Generations Quote by Solange Knowles

Every generation brings its own presentation of what hip-hop is to them.

— KRS-One

Everything that one sets their mind to do is in today and out tomorrow so we have to get to the point in the…

— MC Hammer

I think there's just certain lyrics and certain forms of hip-hop that definitely rang true, again, to a lot of people's truth, but you…

— Solange Knowles

Hip-hop is youthful. The youth determines which direction it's gonna go. I think your thoughts and your visions starts to change, and you start…

— Lloyd Banks

Every generation wants that real hip-hop. And I've always been able to bring that.

— Rakim

For those of us who grew in the early hip hop era, that music shaped us in a way to be in a position…

— Rick Famuyiwa

The thing I love about hip-hop is that it's so creative. It's so creatively rewarding. When you hit it, and you hit it big,…

— Chantal Kreviazuk

“Hip Hop Generation “captures the collective hopes and nightmares, ambitions and failures of those who would otherwise be described as “post-this” or “post-that.” ”

— Jeff Chain in "Can't Stop Won't Stop A History of the Hip-Hop Generation

There's certainly a lot of noise in the hip-hop world now [that] I don't pay active attention to, but to the extent that I…

— Baratunde Thurston

I want kids of this generation to see that everything is cool, that there's some kind of unity in hip-hop. We all found something…

— Anonymous

For me growing up when hip hop was forming and maturing and coming into its own, I just felt I was a part of…

— Rick Famuyiwa

I always wanted the flowiness that hip-hop artists had. I always admired how they rapped so fast, but I never wanted to rap; I…

— Dua Lipa