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

— El-P

I hate how all the hip hop bands of today will put crazy sound effects into their songs. You know what I mean, like…

— Doug Benson

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

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

Hip-hop has permeated pop culture for decades. For a long time, though, it seemed to permeate it in a such a way that it…

— Adrian Younge

Hip-hop is just bombarded with a lot of materialistic stuff. When a group like us with more creativity comes out, I think it will…

— apl.de.ap

We put out real hip-hop at a time when it was turning into pop or R&B ... We brought the focus back to the…

— RZA

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

— David Bowie

I think when people say 'real hip-hop,' they want it more buried in the streets. They want it more connected to the streets and…

— Ice T

There's certainly a lot of noise in the hip-hop world now [that] I don't pay active attention to, but to the extent that I…

— Baratunde Thurston

Well, I think that hip-hop is not just a music. It's really a culture and it's a way of life.

— Thomas Chatterton Williams