Hops Quotes - Page 20

• Hip hop is still strong. As an art form, music helps people express themselves, find meaning in their own lives and connect with their tribes.

  Erik Parker

  Art, Strong, People

  Source: screenanarchy.com

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• Man, I feel like hip-hop is - first of all, not even only with just GOOD Music, I gotta say - I think hip-hop is still alive in a strong way, man. I feel really enthused about hip-hop.

  Common

  Strong, Men, Thinking

  "A Chat with Common Interview: Adimu Colon". Interview with Adimu Colon, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I think hip hop should be a living word. And what I mean by the living word is like yo, you gotta have the words that provide life.

  Chuck D

  Mean, Thinking, Hip Hop

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• Hip Hop has introduced us to a lot of genres that we probably wouldn't even listen to in our own homes from our parents.

  B.J. The Chicago Kid

  Home, Hip Hop, Parent

  Source: youknowigotsoul.com

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• So from Jazz, Blues, R&B, Soul, Classical and Country music, Hip Hop has introduced us to a little bit of everything.

  B.J. The Chicago Kid

  Country, Hip Hop, Soul

  Source: youknowigotsoul.com

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• For a long period of time, the media covered rap music and hip hop the same way they cover a lot of black people, people of color, you know, the bad news happens to be news. They used to have these little stupid colloquialisms that pop up like, "You know what? No news is bad news!" They trick the masses into thinking that any news is great for you. And I just think that's a piece of crap.

  Chuck D

  Stupid, Rap, Thinking

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. May 12, 2012.

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• My father was a musician, and I've always loved writing. I grew up in New York City during a time when hip hop music was surrounding you with the hip hop culture, and it felt natural. I was a really huge fan of the music.

  El-P

  New York, Father, Writing

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I've shared meditation with a lot of hip-hop artists, inmates, and returning war veterans with PTSD, as well. I feel like this dharma, this service is part of my job.

  Russell Simmons

  Jobs, War, Artist

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• I live in hip-hop. I don't find it to be offensive.

  Russell Simmons

  Hip Hop, Hips, Offensive

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• The first rap record came out in '79, but hip-hop began in '69.

  Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

  Rap, Hip Hop, Records

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Hip-hop has always been chronologically misunderstood.

  Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

  Hip Hop, Misunderstood, Hips

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Hip hop is kinda funny because the further you get into it the more at risk you are.

  Mic Geronimo

  Hip Hop, Risk, Hips

  Source: halftimeonline.net

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• As an artist when you come into [hip hop] you don't know nothing really. You just know what you do and it's free of the influences of money, power and all these other things people learn about the further they get into it.

  Mic Geronimo

  Artist, People, Hip Hop

  Source: halftimeonline.net

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• I felt that I'm a real important part when it comes to hip-hop, but maybe not so much in the industry, so I felt that I was better of in an independent situation... where I have some control over my life and there's no middle man and it's basically me and my team handling my situation.

  Styles P

  Real, Team, Independent

  Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

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• It's a hell of a relief. Especially for a dude like me who is so hands on and I like to pretty much all the way hip-hop. So it's difficult when you're dealing with the majors.

  Styles P

  Hands, Hip Hop, Relief

  Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

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• I had a really good time on the show [Sisterhood of Hip Hop]. Most of all, what I've learned is I need to share what it is that I know.

  MC Lyte

  Sisterhood, Hip Hop, Needs

  Source: uproxx.com

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• It was actually the production group that ended up producing the show for us...Every musician, especially in the hip-hop community, you always make these show recaps or vlogs, and essentially what "Touring's Boring" was is, we tried to make our vlogs interesting and almost more like a TV show. That's how we got discovered by TV.

  Mike Stud

  Tv Shows, Interesting, Hip Hop

  "Interview: Mike Stud turns reality TV star in 'This Is Mike Stud'". Interview with Brittany Frederick, www.axs.com. August 9, 2016.

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• If you're a real hip-hop fan and a real street music fan, and you just love good music, you're gonna play it from top to bottom, and you're gonna get the concept, you're gonna get the story of my life, you're gonna be entertained, you're gonna dance you're gonna feel emotion, you're gonna get the truth, whether you like it or hate it.

  Nipsey Hussle

  Hate, Real, Play

  Source: djbooth.net

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• I love pop music just as much as I like rap music, or ill-ass hip-hop music, or rock music.

  Donnis

  Rap, Rocks, Hip Hop

  "Donnis Talks 'Fashionably Late,' Atlantic Debut & Texting With T.I". Interview with Jordan Martins, www.complex.com. June 24, 2010.

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• If anything, I hope being an artist opens up more opportunities 'cause I feel there's a lot of things I could do, like musically and stylistic-wise that I can write, but I don't really have an avenue to show it 'cause most of the things I'm writing are in Hip Hop.

  PJ Harvey

  Wise, Writing, Artist

  "Singer/Songwriter PJ Shares Her Soundtrack For The Come Up". Interview with Todd Davis, www.parlemag.com. September 9, 2016.

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• It still feels like Hip Hop is in the early '80s on Broadway.

  Rafael Casal

  Hip Hop, Broadway, Hips

  Source: respect-mag.com

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• I think of every song like a game. It's like a video game: "Okay, I'm going to hop over here and if I press this drum, or if I hit this note, then that doorway opens. Oops, I fell down a trap door but I'm in a whole new world."

  Guillermo E. Brown

  Song, Thinking, Doors

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I thank God for Hip Hop because Marvin Gaye didn't have that and he was able to be that dope. For us to have that and more, I feel like it is up to us to be as dope as we can possibly be.

  B.J. The Chicago Kid

  Dope, Hip Hop, Thank God

  Source: youknowigotsoul.com

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• I`m lucky in that in my character in hip hop is me. I`m Michael Render. My character is Killer Mike. But the truth that I sing in my raps align themselves with the policy of Bernie Sanders.

  Killer Mike

  Rap, Character, Hip Hop

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• In North America, hip-hop and urban music are much more developed than it could be in Europe, except for a couple of markets like France, for example, or Germany, they're a little bit more aware.

  K-Maro

  Couple, Europe, Urban Music

  Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

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