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Hips Quotes by Talib Kweli
- Hip-hop is a vehicle.
- Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is.
- The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in a hip-hop way…
- I think hip hop is a dance music that's rebellious by nature.
- Homosexuality in hip-hop is an extension of homosexuality in the black community. The black community is very, very conservative when it comes to homosexuality, and…
- I don't think that early hip hop stood out to be a social critique. A lot of fans of mine think that hip hop's ultimate…
- If I focus on being an activist and my job is to be a rapper, I'm not going to be as good of a rapper.…
- It doesn't get any more underground, conscious or indie than Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, but because they got a couple of really big pop hits, actually…
- So I think hip-hop is moving and is going to continue to move in the direction of rappers just being honest with themselves, whether you're…
- 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.…
- 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…
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- November is Hip-Hop History Month, where we give celebration to what hip hop has done to bring together people of the world,… — Afrika Bambaataa
- People get caught up in worshipping certain rappers, or they try to demonise hip hop by looking at what certain rappers are… — Afrika Bambaataa
- The thing that's good about Hip Hop is that it has experimented with a lot of different sounds and music. — Afrika Bambaataa
- We also want to try and slow down all this foolishness that's going on between the East and West. We gotta understand… — Afrika Bambaataa
- I talked about adopting a baby when I was 20 years old, before it became 'hip.' — Tyra Banks
- I look at myself and pick out the things I don't like. No matter how much I work out, I never get… — Tyra Banks
- Hip-hop don't have no fresh energy, none at all. It's money driven, everybody tryin' to make that cheque, nobody putting art in… — Andre Benjamin
- I leave the hip thrusts to Michael Jackson. — Justin Bieber
- By the time I was a teenager, when I went outside the house, it was about hip-hop all the time. Nothing but… — Mary J. Blige
- The Bronx is famous for two things. Hip-hop, and 26 world championships. — Kurtis Blow
- As hard as it is, as ghetto as it is, hip-hop is pop music. It's the sound of music getting out of… — Bono