“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.” ThinkingSongCultureQualityHeardEmotionalBrotherExcitingHip HopHipsEvolveVulnerabilityHopsQuestsTribesJungleTribe Called Quest Author:Michael Rapaport
“I had gone to a talent show, I was interested in American hip-hop music, with my older brother, to another town and my town was attacked. I went from having an entire family to the next minute not having anything. It was very painful.” ShowsNextGoneMinutesTalentBrotherTownsHip HopPainfulHipsHopsOlder BrotherTalent ShowHip Hop Music Author:Ishmael
“I grew up with my older brother listening to hip hop, and Jay-Z was the main person I listened to. When it comes to his word play, he's just out of this world. That's my biggest inspiration when it comes to writing lyrics.” WorldWritingPersonsPlayInspirationThis WorldBrotherListeningGrewGrew UpHip HopHipsHopsOlder Brother Author:Tinchy Stryder
“I started off thinking Eminem was a flash in the pan, a kind of hip-hop Hanson brother. How wrong I was. Recovery is sometimes funny, sometimes terrible, always painfully honest. The matching of Eminem and Rihanna on "Love the Way You Lie" is pure genius. "Not Afraid" is pretty great too.” ThinkingWayKindSometimesLyingHonestBrotherGeniusTerriblePureHip HopRecoveryHipsHopsNot AfraidFlashMatching Author:Stephen King
“I want to learn something from my atheistic brothers and sisters, even though I'm a Christian. I want to learn something from my right-wing brothers and sisters, even though I'm a progressive. I want to learn something from the elderly, even though I'm middle-aged or tilting toward the elderly. I want to learn especially something from the youth. That's why I spend a lot of time in hip-hop studios.” WantChristianMiddleYouthBrotherWingsHip HopStudiosHipsHopsProgressiveBrothers And SistersElderlyRight WingAtheisticMiddle Aged Author:Cornel West
“I am street hip-hop brother. That's my biggest message with that one.” StreetsBrotherMessagesHip HopHipsHops Author:Styles P
“I, like anybody whoever met Eric Wright, was mesmerized & inspired. Eric was more like a big brother to me, to all of us. I always think to myself, if there was no Ruthless, West Coast hip hop would not have been as big.” IfsThinkingHas BeensBigsBrotherMetsWestInspiredHip HopHipsHopsCoastRuthlessEricWest CoastMesmerized Author:Kokane