Approaches Quote by Too Short

Hip-hop in general is an amalgamation of different things.

— Everlast

Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change.

— Doug E. Fresh

Hip-hop is not one thing!

— Lil Yachty

To be hip-hop is much more than just rapping in the production. It is more in the attitude.

— Questlove

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

Well, I think that hip-hop is not just a music. It's really a culture and it's a way of life.

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is…

— Barack Obama

Hip Hop is an idea. It is the pursuit of one's authentic being through the arts. It is not a physical thing; it is…

— KRS-One

Throughout hip-hop people have been putting different elements with different types of music.

— Girl Talk

Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as…

— Questlove

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

— Grandmaster Flash

The thing that's good about Hip Hop is that it has experimented with a lot of different sounds and music.

— Afrika Bambaataa