Well, hip-hop is what makes the world go around. — Snoop Dogg
Hip-hop is universal now, it's all commercial now.
It's like a circle full of circus clowns up in the circuit now. — Eminem
Rap is something you do Hip Hop is something you live — KRS-One
Hip-hop educated me about other forms of music, because it sampled from all different styles. — Aloe Blacc
Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change. — Doug E. Fresh
How you act, walk, look and talk is all part of Hip Hop culture. And the music is colorless. Hip Hop music is made from Black, brown, yellow, red and white. — Afrika Bambaataa
Hip-hop is definitely not what it used to be, which was creative, original music. — Missy Elliot
Straight from the heart, I represent hip hop
I be three albums deep, but I don't wanna go pop
Too many candy rappers seem to be at the top
Too much candy is no good, so now I'm closing the shop. — Phife Dawg
Hip-hop has done more damage to black and brown people than racism in the last 10 years. — Geraldo Rivera
Hip-hop culture is deeply rooted in the wrong things. Hip-hop is about drugs right now. It's more so about drugs - about selling drugs, about using drugs - it's bad for kids. — Vince Staples
Rap is rhythm and poetry. Hip-hop is storytelling and poetry as well. — Ajay Naidu
The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in a hip-hop way and it'll be a hip-hop song. That's the only music you can do that with. — Talib Kweli
Rap is a gimmick, but I'm for the hip-hop, the culture. — Method Man
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. — Kendrick Lamar
Hip-hop is very diverse, but if you only focus on one aspect of it, then what you get is this image of Black America that is completely contrary to what actually goes on. — Prince
Short Hip Hop Quotes
Rap music is the only vital form of music introduced since punk rock. — Kurt Cobain
If Hip Hop has the ability to corrupt young minds, it also has the ability to Uplift them. — KRS-One
I'm a big fan of all styles, even Biggie and Wu-Tang, but I gotta do my thing. — Ice T
The principles of true hip-hop have been forsaken,
It's all contractual and about money makin'. — Black Thought
I love rap because it talks about pain that comes authentically from the ghetto. It moves me. — Zubin Mehta
The motto goes: Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll.
I prefer: Love, Hugs and Hip-Hop Soul. — Daniel Dumile
If you’re from the hood and you black, you’re going to have some type of music in your life. — 21 Savage
You don't decide you're hip. It just happens that way. — Cannonball Adderley
I wanna be selective... very selective. Right now, hip-hop's very boring to me. It's no excitement. — Timbaland
Top 10 Hip Hop Quotes
Everything will eventually come to an end,
So try to savor the moment, cause time flies, don't it?
The beauty of life, you gotta make it last for the better,
Cause nothin' lasts forever. — Nas
What you base your happiness around?
Material, women, and large paper?
That means you inferior, not major. — Nas
If the truth is told, the youth can grow
Then learn to survive until they gain control
Nobody says you have to be gangstas, hoes
Read more learn more, change the globe — Nas
Look inside my soul and you can find gold and maybe get rich. Look inside of your soul and you can find out it never exists. — Kendrick Lamar
I gotta make a move, I gotta do this now,
If they don't know your dreams, they can't shoot 'em down. — J. Cole
Forget yesterday, live for today. Tomorrow will take care of itself. — Rick Ross
Your whole appearance is a lie and it could never be true.
And if you really loved yourself, then you would try and be you. — Phife Dawg
So when the devil wants to dance with you, you better say never,
Because the dance with the devil might last you forever. — Immortal Technique
Regardless of how it goes down, life goes on. — Rick Ross
Bikinis, zucchinis, martinis
No weenies. — Snoop Dogg
Hip Hop Image Quotes
Damn right I like the life I live,
Cause I went from negative to positive. — The Notorious B.I.G.
Decency never goes out of style. Kindness is always cool. Helpfulness is still hip.
Jumped In The Fo' Hit The Juice On Ma Ride
I Got Front Back, And Side To Side — Eazy-E
Am I really just a narcissist,
Cause I wake up to a bowl of lobster bisque? — Rick Ross
Destiny made a mistake and gave my fate to someone else. — Joe Budden
The Bronx is famous for two things. Hip-hop, and 26 world championships. — Kurtis Blow
I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death. — Nas
Sophisticated ignorance, write my curses in cursive. — Kanye West
Do the math: You never settle for less than the whole if you knew the half. — Talib Kweli
I got mouths to feed,
Unnecessary beef is more cows to breed. — GZA
Life without knowledge is death in disguise. — Talib Kweli
Take dem shoes off your teeth and stop running your mouth. — Lil Wayne
Damn it feels good to see people up on it. — Biz Markie
Whats up with your motto? Will you lead? Will you follow? — Nas
Inspirational Hip Hop Quotes
Beauty isn't about having a pretty face it's about having a pretty mind, a pretty heart, and a pretty soul. — Unknown Author
Sky is the limit and you know that you keep on,
Just keep on pressin on.
Sky is the limit and you know that you can have
what you want, be what you want. — The Notorious B.I.G.
Never mind what haters say, ignore them 'til they fade away. — T.I.
Surround yourself with love, not friends. — Lil Wayne
Stop running to those who ignore you and start running to those who adore you. — Joseph Simmons
Life is short if you don't notice it'll pass you by,
That's why my head is in the clouds trying to pass the sky. — Ludacris
But please don't cry, dry your eyes, never let up
Forgive but don't forget, girl keep your head up — Tupac Shakur
Put me anywhere on God's green earth, I'll triple my worth.
Motherf--. I, will, not, lose. — Jay-Z
Everything is everything
What is meant to be, will be
After winter, must come spring
Change, it comes eventually — Lauryn Hill
Old School Hip Hop Quotes
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 — Ice T
I met this girl when I was ten years old,
And what I loved most she had so much soul.
She was old school, when I was just a shorty
Never knew throughout my life she would be there for me. — Common
I've been listening to the old school hip-hop stuff and rock like The Beatles and the Rolling Stones. — Mac Miller
Rap is still an art, and no-one's from the Old School
Cuz rap is still a brand-new tool — KRS-One
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
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
I still love old-school hip-hop, but there hasn't been a lot that I've taken from the new stuff. — Kid Rock
Hip Hop Music Quotes
Hip is to know, it's a form of intelligence. To be hip is to be update and relevant. Hop is a form of movement, you can't just observe a hop, you gotta hop up and do it. Hip and hop is more than music
Hip is the Knowledge, hop is the Movement. Hip and Hop is Intelligent movement — KRS-One
I'm just an addict, addicted to music
Maybe it's a habit...I gotta use it. — Rakim
Hip hop music is important precisely because it sheds light on contemporary politics, history, and race. At its best, hip hop gives voice to marginal black youth we are not used to hearing from on such topics. — Michael Eric Dyson
I got the best of Jesus. He got the worst of me. — LeCrae
I have considered rap music stars, and there is one in my new book, Lovers and Players, and there is also a hip-hop music mogul who I think you will like a lot. — Jackie Collins
I was the only punk rocker at my high school. And there were at least a handful of black kids who liked hip-hop. Both were kind of the new music of the day, and it was lonely being the only punk. — Rick Rubin
My opinion is that music is music. As long as you approach doing a remix with truth, I don't see the dance remixes being any different than an hip-hop remix- it's really a different version of the song. — Deborah Cox
I heard Q-Tip on the Jungle Brothers' song 'The Promo.' It was very exciting. It was very new. The music and the culture around hip-hop was evolving. I think there's an emotional quality to their music and there's a vulnerability to the music. For me, A Tribe Called Quest was my Beatles. — Michael Rapaport
A wolf is no less a wolf because he's dressed in sheepskin and the devil is no less the devil because he's dressed as an angel. — LeCrae
When I'm actually creating music, I try not to listen to the hip-hop records that are going on, because I think, subconsciously, we steal from each other. — 50 Cent
Hip Hop Song Quotes
I like them brown, yellow, Puerto Rican, or Haitian
Name is Phife Dawg from the Zulu nation. — Phife Dawg
Now here's a funky introduction of how nice I am
Tell your mother, tell your father, send a telegram. — Phife Dawg
Rappers spit rhymes that are mostly illegal,
MC's spit rhymes to uplift their people. — KRS-One
Am I the only one who measures time using songs? “Oh it only took me 4 songs to get here! that’s not to long! — Kendrick Lamar
You can take back all the things you give,
But you can't take back the days you live.
Life is to some people who've been on earth
Livin' every single day for what it's worth.
I live life just how I please,
Satisfy one person I know: that's me. — Too $hort
Everybody talks and everybody listens, and somehow the truth just always comes up missin. — Drake
But I never get attracted to fans cause the eager beaver could be the collapse of a dam — Drake
She live in a mindset that I could never move to — Drake
I appreciate this moment in time...ball players and actors be knowing my rhymes — Common
Your new CD is a weed plate, nothin' but love songs,
100% pure garbage, just something to break up buds on. — Jadakiss
Hip Hop Love Quotes
I am a hard person to love but when I love, I love really hard. — Tupac Shakur
I love black thighs, you sisters better realize That real hair and real eyes get real guys. So before you makeup your face, you better make up your mind. — Common
They love the fact you made it, but hate the fact you got it.
The stairway to heaven is packed...I'm in the lobby.
Too scared to go to sleep, cause most times I often doubt my dreams. — Big K.R.I.T.
Anything worth having is hard to keep,
I love you like my coffee, so hot and so sweet.
So, let's stick it out so we never regret it,
I could forgive the past-but I never forget it. — Ghostface Killah
A day to God is a thousand years,
Men walk around with a thousand fears.
The true joy of love brings a thousand tears,
In the world of desire, there's a thousand snares. — RZA
Niggas' rap albums sound like love letters,
Pen in my hand, like: damn, fam, I could do much better. — Sean Price
I love listening to old records to keep nostalgic feeling; it allows me to not lose the love for hip-hop. — Rakim
Let's test the waters...
Love makes a splash, and you too thick to skinny-dip. — Pusha T
I love Dr. King, but violence might be necessary;
Cause when you live on MLK and it gets very scary,
You might have to pull your AK, send one to the cemetery. — Killer Mike
Hip Hop Artist Quotes
If you see something is going wrong within politics and the world today, then some Hip Hop artist is gonna come along and get straight with it. If they think that there's a lot of racism going on then there's another Hip Hop artist who's gonna come out and speak their mind. — Afrika Bambaataa
Well, a lot of people within government and big business are nervous of Hip Hop and Hip Hop artists, because they speak their minds. They talk about what they see and what they feel and what they know. They reflect what's around them. — Afrika Bambaataa
Comedy is the one absolutely self-aware art form. Actually, hip-hop's another one, I suppose. Because in your songs you're talking about how good a hip-hop artist you are. It's like a painter painting a panting of himself painting a painting. — Bo Burnham
I see myself as a hip-hop artist, but I never wanted to make music for a specifically white audience. Thats not what I grew up around. — G-Eazy
I get physical, mystical, very artistical...
Giving party people something funky to listen to. — Big Daddy Kane
He was not hip-hop's most gifted emcee. Still, Shakur may be the most influential and compelling rapper of them all, he was more than the sum of his artistic parts. — Michael Eric Dyson
Nowadays rap artists coming half-hearted,
Commercial like pop, or underground like black markets.
Where were you the day hip-hop died?
Is it too early to mourn? Is it too late to ride? — Talib Kweli
A true artist does not depend on radio for success. A true fan does not let radio determine what they support — Talib Kweli
Hip-hop artist, especially the older ones, are the ones who new hip-hop was a worldwide phenomenon before the mainstream caught on, so hip-hop artists are forward thinkers. We want to stay with the new. — Nas
I'm caught up in the system where the blind lead the blind
And this artist only speaks on the Signs of the Time.
And I pop pills in Purple Rain to state my pain,
They say I'm just like my father, bold and too cold. — Beanie Sigel
Hip-hop Quotes
And I'm not sure why I'm infatuated with death,
My imagination is surely an aggravation of threats...
Maybe cause I'm a dreamer, and sleep is the cousin of death,
Really stuck in the scheme of wondering when I'mma rest. — Kendrick Lamar
You lose money chasing women, never lose women chasing money... — Nas
We could fight the fuss till we get like friends,
Or somebody bite the dust and we split like ends.
Even in our wildest moments, girl, I'm on it cause you're worth it.
Practice makes perfect, so we fightin' for a purpose. — ASAP Rocky
Some seek fame cause they need validation,
Some say hating is confused admiration. — Nas
If you scared to take chances, you'll never have the answers... — Nas
Everybody looking at you crazy,
What you gon' do?
Lift up your head and keep moving,
Or let the paranoia haunt you? — Kendrick Lamar
I live this life at a pace that anyone can go.
Know your place, and dedicate your role
...To the faith that you'll die alone — Kendrick Lamar
It's a thin line between paper and hate,
Friends and snakes, nine millis and thirty-eights,
Hell or the pearly gates...I was destined to come,
Predicted, blame God, He blew breath in my lungs. — Nas
If you're crying under fire, then you wasn't built for war.
If a pimp took your girl, then your girl was never yours. — MF Grimm
Hiphop Quotes
I think that Hiphop should be a pulpit for the people. — Slick Rick
My life's goal is to find a happy medium for sampling to be not only legal but for the right parties to benefit from it. There have to be sampling laws. The survival of hiphop is based on that. — Questlove
I kicked down doors to show that Hiphop has matured. And it may be a little controversial. — Slick Rick
Hiphop has remained in an infantile stage and has not been allowed to grow. — Slick Rick
Reagan's neglect of the inner city is responsible for hiphop. Hiphop is created thanks to the conditions that crack set: easy money but a lot of work, the violence involved, the stories it produced. Crack helped birth hiphop. — Questlove
Hiphop hasn't had stages of growth through its 30 years of existence. — Slick Rick
There is not enough high intellect to be catered to and when most people think of Hiphop they think of low intellect. — Slick Rick
Look at music: I've always loved hiphop and rap, and now there's this whole progressive movement, with De La Soul and Mos Def, Common. It's some of the best stuff around. — Ryan Phillippe
I not only wanted to showcase lyrical skills but also continue to drop knowledge on the hiphop community. I'm looking to elevate through my music, and through my music I educate. — Talib Kweli
What I did was go into the studio and make music that I love. Make music that when you hear it, it feels good. Whether it was urban inspired, dance inspired, HipHop inspired or it just feels good period. — Kelly Rowland
Rap Music Quotes
I made the decision that I was going to make rap music in, like, fourth grade, so it's been something I was saying for a long time. — Chance the Rapper
Rap music is a combination of many different arts to make something new. There's always been a stigma that its existence would be short and only appeal to a certain group - but it's the biggest music in the world. — Chance the Rapper
This is the industry that wants [music], the rap industry. You have to be on deck all the time, but you do not have the time to do the album. It is an energy, it must be present in everyday life. — Young Thug
Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism. — Eminem
I have a very varied taste in music. Everything from rap to classical to Latino to Rat Pack to jazz. — Jasper Fforde
That's the beautiful thing about the saxophone. It can peacefully coexist with just about anything - whether it's hip-hop, rap, rock music, pop, R&B or jazz, there's a place for the saxophone in all of those styles. — Dave Koz
Music just ain't what it used to;
We used to have songs that you could shoplift or boost to. — Jadakiss
Going to radio with a rap record prior to going to the consumer is like having no foreplay with your girlfriend. — Lyor Cohen
Times were changing. Clothes were changing. Morals were changing. We went from romantic loves songs like I used to do to rock 'n roll. Now that has changed to rap. So, there's always a new generation with new music. — Bobby Vinton
I like to get in my own world. When I'm getting ready for a meet, I always have headphones on, listening to rap music to get myself fired up — Michael Phelps
Hipster Quotes
Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid. — John Wayne
Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint. — Banksy
I see no greatness in my self...I'm a simple-minded, child-like, insipid sort of moronic and kind of akward feeling adolescent. — Neal Cassady
All those paper people living in their paper houses, burning the future to stay warm. — John Green
But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin. — Aldous Huxley
Sometimes you lose a battle. But mischief always wins the war — John Green
The town was paper, but the memories were not. — John Green
I myself identify as a recovering Blockhead. You'd be surprised how many twenty- and thirty-something hipster chicks have the NKOTB skeleton in their closet, albeit artfully concealed by stacks of Ksubi skinny jeans and ironic Judas Priest T-shirts. — Diablo Cody
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