Hip Hop Quotes - Page 21

Leave it up to me while I be livin' proof, To kick the truth to the young black youth.

The 'king of hip hop' is always the poster child for capitalism, no matter who it is.

All I see is sissies in magazines smiling... Whatever happened to wildin' out and being violent? Whatever happened to catching a good, old-fashioned, passionate ass whoopin'? And getting your shoes, coat and your hat tooken?

As much as I am hip-hop, I'm soul. As much as I am soul, I'm a turntablist. As much as I'm a DJ, I love jazz and rock.

Keep bustin about where you rest, and what you own, and what you drive. So the day some niggaz come for you, I'm really not surprised.

I guess the difference between the Korean hip-hop scene and the American hip-hop scene is that in the American hip-hop scene, you know, they have their Jay-Zs. They can become conglomerates through hip-hop. In Korea, it doesn't happen.

Hip-hop, you're close to 50. When can we grow up?

We runnin around in thousand-dollar clown suits, Better get some boots when Lucifer turn your city to Beirut.

And I'll break, when I'm through breakin, I'll leave you broke, Drop the mic when I'm finished, and watch it smoke

Every time you ask yourself where hip-hop's going, ask yourself where you're going; how are you doing?

The new moon rode high in the crown of the metropolis. Shinin', like "Who on top of this?

We got it on lock like Barack got the nomination

Been brainwashed since age 2 I only had imaginary friends And still do And they hate you

I told her, "I got the chips if you got the dip." She said when I dip, that I better be equipped and keep my hand on her hips.

I wouldn't want to hear Beethoven without beautiful bass, the cellos, the tuba. It's very important. Hip-hop has thunderous bass. And so does Beethoven. If you don't have the bass, it's like being amputated. It's like you have no legs.

See, you're out your mind tryin' to face tha God. Your rhyme is like an empty prison...a waste of bars.

Rhyme to kill, rhyme to murder, rhyme to stomp, Rhyme to ill, rhyme to romp, Rhyme to smack, rhyme to shock, rhyme to roll, Rhyme to destroy anything, toy boy. On the microphone: I'm Poppa Large, big shot on the East Coast.

Y'all mythological niggas is comical, The astronomical is comin' thru like tha flu bombin' you... And embalmin' in your crew, too. With the musical, mystical, magical, you know how I do.

I realize I look very hip hop but I'm really more emo with a definite Brazilian flavor.

Homicide central, East New York, Where the manic-depressive psycho murderers stalk

All these ways we classify things as R&B and hip-hop and rock... It's bullshit. It's all music. If you put yourself in that box, then you won't be able to hear that it's all music at its soul.

Which is the other reason hip-hop is controversial: People don't bother trying to get it. The problem isn't in the rap or the rapper or the culture. The problem is that so many people don't even know how to listen to the music.

I had gone to a talent show, I was interested in American hip-hop music, with my older brother, to another town and my town was attacked. I went from having an entire family to the next minute not having anything. It was very painful.

The thing is with hip-hop, it has its waves and the waves crash against the beach and the new waves come in. So to stay relevant you have to roll with that.

Hip-hop is not something we do, it's something we live. It's the way we dress, the way we talk... everybody bobbing to the same beat. It's a culture, and you have to find your own place in that culture. Top 10 or Top 40 can't dictate that. They can only dictate what's marketable.