Best 1032 quotes in «hip hop quotes» category

You can't control who likes you. If I got Backstreet Boy fans what am I supposed to do? Turn them away? Whoever likes my stuff, likes my stuff but just know Slim Shady is hip hop, I grew up on hip hop, it's the music I love and it's the music I respect. I respect the culture...that's me.

You can't listen to all that language and filth without it affecting you

You can't take the heat, get ya ass out the kitchen Matter fact, take ya ass back in there and wash the dishes.

You don't wanna go eggin' him on. It'll never be my chair that your on, crown so tight that it cuts off circulation to the brain no oxygen. Other words there's no heir to the throne.

You got a man? That's somethin we will talk about. He's smart enough to have ya, but dumb enough to let ya out.

You gotta understand: I'm a man with needs that needs fulfilling. And if you ain't with it, somebody else is willing.

You got to have style, and learn to be original.

You have the core hip-hop, which would just be beats and breaks, more something like what you hear with DJ Premier. Then you get into the more highly produced hip-hop, which is something like what DJ Khaled does. But at some point, it starts to get kind of pop.

You have to keep your vision clear, cause only a coward lives in fear.

You have to look at the fact that Hip Hop is under attack. It's not just Hip Hop but Black people, Latino people and all people are under attack for different things.

You have to use what you have in order to get what you need and the people can not be rich unless somebody is rich. The Hip-Hop generation has carried more people with it than any other enterprise Black Americans have had.

You know how a person is made for something? Eminem is made for hip-hop. The best rapper is a white man.

You know it's funny, when it rains it pours they got money for wars, but can't feed the poor.

You know it ain't no stoppin' All the doggs I'm droppin' It's Friday night, so everything is poppin.

You know that one auntie, you don't wanna be rude, ...But every holiday, nobody eatin' her food.

You know the wisdom is reflected in the knowledge when it's manifested; If not fed in due time, the mind is anorexic.

You know who was on time tonight, which surprised me? Ghostface. Ghostface was early and making calls - what rapper does that?

You lose money chasing women, never lose women chasing money...

You pout like a trout in a drought...can't get out. You want to scream, but fish can't shout.

You need to sweat yourself. Don't sweat nobody else.

You might win some, but you just lost one.

You need a bad operation. Gimme the scissors, hammer, flame.

You're insecure and need a blanket like Linus.

Your whole vocabulary's played out, admit it. Still wack if it came out my mouth and I spit it.

You're mad 'cause my style you're admiring. Don't be mad, UPS is hiring.

You've got to realize that the world's a test, You can only do your best and let Him do the rest. You've got your life, and got your health, So quit procrastinating and push it yourself.

You should do what we do, stack chips like *Hebrews* Don't let the melody intrigue you (uh-uh) Cause I leave you, I'm only here For that green paper which lead you

You want ass? The cash is first. You got dead presidents, baby, I got a hearse in my purse.

You wanna know my occupation? I get paid to rock the nation. I go to work.

You see my tears, in the rain underneath it all, we're just the same.

You the devil in drag. You can burn your cross, Well, I'll burn your flag.

You were put here to protect us. But who protects us from you?

You would be surprised how many people that are very passionate about classical music are deeply involved in Hip Hop. You would think Jazz would be the natural associative, but it's extraordinary what kind of crossed-genre associations we are finding in digital media. And even as I'm talking about it, I find myself speaking very much more about how people are accessing that which, what I do, rather than me being preoccupied trying to market something that I do to them.

You would think I would recycle by the way I found my last chick...cause all she wants is paper or plastic.

Сommercial hip-hop is not youth rebellion, not when the heroes of hip-hop like Puffy are taking pictures with Donald Trump and the heroes of capitalism - you know that's not rebellion. That's not "the street" - that's Wall Street.

Yo, you 14-carat gold slum computer wizard, Tappin' inside my rap vein causes blizzards!

Аll I need is one life, one try, one breath, I'm one man. What I stand for speaks for itself...they don't understand.

According to a study conducted by the Oxford African American Studies Center, hip hop is part of and speaks to a long line of black American and African traditions. Many observers also make a connection between rap and West African griot tradition, the art of wandering storytellers known for their knowledge of local settings and their superior vocal skills.

A big reason for their hesitancy to become recording artists was that during their time at WBAU the Spectrum camp has been observing the harsh realities of the developing rap game. Inflated egos meant that they had to treat the upcoming acts who played at their gigs like kings. But after the shows the Spectrum crew would then drive those acts back to the same impoverished neighbourhoods that they'd always lived in. Driving supposed rap stars back to the projects made an impression. 'None of them were really getting paid off records so I was like, "Damn",' is how Chuck assessed the situation.

Add a Melody to Your Lyrical Words, Add a Tune to Life's Situations, Let there be a Song! Beautiful, Romantic, Hip-Hop, Rap; Let there be a Moment one day, When we can Sing - Life, Remembering this is where we did Belong!

Hip Hop Generation “captures the collective hopes and nightmares, ambitions and failures of those who would otherwise be described as “post-this” or “post-that.”

As millions use social media as a primary source of information, the risk of falling victim to being misinformed is high. Readers who quickly scan newsfeeds tend to only read (and share information about) a headline: focusing on “the hook.” Whether due to complacency or lack of time, few explore the content. This allows bogus media outlets to descend on the unsuspecting (and unprepared) seekers of instant information, creating false stories with dazzling one-liners, secure in the knowledge that there will be little effort to pursue confirmation or research an entire story.

As with outlaw figures, in diverse musical and oral cultures throughout the world- Mexican corridos and Egyptian shaabi music, for example- Hip Hop's irreverence toward dominant values and noncompliance with the status quo creates alternative, counterhegemonic spaces.

A thin stream of music stretched between us, joining her world to mine.

Cuz even a gangsta rapper can find redemption For the sins committed before revelation.

For so-called conscious rappers, it is an opportunity to rap about ways to educate others about African American history, politics and even relationships: all of which would be missed if society merely focused on the “hook” and ignored the influence.

Hip-hop, this thing we love that loves us back, is our lingua franca.

A fast note about Ice-T's autobiography: There's a section where he tells a story about hanging out with Flavor Flav that involves going to Red Lobster in a Ferrari. I suspect the phrase "going to Red Lobster in a Ferrari" is the most accurate description of Flavor Flav anyone will ever come up with.

And I like Strauss and Mozart and all that, but the priceless gift that African Americans gave the world when they were still in slavery was a gift so great that it is now almost the only reason many foreigners still like us at least a little bit. That specific remedy for the worldwide epidemic of depression is a gift called the blues. All pop music today-jazz, swing, be-bop, Elvis Presley, the Beatles, the Stones, rock and roll, hip hop and on and on- is derived from the blues.

Hip hop music (and the entire category) is one of few that unite fans of all colors, races, religions, socio-economic backgrounds, ages and genders.