Best 1032 quotes in «hip hop quotes» category

A thin line between the haters and the ones who love us. A thinner line from the freedom and the foul judges, In the streets where the snake niggas hold grudges.

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.

Ayo for yayo Walk around with yayo, all in my nasal I must have been craze yo

Ayo, shout out to Mobb Deep, the Extra P Busta Rhymes, De La, the J Beez, so don't sleep

Ballet was exactly what I was searching for, but my environment definitely made me the dancer and the person that I am today. And the Hip-Hop culture was a big part of it.

Because hip-hop has no requirements, you deal with people that have the least intelligence on the planet. Some of the people that compare themselves to me, compare themselves to me because they rap and I rap. They can't even read the contracts that they sign to be a rapper, to do the deal.

Beef is not what Jay said to Nas; Beef is when the working folks can't find jobs.

Been there, done that Sold crack, got jacked Got shot, came back Jumped on Dre's back!

Being humbled is always good for us, even if it doesn't feel good to us.

Being No. 1. It's talked about all of the time in hip-hop. 'I'm still No. 1! I'm the best! I'm the greatest of all time!' It's the same mentality in sports.

Believers of Jesus be denouncing Satan on every level, But every Halloween they're dressin' like devils.

Be interested in everything. You don't have to adore it. I don't adore hip-hop, I don't think it's great music, but I'm interested, I listen. I watch a lot of new films, I see everything. I still read, I like books, whether they are old books, new books. I'm interested - you gotta stay interested!

Birds, birds, birds, I'm a Pet Shop Boy

Bikinis, zucchinis, martinis No weenies.

Breathe in...inhale vapors from bright stars that shine, Breathe out...weed smoke retrace the skyline.

Blues, rock and hip hop are more about a lifestyle and culture than notes on a page.

Burn a Bush cause for peace he no push no button. Killing over oil and grease, no weapons of destruction, How can we follow a leader when this a corrupt one?

Brothers keep asking Ice Cube, 'Yo, when will you bust?' They surround me and make a big fuss

Burn, Hollywood, burn, I smell a riot goin' on, First they're guilty, now they're gone!

But it all came, and for me, hip-hop has done more for racial divide and racial sort of bringing together than anything in the last 30 years. Seeing people like Eminem sounding like somebody like Jay-Z and just the racial aspects of it all.

But I've been freestyling and messing around with rhyming since I was 13. That's when I really started listening to hip-hop music.

But there's so many things in life like women, like children, like God and family that transcends the world of hip-hop.

...But until then, I'ma shine to the last sin, Resurrect through the birth of my son, and live again.

By the time you get into other kinds of music - R&B, country, or whatever - it becomes something that's romantic. It becomes something unattainable. Never-ending undying love. And in hip hop, we're still taking direct inspiration.

Call me what you want b*tch, call me on my sidekick Never answer when it's private, d*mn I hate a shy b*tch Don't you hate a shy b*tch? Yeah I ate a shy b*tch She ain't shy no more, she changed her name to me b*tch hahahaha, yeah, n*gga that's my b*tch So when she ask for the money, when you through don't be surprised b*tch.

Can I hit it in the morning with out giving you have of my dough?

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

Cause we they leaders, and they the followers And we the nut-busters and they the swallowers'

Classical slap-stick rappers need Chapstick.

COAST TO COAST, L.A. TO CHICAGO.

Coming up, you [got new] sneakers and you had to run outside to make sure everyone saw. It was on display. That's just part of Hip Hop culture, part of the competitive spirit of Hip Hop. This is not new, I don't believe it's new.

Consequence is no coincidence.

Busta Rhymes the mighty infamous, Always misbehaving and mischeivous, Causing aggravation, I'll never pause, Pushing out spit balls through plastic straws.

Cristal go by the cases, wait hold up that was racist I would prefer the Aces, ain't no different when you taste it. A 40 ounce to chase it, that's just an understatement.

Cutting and pasting is the essence of what hip-hop culture is all about for me. It's about drawing from what's around you, and subverting it and decontextualizing it.

Cuz this is what happens when bad meets evil We hit the trees till we look like Vietnamese people

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.

Damn it's a shame you're the mighty queen of vials, With a wide-eyed look and a rotten-toothed smile. Used to walk with a swagger, now you simply stagger From one spot on, to the next spot on, to the next spot on, to the next.

Damn it feels good to see people up on it.

Dear Hip Hop, we can't scream 'murder, misogyny, lawlessness' in our music & then turn around and ask for equality & justice.

Deja vu, tell you what I'm gonna do, when they reminisce over you, my God.

Consider me the entity within the industry without a history of spitting the epitome of stupidity.

Detroit is right now a new Mecca for Hip Hop.

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.

Dont call me a rapper, I’m an artist. Update your minds. I ‘INCORPORATE’ hip hop elements because I am part MC, but I am all things musical. All things melodically beautiful.

Don't you like when the winter's gone, And all of a sudden it starts gettin' warm? The trees and the grass start lookin' fresh, And the sun and sky be lookin' their best.

Earnestness can go wrong in hip hop. On this album, it goes very right.

Especially when I'm in the gym, I get really motivated by hip-hop.

Even the genius ask questions.

Even when I was a hip-hop DJ I always kept it classy. The motto is always 'flashy but classy.' You've got to be original and stand out from the crowd and take some chances. But you've always got to keep it classy.