“Like any great art, the culture of hip-hop has changed with the times. With the state of technology, music is more accessible and freely exchanged. For hip-hop to grow while keeping a sense of integrity, the essence of the culture has to be handed down and respected like any high form of art.” ArtStatesFormCultureGrowsTechnologyChangedIntegrityMusic IsEssenceDown AndHip HopHipsHopsGreat Art Author:One9
“Hip hop is at its essence a folk music, because it speaks the language that people are still speaking at ground zero, it speaks the language that people speak on the streets.” PeopleStillsSpeakLanguageStreetsMusic IsEssenceFolksHip HopHipsHopsZeroFolk MusicGround Zero Author:Talib Kweli
“No matter how far you go, if you can't go back to the essence, you're not sayin' nothin'. The essence for me is hip-hop. But the hip-hop community I came up in isn't a loyal community.” IfsMatterCommunityEssenceHip HopHipsHopsLoyal Author:Wyclef Jean
“Hopefully we get back to the raw essence of hip hop again.” EssenceHip HopHopefullyHipsHopsGet Back Author:Rakim
“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.” CultureCuttingEssenceHip HopDrawingHipsHops Author:DJ Shadow
“Linguine linguistics that left my verbal essence saucy, Send a message, leave you sleepin' next to headless horsey.” NextLeftMessagesEssenceHip HopRapLinguisticsHeadless Author:Action Bronson
“You gotta get back to your essence, Use your gifts and share your presence, Don't count your dollars 'til you count your blessings.” UseShareBlessingEssenceDollarsHip HopRapGet BackYour PresenceCount Your Blessings Author:Talib Kweli
“Be grateful for blessings, Don't ever change, keep your essence. The power is in the people and politics we address.” PeopleBlessingEssenceGratefulHip HopRapAddressesBe GratefulMe Against The World Author:Tupac Shakur
“With all this extra stressin The question I wonder is after death, after my last breath When will I finaly get to rest? Through this supression they punish the people that's askin questions And those that possess, steal from the ones without possesions The message I stress: to make it stop study your lessons Don't settle for less - even the genius asks-es questions Be grateful for blessings Don't ever change, keep your essence The power is in the people and politics we address.” PeopleLastsAsksWonderStudyGeniusLessonsBlessingMessagesEssenceStressBreathsGratefulHip HopStealingSettlingExtrasAddressesBe GratefulAfter Death Author:Tupac Shakur