Art Quote by Nickolas Ashford

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

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

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

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

I think hip-hop has changed. When I first came out, hip-hop was more of a kind of way to learn about new places, new…

— Ice Cube

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

Hip hop is ever changing and has definitely entered a new era. Many fans have mixed feelings over the direction of rap as more…

— Eric Thomas

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

I see hip-hop as going in a self-managing place. It's very culturally controlled and artist-controlled. It's not really based on a label anymore. Everything…

— Travis Scott

As a lover of both hip-hop and jazz, I feel like much of the latter community still doesn't truly embrace hip-hop as a musical…

— Amanda Seales

I think of hip hop as a mass media, radio, MTV thing. It’s been extremely relevant over the last 10 years and rock music…

— Win Butler