Become Quote by Grandmaster Flash

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

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 don't know, I feel like as time has gone on, hip-hop has become really redundant and repetitive.

— Angel Haze

We gotta let hip-hop grow. We gotta let it go through its different phases throughout the different places that's accepting it.

— Rakim

Hip-hop has always been evolving.

— Cordae

Hip hop is still strong. As an art form, music helps people express themselves, find meaning in their own lives and connect with their…

— Erik Parker

Hip-hop is about tearing down the system to better it, tearing down the system to better themselves. No matter how flimsy it might seem,…

— Russell Simmons

Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as…

— Questlove

Hip hop has evolved, thankfully. Kids are making music that is important to their lives and outlooks.

— Erik Parker

Hip-hop is all over the planet.

— Herbie Hancock

Everyone has the notion that hip-hop is messy and loose, but there's also another level to it.

— Laurieann Gibson

One of the problems with hip hop is lack of infrastructure and not being able to control its own course. I don't like that…

— Chuck D