“I was listening to a lot of hip hop, music like Public Enemy that was about raising consciousness, and I realised I could feed that directly into my work, using images in a way that was a bit like sampling - taking images from diverse places, exploring the contradictions without trying to hide the seams.” WayTryingBitsConsciousnessEnemyListeningHip HopHipsContradictionHopsDiverseExploringRealisedSamplingPublic EnemiesHip Hop Music Author:Chris Ofili
“I was listening to Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd, because that was new music for me. I really hadn't been up on them. I mean, I'd heard of them, but I wasn't up on their music. And I kept listening to Radiohead, and I was like, Man, I want to make hip-hop that feels like Radiohead. I want to make hip-hop that can use guitars and soul and jazz and just fuse it all together.” MenWantFeelsMeanSoulUseTogetherHeardListeningJazzGuitarHip HopHipsHopsNew MusicHendrixFuseRadiohead Author:Will Ferrell
“When I learned to play music, I was listening to blues music. And all the blues music I liked was super simple and stripped down. And then all the hip hop I liked was super simple and stripped down and we always heard that connection.” PlaySimpleHeardListeningConnectionsDown AndHip HopHipsHopsBlues Music Author:Dan Auerbach
“I grew up in predominantly black neighborhoods and went to predominantly black schools. And hip-hop is what I grew up listening to in my teenage years. Basically I'm just being myself.” YearsSchoolBlackListeningGrewGrew UpHip HopHipsHopsNeighborhoodJust BeingTeenageBeing MyselfTeenage Years Author:Mark Wahlberg
“I grew up listening to Tupac, Biggie and other hip hop artists in the 90s. To this day, their music is still some of my favorite.” StillsArtistMusicListeningGrewGrew UpMusic IsMy FavoriteHip HopHipsHopsThis DayBiggieHip Hop Artist Author:Michael Isabella
“I am so all over the place with my music taste, it's ridiculous. It is! I mean, I find myself listening to weird things like hardcore techno music and then I'll be listening to mainstream hip-hop music. But it's like I am so crazy with my music taste. I'll listen to a song, I'll become obsessed with it, and then I'm on to the next one. So it's just very inconsistent.” MeanSongNextCrazyListeningTasteHip HopRidiculousHipsObsessedHopsMainstreamInconsistentThe Next OneWeird ThingsHardcoreTechnoHip Hop Music Author:Taylor Lautner
“As an artist, I always just want to grow as a songwriter. I listen to a lot of music. I listen to music all the time, whether it's hip-hop or soul or rock or whatever. I'm always listening to music and trying to learn from other songwriters and how they tap into certain emotions and communicate more clearly.” WantTryingSoulArtistCertainGrowsEmotionRocksListeningHip HopCommunicateHipsHopsSongwritersListening To Music Author:Trip Lee
“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
“When I'm actually creating music, I try not to listen to the hip-hop records that are going on, because I think, subconsciously, we steal from each other. If you're listening to a record and it's really hot, then you'll be looking for something that feels like that, or that has a version of it.” IfsThinkingFeelsTryingRecordsListeningCreatingHotHip HopStealingVersionsHipsHopsCreating Music Author:Curtis Jackson
“Socially, hip-hop has done more for racial camaraderie in this country than any one thing. 'Cause guys like me, my kids - everyone under 45 either grew up loving hip-hop or hating hip-hop, but everyone under 45 grew up very aware of hip-hop. So when you're a white kid and you're listening to this music and you're being exposed to it every day on MTV, black people become less frightening. This is just a reality. What hip-hop has done bringing people together is enormous.” PeopleCountryDoneRealityKidsTogetherGuyHateCausesBlackWhiteOne ThingListeningGrewGrew UpHip HopEnormousLike MeHipsHopsBlack PeopleExposedFrighteningMtvCamaraderie Author:Michael Rapaport
“I listen to a lot of crazy stuff like pop, techno, rock, hip-hop, rap, baladas, bachata...my iPod is crazy. I like listening to a lot of stuff in different languages, so my music is always out there for me.” DifferentLanguageStuffCrazyRocksListeningMusic IsHip HopPopsRapHipsHopsIpodsDifferent LanguagesTechnoBachata Author:Prince Royce
“I've been listening to the old school hip-hop stuff and rock like The Beatles and the Rolling Stones.” SchoolStuffRocksListeningStonesHip HopHipsHopsRollingRolling StonesOld School Author:Mac Miller
“I've been writing songs since I was 10 years old and always had a penchant for rhyming. I started listening to hip hop through my friends and fell in love with it.” WritingYearsSongListeningMy FriendsHip HopHipsHopsWriting SongsRhyming Author:Hoodie Allen
“I have read countless comics books while listening to hip hop, and as a young one, I wasted countless hours practicing nunchuks to Schoolly D's "Saturday Night." I would give anything for a video of that.” GivingBookYoungNightHoursListeningHip HopVideoHipsHopsSaturdaySaturday NightYoung Ones Author:Axel Alonso
“I love listening to old records to keep nostalgic feeling; it allows me to not lose the love for hip-hop.” FeelingsLosesRecordsListeningHip HopHipsHopsNostalgicOld Records Author:Rakim
“I know a lot of mainstream hip-hop people, have been listening to things like Aphex Twin for years. When somebody first played me some of that album, I was just like, "Woah!"” PeopleKnowsYearsFirstsHas BeensListeningHip HopAlbumsHipsHopsMainstreamTwins Author:Justin Broadrick
“I think a lot of people can learn from listening to hip hop. It ain't always about beats and rhymes.” PeopleThinkingListeningBeatsHip HopHipsHopsRhyme Author:Raekwon
“I come from both sides of the spectrum: I grew up listening to hip-hop and R&B then learned how to make a track by tapping a bowl with a fork. I'm trying to compress all of my experiences all of the time.” TryingSidesListeningGrewGrew UpTrackHip HopHipsHopsBowlsBoth SidesSpectrumForksTapping Author:Lotic
“I used to breakdance, be a b-boy. I love hip-hop from back in the graffiti days, growing up listening to Michael Jackson. Loved it from birth. I know it all, from Afrika Bambaataa, the roots and the beginning. I came up in a good era.” KnowsUsedBoysGrowing UpGrowingListeningBirthRootsHip HopHipsErasHopsGraffitiKnow It All Author:DJ Khaled
“When I was growing up, hip-hop music existed as American thing. If you listened to it you were listening to an American subculture, whereas now you're just listening to pop music that everyone shares. I think that's big.” IfsThinkingBigsGrowing UpGrowingShareListeningHip HopPopsHipsHopsPop MusicJust ListenSubcultureHip Hop Music Author:Jonas Carpignano
“Oh, my other goal was that I wanted to talk about this area and this time in history. I wanted to talk about growing up in Oakland, a white kid, from this kind of generation of broken homes and listening to hip-hop.” KindHomeKidsWantedGoalWhiteGrowing UpGrowingGenerationsBrokenListeningAreasHip HopHipsHopsOaklandBroken Homes Author:Moshe Kasher
“Hip-hop to me right now is really easy listening. It's very easy listening, like there's nothing abrasive about it. There's no album that I put in my car that makes me roll down the windows - all the windows - and ride past the club line three times before I get out the car.” PastThreeEasyLinesCarListeningRight NowWindowHip HopAlbumsClubsHipsHopsThree Times Author:Pusha T
“That's why this generation is the least racist generation ever. You see it all the time. Go to any club. People are intermingling, hanging out, having fun, enjoying the same music. Hip-hop is not just in the Bronx anymore. It's worldwide. Everywhere you go, people are listening to hip-hop and partying together. Hip-hop has done that.” PeopleDoneTogetherFunEnjoyPartyGenerationsListeningHip HopClubsHipsHaving FunHopsRacistHanging OutThis GenerationBronxNightlife Author:Jay-Z
“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.” PeopleIfsKnowsGamesRecordsListeningDrugSellsHip HopHipsHopsCop Author:Rakim
“If I focus on being an activist and my job is to be a rapper, I'm not going to be as good of a rapper. I need to focus on hip-hop and focus on making the music, so that when the activists come to me and they need my voice to create a platform, then I've got enough people listening to me. Not because I'm conscious, but because I'm dope.” PeopleIfsNeedsEnoughJobsVoiceFocusListeningConsciousHip HopHipsHopsActivistRapperPlatformsDope Author:Talib Kweli