Art Quote by El-P

I think that people have been claiming hip-hop as being dead since the moment it started.

— El-P

I think hip hop is dead. It's all pop now. If you call it hip hop, then you need to stop. Hip hop was…

— Tracy Morgan

Everyone's been on the "hip-hop is dead" campaign for years, and now it's the most unsure-of-itself genre ever.

— Aesop Rock

Hip-hop lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it's not up to people's expectations anymore, its…

— Nas

Nah, I'm not one of those 'hip-hop is dead' people. I just like different artists. I never look at it as one entity. I've…

— Remy Ma

Man, I feel like hip-hop is - first of all, not even only with just GOOD Music, I gotta say - I think hip-hop…

— Common

What's wrong with hip-hop [is that] it became so one-dimensional; it became like a businessman thing. It's run out of creativity. It went so…

— M.I.A

I think hip-hop is actually one of the most challenging things that's happened in music in a long time. The people who are in…

— Mos Def

I get upset when people knock hip-hop, because I can absolutely see the musicality in it. These days, when I'm listening to records by…

— Elton John

I think I can see people wanting to hear more music-music now as opposed to all hip-hop. You know, which I have nothing against…

— Nickolas Ashford

I don't think hip-hop is a dying art form. I think it's impossible for hip-hop to be a dying art form.

— El-P

My main concern is that there is a balance in the system and that some art-based hip-hop can get out to the masses, 'cause…

— Black Thought