“I love hip-hop and you can't tell me I'm not a hip-hop artist.” ArtistHip HopHipsHopsHip Hop Artist Author:Derek Luke
“Quentin Tarantino is a hip-hop artist. I told him, "You're hip-hop!" You keep seeing surprises, and a clip here and there, because Quentin is hip-hop. A hip-hop artist will drop a single, leak something over here, and drop something over there 'cause he knows it's hot. He's on the spot with the way he does things.” KnowsWayDoeArtistCausesSeeingHotSurpriseHip HopSpotsHipsHopsHere And ThereLeaksClipQuentinTarantinoHip Hop Artist Author:Jamie Foxx
“Some artists are definitely trying to do different styles. Some, not a lot. But even from what you've seen [of] Outkast, Kanye West, and Lil' Wayne, and different people expressing their way of evolving in hip-hop. In the evolution of hip-hop, they're doing different things. And you've seen hip-hop have more of a global presence and impact on the world.” PeopleWorldWayTryingDifferentArtistStyleEvolutionImpactWestHip HopHipsEvolveHopsDifferent ThingsDifferent PeoplesWayneDifferent StylesImpact On The WorldOutkast Author:Will Ferrell
“A lot of hip-hop artists wear fur, and they think it's a status symbol. That doesn't register for me; I just see dead animals.” ThinkingArtistAnimalHip HopSymbolsHipsHopsFurRegisterStatus SymbolHip Hop Artist Author:Tommy Lee
“I think I can see people wanting to hear more music-music now as opposed to all hip-hop. You know, which I have nothing against hip-hop. I think some of it is really good. But on the other hand, some of the real great artists are just being lost because they're not getting the airplay or anything to make them inspired to record again.” PeopleThinkingKnowsI CanRealHandsArtistLostRecordsInspiredHip HopHipsHopsJust BeingGreat ArtGreat Artist Author:Nickolas Ashford
“I think that people have been claiming hip-hop as being dead since the moment it started. I think there are people - and I can be included in that category sometimes - that get frustrated feeling like maybe the industry has handcuffed itself, or trained its artists to do or think about music in a way that classically hasn't led to the greatest records in hip-hop.” PeopleThinkingWayHas BeensI CanSometimesMomentsFeelingsArtistRecordsIndustryHip HopHipsHopsCategoriesFrustrated Author:El-P
“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.” WantArtistParticularHip HopBoxesHipsHopsExpress YourselfOutside The Box Author:Kendrick Lamar
“Pitbull is great with brands. Endorsements with hip-hop artists work because hip-hop artists typically set the most trends... It's every brand's goal to be seen in the mainstream, and hip-hop music has become mainstream music.” ArtistGoalHip HopBrandsHipsHopsTrendsMainstreamEndorsementsHip Hop ArtistHip Hop Music Author:Adam Kluger
“The competitive nature of hip-hop culture has always had battling involved with it. So you battle with the other artist but not necessarily in business and everywhere else.” ArtistCultureInvolvedBattleHip HopHipsHops Author:Curtis Jackson
“When I fell in love with hip-hop, there was a terminology at the time called "battling." All that was just battling with other artists, but after Tupac and those incidents when it spilled into the street and turned into a negative situation, battling turned into a beef. A whole new dynamic.” WholeArtistSituationStreetsNegativeHip HopHipsHopsIncidentsBeefTerminology Author:Curtis Jackson
“I just want to kind of tackle every kind of form that exists in the comedy world; whether it be stand-up or hidden camera or parody. Kind of slap it in a movie with hip-hop artists and actors, comedians and girls. I just want to do something fun.” WorldWantKindFormArtistGirlActorsFunComedyCamerasHip HopHipsComedianHopsSlapParodyHip Hop Artist Author:Pauly Shore
“I think that hip-hop is more of an individual effort. That means you're an artist from the streets, they expect you to rap about the streets, because that's what happens there.” ThinkingMeanHappensArtistIndividualEffortStreetsHip HopRapHipsHopsIndividual Effort Author:Conor Oberst