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“Take emceeing, one of the foundations of hip-hop culture. A guy grabs a mic, steps up on stage and becomes a spokesman; the voice of the people. If anything, that might be the strongest similarity between hip-hop and comic books, with super heroes, like many rappers, fighting to make a change.”

People Ifs Book Might Guy Culture Fighting Voice Steps Stage Hero Foundation Hip Hop Comic Hips Hops Strongest Rapper Comic Book Making Changes Similarity Step Up Mics Super Hero

Author:Ali Shaheed Muhammad

“There have been a lot of hip-hop artists who have made a difference to people's lives, spreading the message of the struggle and representing for those who have overcome adversity.”

People Has Beens Made Artist Differences Struggle Messages Overcoming Adversity Hip Hop Hips Hops Overcoming Adversity Representing Hip Hop Artist

Author:Ali Shaheed Muhammad

“There's the shared imagery between hip-hop and comics, with some producers and emcees taking on super hero personas.”

Hero Hip Hop Producers Hips Hops Imagery Persona Super Hero Emcee

Author:Ali Shaheed Muhammad

“Much of hip-hop, like comic books, is fantastical by nature, too.”

Book Hip Hop Comic Hips Hops Comic Book

Author:Ali Shaheed Muhammad

“It's very rare that people let me hop off the crazy wagon.”

People Crazy Let Me Hops Wagons

Author:Jimmi Simpson

“Rhyme is cool again. It's because of hip-hop. Bless you, hip-hop.”

Hip Hop Hips Hops Bless Rhyme

Author:Gene Weingarten

“I think hip-hop needs a little bit of diversity.”

Thinking Needs Littles Bits Diversity Little Bit Hip Hop Hips Hops

Author:Phife Dawg

“New York has changed a whole lot. For worse I think because back when I was growing up in New York we were always the trendsetters. I don't care if it was from clothes to hip-hop music, to whatever. Right now New York is a bunch of followers. A lot of them are. It's really not the same.”

Ifs Thinking Whole Care Growing Up Growing New York Changed Right Now Clothes Hip Hop Don't Care Bunch Hips I Don't Care Hops Followers Back When Hip Hop Music

Author:Phife Dawg

“New York City pretty much reeked of music. Reeked of rap and hip-hop. As for me, growing up in a strict West Indian, Trinidadian household, and a Christian household as well, I had to fight for the right to go and actually be a part of it.”

Wells Christian Fighting Cities Growing Up Growing New York West Hip Hop Rap Hips Indian Hops New York City Household Strict Trinidadians

Author:Phife Dawg

“I listen to so much, I listen to a lot of reggae. Obviously I listen to hip-hop, that's what I make. I listen to soul. I love jazz. I love all types of music.”

Soul Type Jazz Hip Hop Hips Hops Reggae

Author:DJ Khaled

“I am proud of the hip hop generation. They are good business people and, actually, good people. It's strange that the only time the major press talks about them is when someone gets killed or does drugs or something; yet these are the same press people who made heroes out of the Mafia and other crooks, you know.”

People Knows Doe Made Generations Strange Proud Hero Drug Majors Presses Hip Hop Hips Hops Good People Only Time Mafia Crooks Good Business

Author:Nikki Giovanni

“Once you're done in hip-hop, you're done.”

Done Hip Hop Hips Hops

Author:Wyclef Jean

“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.”

Should Believe Wells I Believe Community Records Danger Should Have Hip Hop Hips Hops Sunshine

Author:Tony Sunshine

“I don't care who you talk about down south, Boosie gonna win. I'm the only one to put out a whole album, with more songs, so I don't care who said what. The fans tell the truth. I got real fans - more fans than everybody, so Boosie gonna win [in Hip Hop Survivor: Down South Edition.].”

Said Real Whole Care Song Winning Fans South Hip Hop Albums Don't Care Hips I Don't Care Telling The Truth Hops Survivor Boosie

Author:Lil Boosie

“Having grown up far, far away in a small country town in Australia, I was only slightly aware of hip-hop.”

Country Towns Hip Hop Hips Hops Australia Far Away Small Countries

Author:Baz Luhrmann

“I've always been a fan of hip hop and there are cats out there that I admire.”

Fans Cat Hip Hop Admire Hips Hops

Author:Rakim

“Hopefully we get back to the raw essence of hip hop again.”

Essence Hip Hop Hopefully Hips Hops Get Back

Author:Rakim

“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.”

Young My Own Views Jazz Hip Hop Hips Hops Dabbling

Author:Rakim

“There is still consciousness in hip hop.”

Stills Consciousness Hip Hop Hips Hops

Author:Rakim

“What I want to do right now is give hip hop back to the hood. Before it was a neighborhood thing where it belonged to the hood and the rappers were reporting and there were rules and parameters. Now it seems like the artist's game.”

Want Giving Seems Artist Games Right Now Hip Hop Hips Hops Neighborhood Rapper Hood Parameters

Author:Rakim

“Now it seems like hip hop belongs to the people you see in the videos and radios. So I want to give it bring it back to the hood, make a statement for NY to put us back in our proper perspective, and of course let them know that Ra still spits fire.”

People Knows Want Giving Stills Seems Courses Fire Perspective Hip Hop Radio Statements Video Hips Hops Spit Hood

Author:Rakim

“I think things are gonna change. I'm gonna take the age limit off of hip hop.”

Thinking Age Limits Hip Hop Hips Hops

Author:Rakim

“My son plays football so I coach a couple of his teams. My youngest son just started playing last year and I assistant coached for one of his teams. I try to be there as much as I can. I also want to kill the stereotype. I want them to respect me as a man and a father first and then if you like hip hop go buy my album.”

Ifs Men Want Trying Years Firsts I Can Play Lasts Father Team Football Son Couple Hip Hop Albums Coaches Hips Hops My Son Last Year Stereotype Assistants Respect Me Youngest Son

Author:Rakim

“Being in this game if you are gonna sell drugs and make records too then as many records you make is gonna be as many people that know you sell drugs. We got the hip hop cops listening now.”

People Ifs Knows Games Records Listening Drug Sells Hip Hop Hips Hops Cop

Author:Rakim

“Hip-hop had become overly aspirational and shiny, full of vivid technicolors. Cosmetic fronting was not part of the ethos of our get down. Our get down was more blue collar. Our aspirations were to shine a light on the plight and experience of the inner cities of America.”

Light America Cities Blue Shining Hip Hop Hips Aspiration Hops Vivid Collars Cosmetics Ethos Plight Inner City Blue Collar

Author:Lyor Cohen

“It's just these moments in hip-hop where you feel invincible. It felt good hearing the music on the radio and in cars, skating rinks, and clubs.”

Feels Moments Felt Car Hip Hop Radio Clubs Hearing Hips Hops Invincible Skating

Author:Swizz Beatz

“I've been watching battle rap since that time period when Cassidy was hot, Murda Mook and Lux first when at it. That was a very pivotal time in hip-hop.”

Firsts Periods Battle Hot Hip Hop Rap Hips Hops Pivotal Time Periods

Author:Ab-Soul

“I feel like Hip Hop culture has always been about [fashion]...it started in the street so it has always been a thing of the streets to be first.”

Feels Firsts Culture Streets Fashion Hip Hop Hips Hops

Author:Pusha T

“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.”

Believe Running Spirit Culture Saws Don't Believe Hip Hop Hips Hops Display Sneakers Competitive Spirit

Author:Pusha T

“People need to understand that hip-hop that has gun talk is just for entertainment; similar to if you were watching a movie. Film schools don't have anything against movies with violence.”

People Ifs Needs School Film Violence Gun Hip Hop Entertainment Hips Hops Film School

Author:Kanye West

“A lot of artists have a lot of different ventures, I think it's typical for a hip hop artist, at this point, to have a bunch of different ventures.”

Thinking Different Artist Hip Hop Bunch Hips Hops Typical Venture Hip Hop Artist

Author:Kanye West

“There's no major label in the world that would have let me make video game music, then conscious hip hop. They want you to find your audience, your lane, and stay in it until it ends. I can't do that.”

World Want I Can Ends Games Audience Majors Conscious Let Me Hip Hop Video Hips Labels Hops Lanes

Author:Raheem Jarbo

“What's happening right now in the Hip Hop industry is that it is deeply affected by the general economy of America.”

America Economy Industry Right Now Happenings Hip Hop Hips Hops Affected

Author:RZA

“There are rooms for traditional and contemporary and hip hop Gospel music.”

Rooms Hip Hop Contemporary Traditional Hips Hops Gospel Music

Author:T. D. Jakes

“I grew up in the time just when cassettes were waning and CDs were growing. And so mix tapes - and not mix CDs - mix tapes were an important part of the friendship and mating rituals of New York adolescents. If you were a girl and I wanted you - to show you I like you, I would make you a 90-minute cassette wherein I would show off my tastes. I would play you a musical theater song next to a hip-hop song next to an oldie next to some pop song you maybe never heard, also subliminally telling you how much I like you with all these songs.”

“I had friends who only listened to hip-hop. I had friends who only listened to musicals, and I stood proudly in the middle.”

Middle Hip Hop Hips Hops

Author:Lin-Manuel Miranda

“You aspire to be as great as Michael Jackson is as an artist. I don't think any artist in pop, rock or hip-hop has ever done it any bigger than him. You know what I mean? He's the man.”

Thinking Knows Men Mean Done Artist Rocks He Man Bigger Hip Hop Pops Hips Hops Aspire

Author:Bruno Mars

“I've sort of realized there's a definite pattern to my output at this point: there's an album that everybody sort of loves, that's a real balance between the old and new, like The Dreamer or No Beginning No End, like a blend of jazz and hip-hop, or r&b and soul and hip-hop.”

Real Soul Ends Balance Jazz Patterns Hip Hop Albums Hips Hops Dreamer Definite Output Old And New

Author:Jose James

“Underground hip-hop is, like, one of my foundations, I would say a cornerstone of my foundation of my musical tastes.”

Taste Foundation Musical Hip Hop Hips Hops Cornerstones Musical Taste

Author:Miguel

“I get freedom out of hip-hop. I get to be a true artist without any shackles or harnesses.”

Artist Hip Hop Hips Hops Harness Shackles True Artists

Author:Ice Cube

“No matter what part of the country you come from, you can always come together to make groundbreaking hip-hop.”

Country Matter Together No Matter What Hip Hop Hips Hops Groundbreaking

Author:Ice Cube

“I will say it's great - that Method Man - Cliff Smith - plays a rapper in a laundromat who is working out some lyrics sort of to the rhythm of a washing machine. And something about hip-hop culture and hip-hop is the ability to use current language and slang and reference details of life is very, very strong for me.”

“I think we need to sort of broaden our definition of poetry, which maybe it's a good thing that they just gave this Nobel Prize to [Bob] Dylan because blurring the lines of song lyrics and also hip-hop for me is like some of the greatest uses - most innovative uses of language in my lifetime.”

Thinking Needs Use Song Language Lines Good Things Lifetime Definitions Hip Hop Hips Hops Prize Bob Innovative Dylan Nobel Nobel Prize Use Of Language

Author:Jim Jarmusch

“I personally respect Bobby. He does really well on stage. Although I don't think his raps are exceptional or that he has a wide spectrum, his ability to dominate the stage is good, and he has a cool style of hip-hop that rappers aren't able to achieve.”

Thinking Wells Doe Able Ability Achieve Stage Style Hip Hop Rap Wide Hips Hops Rapper Exceptional Spectrum

Author:Kim Nam-joon

“Because Bobby and I are both under the category of idols, I think it became a larger controversy. I hope that many people are able to realize that within hip-hop, this is a way to express yourself and that it's natural.”

People Thinking Way Able Realizing Natural Hip Hop Hips Hops Categories Idols Controversy Express Yourself

Author:Kim Nam-joon

“I liked hip-hop, wanted to do rap, and wanted to stand on a large stage. If you look at it in another angle... it's something that I chose.”

Ifs Looks Wanted Stage Hip Hop Rap Hips Hops Angle

Author:Kim Nam-joon

“Because I believe that I know about that aspect of hip-hop better than any one else, I'm trying my best in order to be the most real I can in this situation.”

Knows Trying Believe I Can Real Order I Believe Situation Aspect Hip Hop Hips Hops

Author:Kim Nam-joon

“Why do you do smoky makeup, why do you try to act pretty on broadcast, etc. For hip-hop where purity is important and masculinity plays a large part, I believe it's definitely a critique that could come out.”

Trying Believe Important Play I Believe Hip Hop Hips Purity Etc Hops Makeup Masculinity Critique

Author:Kim Nam-joon

“If culture was a railroad, I can see the tracks running from the Spirituals to the Hip Hop Nation.”

Ifs I Can Running Culture Nations Track Hip Hop Hips Hops Railroads Track Running

Author:Nikki Giovanni

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