enemy that was about raising consciousness, and I realised I… — Chris Ofili
- Hip-hop deals with bragging and braggadocio, being boastful. It's always been about who's got the most money. — 2 Chainz
- I've had a hip replacement, I've beaten cancer, I had my hand operation, and I stopped drinking. Something inside of me just… — Eddie Van Halen
- The beautiful thing about hip-hop is that you can't overthink it,...As long as you got a nice, quality hook, let it go. — 9th Wonder