Always Quote by MF Doom

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

And hip-hop is about style and finesse and being creative and different, and to do that you have to be ballsy enough to not…

— DJ Premier

I think - a lot of times in hip-hop, especially - artists get kind of pigeonholed into being 'the guy,' and it's kind of…

— MF Doom

I think that hip-hop is more of an individual effort. That means you're an artist from the streets, they expect you to rap about…

— Conor Oberst

Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even have to like your music. If you're big enough,…

— Jay-Z

Hip-hop is so much about character and caricature that people just see you as a character. Very rarely are you flesh and bone to…

— Questlove

Hip-hop was started as a very egocentric, testosterone, machismo-driven art form. The way that people are trying to take away that masculinity that is…

— Macklemore

The thing about hip-hop is they always want to classify you as one particular artist, but hip-hop is about going outside the box and…

— Kendrick Lamar

The way you respect hip-hop is by being true to yourself.

— Lil Dicky

I noticed that difference early on, like if you were successful in rock 'n' roll, that was a really bad thing, you almost had…

— Jay-Z

Most people think its sex, money, and drugs but Hip-Hop is about lyrics, storytelling, and everybody having a different style. That's just another idea…

— Rapsody

I think with that connection, that there's with the Hip Hop is a young man's game thing, it really isn't. It's for whoever and…

— B-Real