Hip Hop Quotes - Page 5

Do the math: You never settle for less than the whole if you knew the half.

Dancehall is just like hip-hop in that it doesn't always talk about bling; it talks about conscious issues.

I get a craving like I fiend for nicotine. But I don't need a cigarette, know what I mean?

The thing about hip-hop is they always want to classify you as one particular artist, but hip-hop is about going outside the box and expressing yourself however you want to.

I got mouths to feed, Unnecessary beef is more cows to breed.

Question: Why is that MC's be wack And major labels wanna sign that crap? A-yo...funk that!

Slim Shady: Hotter then a set of twin babies In a Mercedes Benz, with the windows up When the temp goes up to the mid 80's.

Never let no one know how much dough you hold.

It's Christmas time and my rhyme's steady bumpin. Everybody happy, hair still nappy, Gonna steal a gift for my old grandpappy.

'Cause I'll rip the mic, rip the stage, rip the system I was born to rage against 'em

When I made Illmatic, I was trying to make the perfect album. It comes from the days of Wild Style. I was trying to make you experience my life. I wanted you to look at hip-hop differently. I wanted you to feel that hip-hop was changing and becoming something more real.

My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call hip hop.

Life without knowledge is death in disguise.

But I never get attracted to fans cause the eager beaver could be the collapse of a dam

I won't say I'm the baddest, or portray that role, But I'm in the top 2, and my father's gettin' old.

Hip-hop is a beautiful culture. It's inspirational, because it's a culture of survivors. You can create beauty out of nothingness.

Super-cali-fragalistic-expiali-docious, Docious-ali-expi-fragalistic-cali-super. Cancun...catch me in the room, eatin' grouper.

in the mornin' po-lice at my door Fresh adidas squeak across the bathroom floor Out the back window.. I make a escape Don't even get a chance to grab my old school tape

Hip-hop reflects the truth, and the problem is that hip-hop exposes a lot of the negative truth that society tries to conceal. It's a platform where we could offer information, but it's also an escape.

You want flowers, I'll buy your ass a rose, But later on you're comin' out them pantyhose.

We used to talk about wanting to get some money, but that's when hip-hop was based on your dreams and your fantasy. The whole thing now is the dreams and fantasies were achieved, and you don't want to make it the focal point. You can't keep beating that dead horse.

Right now I'm taking a break from hip-hop documentaries. But I would do it if things lined up.

I'm usually homeboys with the same ni**as I'm rhyming wit/But this is hip-hop and them ni**as should know what time it is/And that goes for Jermaine Cole, Big KRIT, Wale/Pusha T, Meek Millz, A$AP Rocky, Drake/Big Sean, Jay Electron', Tyler, Mac Miller/I got love for you all but I'm tryna murder you ni**as/Tryna make sure your core fans never heard of you ni**as/They dont wanna hear not one more noun or verb from you ni**as

Memories have to be our most painful blessing.

Dropkick Murphys get me going, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana... plus, all the regular hip-hop stuff.