Hip Hop Quotes - Page 8

• ...in the middle of Little Italy little did we know that we riddled some middleman who didn't do diddily

  Big Pun

  Rap, Littles, Middle

  Song: Twinz, 1998

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• 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.

  Jay-Z

  Rap, People, Trying

  Jay-Z (2010). “Decoded (Enhanced Edition)”, p.70, Random House Group

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• And even though we both fly
  Give each other space and not the evil eye

  Q-Tip

  Eye, Space, Evil

  Song: Vivrant Thing, Album: Amplified

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• A true artist does not depend on radio for success. A true fan does not let radio determine what they support

  Talib Kweli

  Inspirational, Success, Music

  FaceBook post by Talib Kweli from Apr 23, 2012

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• Why do I need I.D. to get I.D.? If I had I.D. I wouldn't need I.D.

  Mos Def

  Rap, Needs, Ifs

  "Song: The Questions (Like Water For Chocolate)". March 28, 2000.

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• MCs get a little bit of love and think they hot,
  Talkin bout how much money they got...all y'all records sound the same.
  I'm sick of that fake thug, R&B-rap scenario, all day on the radio,
  Same scenes in the video, monotonous material.
  ...Y'all don't hear me though:
  These record labels slang our tapes like dope.
  You can be next in line and signed, and still be writing rhymes and broke.

  Stic.man

  Rap, Writing, Thug

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• I don't care who you talk about down south, Boosie gonna win. I'm the only one to put out a whole album, with more songs, so I don't care who said what. The fans tell the truth. I got real fans - more fans than everybody, so Boosie gonna win [in Hip Hop Survivor: Down South Edition.].

  Lil Boosie

  Song, Real, Winning

  Source: djbooth.net

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• Because I believe that I know about that aspect of hip-hop better than any one else, I'm trying my best in order to be the most real I can in this situation.

  Kim Nam-joon

  Real, Believe, Order

  Source: kpopkfans.blogspot.com

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• Dabbling in music and being in music when I was young I had my own view of what I thought music was whether it was jazz, r&b, or hip hop.

  Rakim

  Views, Hips, Jazz

  Source: halftimeonline.net

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• Me and hip-hop have a relationship that has nothing to do with no other rapper, no matter where you from or nothing. Every n*gga got his own personal relationship with hip-hop and this is mine.

  Nas

  Rapper, Matter, Hips

  Source: uproxx.com

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• Once you're done in hip-hop, you're done.

  Wyclef Jean

  Done, Hips, Hops

  Source: djbooth.net

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• Hopefully we get back to the raw essence of hip hop again.

  Rakim

  Essence, Hips, Hops

  Source: halftimeonline.net

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• What I want to do right now is give hip hop back to the hood. Before it was a neighborhood thing where it belonged to the hood and the rappers were reporting and there were rules and parameters. Now it seems like the artist's game.

  Rakim

  Rapper, Artist, Games

  Source: halftimeonline.net

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• Hip-hop used to be about battles, beatboxing and breakdancing. All they get exposed to now is the negative stuff.

  Houston Alexander

  Battle, Negative, Stuff

  Source: www.sbnation.com

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• Having grown up far, far away in a small country town in Australia, I was only slightly aware of hip-hop.

  Baz Luhrmann

  Country, Australia, Towns

  Source: www.gq.com

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• I like my R&B, my hip-hop. But I'm old school, I don't like a lot of new stuff. Though I do like a little bit of Meek Mill. He kind of sounds angry when he's rapping so I like that part of the game.

  P. K. Subban

  Rap, School, Games

  Source: www.complex.com

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• Did the record [Danger] do well? I believe it did what it should have. It showed the hip hop community that Tony Sunshine is doing well and looking great.

  Tony Sunshine

  Believe, Sunshine, Should Have

  Source: youknowigotsoul.com

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• I've always been a fan of hip hop and there are cats out there that I admire.

  Rakim

  Cat, Hips, Fans

  Source: halftimeonline.net

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• I am proud of the hip hop generation. They are good business people and, actually, good people. It's strange that the only time the major press talks about them is when someone gets killed or does drugs or something; yet these are the same press people who made heroes out of the Mafia and other crooks, you know.

  Nikki Giovanni

  Hero, People, Drug

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• If culture was a railroad, I can see the tracks running from the Spirituals to the Hip Hop Nation.

  Nikki Giovanni

  Running, Track, Railroads

  Source: virtualstudiosandarttherapy.wordpress.com

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• Why do you do smoky makeup, why do you try to act pretty on broadcast, etc. For hip-hop where purity is important and masculinity plays a large part, I believe it's definitely a critique that could come out.

  Kim Nam-joon

  Believe, Makeup, Play

  Source: kpopkfans.blogspot.com

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• I think there are lots of things that people think are so different but they're not. People think there is a huge difference between hip hop and country music, but there is really not when you start looking into themes and what people are struggling with or celebrating. When you break it down to the chords and the beats it is all the same. Personally, I am obsessed with music as it is a limitless tunnel that you can explore.

  Jim James

  Country, Struggle, Thinking

  Source: thequietus.com

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• Am I one part R&B? Sure, but I'm also part soulful, and I'm old school funk, I'm pop, I'm rock, I'm hip hop, I'm all of those things. I don't wanna be categorized or labeled as just one thing. Don't put me in the box because I'll break out of the box.

  Kevin michael

  School, Rocks, Break Out

  Source: www.djbooth.net

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• I liked hip-hop, wanted to do rap, and wanted to stand on a large stage. If you look at it in another angle... it's something that I chose.

  Kim Nam-joon

  Rap, Looks, Hips

  Source: kpopkfans.blogspot.com

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• There is still consciousness in hip hop.

  Rakim

  Hips, Consciousness, Hops

  Source: halftimeonline.net

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