Adrenaline Quote by RZA

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

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 a need for pop. There's a need for radio. There's also a need to understand the brilliance and the depth of jazz and…

— Pharoahe Monch

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

I feel like hip-hop is the new pop because it has a lot of influence because of our culture.

— Offset

Hip Hop has become real constrained. The creative juices and creative flows have been diminished.

— Grandmaster Flash

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

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

I feel like no matter what we do though, we'll always have hip-hop and a little bit of R&B in our music.

— Rose

What's wrong with hip-hop is the system that controls the definition of it. There needs to be more balance on the airwaves.

— Saul Williams

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 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