Hip Hop Quotes - Page 41

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 art.

Award shows, like the Grammys, were tough on us early in hip-hop, not even televising our categories or splitting them up on best male or female or any of that. We had to earn them.

I feel like Hip Hop culture has always been about [fashion]...it started in the street so it has always been a thing of the streets to be first.

Hip-hop can be a very closed-off community. Sometimes these barriers are demographic but it can be musical, too.

If you look at any movement Hip Hop would be the most influential in the last maybe 15, 20 years.

Since I've been in this industry, it's been a constant fight; "Oh, he's white, he's Cuban." "He's tryin' to do hip-hop and he's too Spanish, he's too English."You fight all these stereotypes through all these boundaries, and you find a way to tap-dance through all these different genres and cultures through music - that's what Rebelution is.

You ain't heard that we swallow guys?

Week before that, I was out in Italy Italian heart-throbs could not get rid of me

The battle thing is very important in hip-hop, but at the same time, I want to sit down and have a beer and listen to Rakim.

I had Ice Cube on my first album, "Bunker," and then I did a remix for Snoop Dogg. I've worked with Grandmaster Flash and Pharrell. It's a different work process and there's a different take with how you produce [hip-hop].

My influences are vast and varied. I was into classic rock at the same time that I was into hip-hop. It was just that hip-hop was the first music that I got really really into. Rock was right on its tail.

I like hip-hop music, but some of the lyrics make me want to cry.

You used to be fly, but you crashed your plane.

A microphone fiend; I make beats do back flips.

Rappers are in danger Who will use wits to be a remainder?

My album will manifest many things I saw,did or heard about; I talk first hand never word of mouth.

I really got to fuse some of my hip hop & R&B background into the Jessica 6 album since I was really hands on with Morgan & Andrew while writing and producing the record.

Music is a huge part of my life, I enjoy every genre of music from jazz to country, and I even get down with a bit of hip hop.

I get what I desire, it's my empire And yes I call the shots, I am the umpire

I wouldn't even say the internet is a gift and a curse for hip-hop. All types of music are bootlegged, including movies which are bootlegged.

I'm a musician. I play instruments. I dabble in the hip-hop field. That doesn't take vocal ability necessarily.

Hip-hop is more than music, it's a culture. It's bigger than hit songs.

I'm a hip-hop head, I grew up with it. So I've always loved the music.

I love hip-hop. I'm big into Jay-Z, Kanye, Little Wayne. Those are everyone's favorites, I know. I just like the fact that when they get on track and talk about whatever they're talking about, they have supreme confidence. That's pretty much what you need to have on the field. I like the way they approach their music, they feel like no one can touch them.

Really, really obscene hip-hop. I love it so much. It makes me laugh and then it makes me want to dance.