Art Quote by Rakim

If I stayed underground, the music stays underground. There's no other way of being successful, or bringing a certain type of music into the…

— La Roux

I didn't expect my popularity to be a mainstream thing, 'cause I'd only ever been an underground artist.

— Corinne Bailey Rae

I'm an underground mix-tape artist who's had a level of commercial success.

— Chamillionaire

I would say that everyone that you see who is successful in the mainstream, at the top of Billboard, who has a Top 40…

— Immortal Technique

I mean Iggy and The Stooges first couple of albums I think sold twenty five thousand between the two of them you know and…

— Lester Bangs

It would be awesome to stay popular, but if I was only an underground artist, I would be okay with that.

— Cassie Ventura

With rap music, there are billions and billions of samples that are uncleared that people have never been bothered about on an underground level.

— Girl Talk

I'm not a pop rapper. That's nothing against pop music - I love pop music. I've jumped on pop records for people and still…

— Juicy J

I love the way I make hip-hop and I refuse to make pop-rap. I don't refuse to make mainstream music, which is why I…

— Ben Drew

I went from the most underground band in the world to signing with Madonna's producer and a record label that is extremely mainstream -…

— Yasmine Hamdan

The underground always has the best ideas. Sometimes those underground artists transcend and make it to the mainstream, but most of the time, the…

— Kevin Abstract

Although I have made my career on dirty raps, I have worked over the years to somewhat balance the content of my music with…

— Too Short