Quotes about Hip

Hip-hop is a vehicle. Votes: 3

Hip-Hop started out in the heart Votes: 3

Hip-Hop is bigger than the government. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is all over the planet. Votes: 3

Hip-hop has always been chronologically misunderstood. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is the last true folk art. Votes: 3

Hip-hop was super-exotic to us in Canada. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is about the brilliance of pavement poetry. Votes: 3

Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is a voice for voiceless poor people. Votes: 3

Hip-Hop went from selling crack to smoking it Votes: 3

Hip-hop didn't invent anything"¦ hip-hop re-invented everything. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is a cultural expression - it's embracing. Votes: 3

Hip-hop has always been exciting and interesting to us. Votes: 3

Hip-hop ain't died because of the South, that's retarded. Votes: 3

Hip-Hop is my vehicle to scientific and universal enlightenment Votes: 3

Hip is the knowledge and Hop is the movement.. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is a perfect mix between poetry and boxing. Votes: 3

Hip-hop for me has always been hardcore and edgy. Votes: 3

Hip-hop, you're close to 50. When can we grow up? Votes: 3

Hip-hop was fast, originally. It was always fast music. Votes: 3

Hip-Hop aint dead, it just had a heart attack. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is not the problem, our reality is the problem. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is about the human condition; it's about people's lives. Votes: 3

Hip-hop can be limiting and I refuse to accept limits. Votes: 3

Detroit is right now a new Mecca for Hip Hop. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is supposed to help you elevate, or go higher. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is too young to put a definition on it Votes: 3

Rap is something you do Hip Hop is something you live Votes: 3

Hip-hop, you can't really do that when you're in your 50s. Votes: 3

Hip Nip just sounds groovy. A drummer laid it on me. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is rock & roll. What the hell is Wu-Tang but Motorhead? Votes: 3

The Bronx is famous for two things. Hip-hop, and 26 world championships. Votes: 3

Rap is rhythm and poetry. Hip-hop is storytelling and poetry as well. Votes: 3

Hip Hop is thee dominant youth culture in the world right now. Votes: 3

Hip is the sophistication of the wise primitive in a giant jungle. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is more than music, it's a culture. It's bigger than hit songs. Votes: 3

For casual wear, I'm obsessed with Onassis in Soho. Hip-preppy and well priced. Votes: 3

Hip doesn't really come into play anymore as far as I can tell. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight. Votes: 3

I think it's a beautiful thing how Hip Hop is received by the world. Votes: 3

Pretty soon I think you'll have Republicans, Democrats and Hip Hop as a party. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is definitely not what it used to be, which was creative, original music. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is definitely not what it used to be, which was creative, original music. Votes: 3

It still feels like Hip Hop is in the early '80s on Broadway. Votes: 3

Hip-hop was the culture that I grew up with; I am part of this culture. Votes: 3

Hip Hop has become real constrained. The creative juices and creative flows have been diminished. Votes: 3

All music now is influenced by Hip Hop. It's so deeply ingrained in the culture. Votes: 3

Hip-hop educated me about other forms of music, because it sampled from all different styles. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is a way of life. It isn't a genre in truth in 'American Idol.' Votes: 3

Hip-hop has done more damage to black and brown people than racism in the last 10 years, Votes: 3

The motto goes: Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll. I prefer: Love, Hugs and Hip-Hop Soul. Votes: 3

Fitzgerald coined the phrase the 'Jazz Age,' and now we're living in the Hip-Hop Age. Votes: 3

Hip Hop will always have a lane of its own, for those that appreciate the culture. Votes: 3

When you talk about rap you have to understand that rap is part of the Hip-Hop culture. Votes: 3

Laugh now, cry later: this is the karma. Hip-hop never died, it's just sick of the drama. Votes: 3

Hip-hop deals with bragging and braggadocio, being boastful. It's always been about who's got the most money. Votes: 3

Hip-hop gave a generation a common ground that didn't require either race to lose anything; everyone gained. Votes: 3

Hip-hop took some lessons from rock 'n' roll, and rock 'n' roll took some lessons from hip-hop. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is interesting, but American pop music doesn't have the kind of diversity that the UK does. Votes: 3

Hip hop has evolved, thankfully. Kids are making music that is important to their lives and outlooks. Votes: 3

Hip-hop...has been the proverbial key that's opened the door for me to roam this breathtaking planet. Votes: 3

Hip-Hop is being spoken through spirituality... Meaning that you'll be able to listen to it spiritually for yourself. Votes: 3

Hip-hop can be a very closed-off community. Sometimes these barriers are demographic but it can be musical, too. Votes: 3

Heltah Skeltah-meets-Portishead would be like the Brand New Heavies Hip Hop album, something like that. That's dope, word. Votes: 3

Hip-hop and R&B are especially fertile bases of collaboration. It always makes good records and good music. Votes: 3

Hip hop is kinda funny because the further you get into it the more at risk you are. Votes: 3

If you look at any movement Hip Hop would be the most influential in the last maybe 15, 20 years. Votes: 3

Hip-hop has never had boundaries - the more adventurous it is, the more popular it seems to be. Votes: 3

I am one of the founders of Hip-Hop along with my brothers Kool DJ Herc and Grandmaster Flash. Votes: 3

For me the top music though has to be Rock or Hip Hop and artists like Kanye West. Votes: 3

If Hip Hop has the ability to corrupt young minds, it also has the ability to Uplift them. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is always moving. It's always looking for the next style; it's always trying to one-up the last person. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is mostly what I listen to, other than jazz. I've given up on pop music and indie rock. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is a beautiful culture. It's inspirational, because it's a culture of survivors. You can create beauty out of nothingness. Votes: 3

Dear Hip Hop, we can't scream 'murder, misogyny, lawlessness' in our music & then turn around and ask for equality & justice. Votes: 3

Hip hop's got 30 years of history and we wanted to show that. A lot of us grew up with it. Votes: 3

Hip-Hop isn't just music, it is also a spiritual movement of the blacks! You can't just call Hip-Hop a trend! Votes: 3

The thing that's good about Hip Hop is that it has experimented with a lot of different sounds and music. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is universal now, it's all commercial now. It's like a circle full of circus clowns up in the circuit now. Votes: 3

Hip Hop can be a very effective way to reach young people and teach them about current political and social issues. Votes: 3

What's happening right now in the Hip Hop industry is that it is deeply affected by the general economy of America. Votes: 3

Hip-hop was my first audience - I would rap in the mirror, walk down the street and listen to my Walkman. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is a competition culture. It's based around, "My DJ is better than you. My graffiti artist is better than you." Votes: 3

Hip-hop was created out of necessity. We needed to create some digitized things to help us understand what we were feeling. Votes: 3

Hip-hop has globalized a conception of blackness that has had a political impact, whether or not it had a political intent. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is ever changing but you'll always have the pack. And you'll always have those people who are separated from the pack. Votes: 3

Hip hop culture has done more for race relations in American than anything since Martin Luther King. And I really believe that. Votes: 3

Hip-hop in Africa has been very often a duplication of an American experience, but in a context that's totally alien to it. Votes: 3

So from Jazz, Blues, R&B, Soul, Classical and Country music, Hip Hop has introduced us to a little bit of everything. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is just something I actually know how to do. But I always had aspirations to participate in other forms of music. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is really standoffish. It's really competitive and it's really about who's number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is such a wide statement of culture that everyone is not the same, and it's impossible to put it into one box. Votes: 3

I'm 60, and I did 60-year-old women songs. I'm not trying to be the Hip-Hop Queen, although I am the original Hip Hop Queen. Votes: 3

Hip-hop saved my life, man. It's the only thing I've ever been even decent at. I don't know how to do anything else. Votes: 3

Hip hop has always been braggin' and boasting and 'I'm better at you than this' and 'I'm better at you than that.' Votes: 3

I grew up on Hip Hop, it's the music I love and it's the music I respect. I respect the culture...that's me. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is an instant gratification, winners and losers circle, and often those who are losing give up after three or four, five years. Votes: 3

I was fed by the music I listened to as a kid. Hip-hop fed me psychologically, spiritually, politically. I learned from that music. Votes: 3

I am not of the impression that an overwhelming amount Hip Hop artists are super savvy on Broadway and it's goings-on, but who knows... Votes: 3

Hip-hop music has done a very good job of maintaining the political context, where they stand and not giving a sh-t what people think. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is still cool at a party. But to me, hip-hop has never been strictly a party; it is also there to elevate consciousness. Votes: 3

That's part of the reason I called the album 'Shoot From The Hip.' I did feel it was time to open up more. Votes: 3

Hip Hop has introduced us to a lot of genres that we probably wouldn't even listen to in our own homes from our parents. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is so much about character and caricature that people just see you as a character. Very rarely are you flesh and bone to people. Votes: 3

Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as art. Votes: 3

Hip-hop and R&B is mostly what I listen to. I don't have a connection with punk rock - I just never had that experience. Votes: 3

Hip-hop has a feeling element, it's not just about knowing music. It's not like classical music or jazz where you can go on raw energy. Votes: 3

We listen to the early '90s Hip-Hop that we were raised on. I still think that stuff is better than anything you hear nowadays. Votes: 3

R&B is everything. Hip Hop, Soul, Gospel and Classical Blues are everything. All of that makes sense in BJ The Chicago Kid and what we do. Votes: 3

Hip-hop and being a pro athlete go hand in hand. When they come together, it's a win, not just for your business brand but also for culture. Votes: 3

I had a really good time on the show [Sisterhood of Hip Hop]. Most of all, what I've learned is I need to share what it is that I know. Votes: 3

I leave the hip thrusts to Michael Jackson. Votes: 2

I love hip hop music, I make hip hop music. Votes: 2

She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket. Votes: 2

The day that I ever become hip... please shoot me and put me outta my misery! Votes: 2

Ultimately I am happy that everybody is embracing hip hop and the sounds from the streets. Votes: 2

Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip. Votes: 2

I had to overcome the name Rock. If I'd been as hip then as I am now, I would have never consented to be named Rock. Votes: 2

My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call hip hop. Votes: 2

For years, I've felt like the loneliest brother on the planet. I don't play basketball, I can't dance, and I'd rather listen to Harry Nilsson than hip hop. Votes: 2

Sexiness should not be overt. Something shapeless that drapes across your hip, hangs off the shoulder; something that cowls in the front, drapes low in the back, that's sexy. Votes: 2

A very beautiful young woman once asked me to sign her breasts. That was back when I was a hip young thing - it's been all downhill since then. Votes: 2

If only media people would stop reaching for the low-hanging fruit, which is cynicism and pessimism, and stopped trying so hard to be hip and cool and have a swagger. Votes: 2

I don't only like rap music. There's everything from R&B to crazy gangster rap, hip hop... everything! But it all blends together nicely. It's like a magical music rainbow. Votes: 2

We played at a club called, the Elbow Room. Don Carlos, the nightclub owner, was very hip and a very important person who made a big impact on my life. Votes: 2

How you act, walk, look and talk is all part of Hip Hop culture. And the music is colorless. Hip Hop music is made from Black, brown, yellow, red and white. Votes: 2

I'm like old shoes. I've never been hip. I think the reason I'm still here is that I was never enough in fashion that I had to be replaced by something new. Votes: 2

As a brother and sister, our tastes were pretty different growing up. He liked a lot of early hip hop. My dad didn't understand it and would try to talk him out of it. Votes: 2

November is Hip-Hop History Month, where we give celebration to what hip hop has done to bring together people of the world, people of all nationalities, young people, all the political systems and politicians on the planet. Votes: 2

I will say that there is an inordinate amount of medicine in my novels, especially the first one. There are a lot of medical things that happen. A hip fracture, three different kinds of lung cancer, pneumonia, blood poisoning, and so on. Votes: 2

Here's Kanye, the great musical genius of his generation in hip hop, but, like, society really can't even deal with him because he's always saying something that people go, 'Oh, I can't believe Kanye said that. I can't believe he did that.' Votes: 2

Mike Myers as Austin Powers makes me laugh - that was genius - and Daffy Duck makes me laugh, but I like odd behavior. I don't like hip dialogue and one-liners and all that sort of cool, sophomoric comedy. It's just not for me. Votes: 2

But I was losing so much bone density that I would have been in grave danger. And I mean grave danger. If I had let it go just a few more years I could have broken my hip or spine just picking up my granddaughter. Votes: 2

I'd like to see people pay attention to the science of hip hop. The knowledge part, the political side of what hip hop could do, or where hip hop is gonna go. I always say it's gonna become universal as we become a galactic union. Votes: 2

Back in the day, if someone said that hip hop and rap was a fad, that was a joke to me because they just didn't know what they were talking about. In reality, there were so many people who didn't know what they were talking about it. Votes: 2

You have to take into account it was the cell phone that became what the modern-day concept of a phone call is, and this is a device that's attached to your hip 24/7. Before that there was 'leave a message' and before that there was 'hopefully you're home.' Votes: 2

My definition of hip hop is taking elements from many other spheres of music to make hip hop. Whether it be breakbeat, whether it be the groove and grunt of James Brown or the pickle-pop sounds of Kraftwerk or Yellow Magic Orchestra, hip hop is also part of what they call hip-house now, or trip hop, or even parts of drum n' bass. Votes: 2

I'd always loved hip-hop. Votes: 0

I shoot from the hip. Votes: 0

I'm not hip-hop. I'm Tyler. Votes: 0

Country's hip; it's cool music. Votes: 0

Today's Baudelaires are hip-hop artists. Votes: 0

I'm a big hip hop fan. Votes: 0

It's either hip or it ain't. Votes: 0

Skating is now retro and hip. Votes: 0

My son is a hip-hop producer. Votes: 0

I feel like I changed hip-hop. Votes: 0

There is still consciousness in hip hop. Votes: 0

I'm the hip-hop Quincy Jones of today Votes: 0

I like hip-hop, I like yay music. Votes: 0

Feed me hip-hop and I start tremblin' Votes: 0

When I die, so does hip hop. Votes: 0

Once you're done in hip-hop, you're done. Votes: 0

I'm the lyrical vendor, hip-hop is my shop Votes: 0

I love hip-hop, R&B, techno and Latin. Votes: 0

anyone who used the word hip probably wasn't. Votes: 0

If you're trying to be hip, be hip. Votes: 0

Most of the hip-hop people are very straight. Votes: 0

Always keep an 'out' in your hip pocket. Votes: 0

I'm like old shoes, I've never been hip. Votes: 0

I am a hip-hop fanatic, and rock fanatic. Votes: 0

Eminem is like the godfather of the hip-hop game, Votes: 0

Growth and value investing are joined at the hip. Votes: 0

Public Enemy is the security of the hip-hop party. Votes: 0

I still gotta reacquaint myself with the hip-hop audience. Votes: 0

I do after-school ballet and also hip-hop and jazz. Votes: 0

There's always been a hip-hop element to my trousers. Votes: 0

Well, hip-hop is what makes the world go around. Votes: 0

I like music. Country, hip-hop, R&B, sometimes classical. Votes: 0

My wife's hip, beautiful and independent and never jealous. Votes: 0

I think hip-hop needs a little bit of diversity. Votes: 0

Take it from me, its hip to be square. Votes: 0

I am so hip even my errors are correct Votes: 0

Come on, I'm from Iceland; I don't do hip-hop. Votes: 0

I may be Jewish, but my religion is hip-hop. Votes: 0

I like Nine Inch Nails, and I like hip-hop. Votes: 0

I am to hip-hop what Obama is to politics Votes: 0

Don't want to get tipsy and break a hip. Votes: 0

I'm not hip, I'm not cool, I'm not glib. Votes: 0

I give 'em the hip, then I take it away. Votes: 0

I aim my music at the hip black hip-hop audience. Votes: 0

You are not doing hip hop; you ARE hip hop. Votes: 0

How can hip hop be dead if Wu-Tang is forever? Votes: 0

Don King is a hip exploiter, an intelligent flesh peddler Votes: 0

I'm a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap. Votes: 0

You don't decide you're hip. It just happens that way. Votes: 0

Much of hip-hop, like comic books, is fantastical by nature, too. Votes: 0

I'm a huge hip-hop fan from way back in the day. Votes: 0

Rap is just a movement within the larger culture of hip-hop. Votes: 0

I'm headed towards greatness. I think I'm making history in hip-hop. Votes: 0

My brother's been producing rap music and hip-hop for maybe 10 years. Votes: 0

MTV didn't call. I guess I wasn't hip and groovy enough. Votes: 0

At one time, MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Votes: 0

MTV didn't call. I guess I wasn't hip and groovy enough Votes: 0

Rap is a gimmick, but I'm for the hip-hop, the culture. Votes: 0

I'm gonna try and change the course of hip hop again. Votes: 0

The courage to be yourself is the essence of hip hop Votes: 0

I live in hip-hop. I don't find it to be offensive. Votes: 0

Rhyme is cool again. It's because of hip-hop. Bless you, hip-hop. Votes: 0

There are rooms for traditional and contemporary and hip hop Gospel music. Votes: 0

I agree that a lot of mainstream corporate sold hip-hop is self-hating. Votes: 0

A community of seriously hip observers is a scary and depressing thing. Votes: 0

I am street hip-hop brother. That's my biggest message with that one. Votes: 0

When I was growing up, hip-hop was still a pretty specialised thing. Votes: 0

We're rhyming; we're carrying the banner representing hardcore hip-hop to the death. Votes: 0

Especially when I'm in the gym, I get really motivated by hip-hop. Votes: 0

There's a real self-serving element to hip-hop that threatens its life span. Votes: 0

I think hip hop is a dance music that's rebellious by nature. Votes: 0

I'm a Jewish kid who grew up loving hip hop in NY. Votes: 0

My love for the female hip hop movement has always been genuine. Votes: 0

Hopefully we get back to the raw essence of hip hop again. Votes: 0

I can't really even name a person I like in hip-hop music. Votes: 0

I love hip-hop and you can't tell me I'm not a hip-hop artist. Votes: 0

Change is a direct element of hip-hop. That's the whole thing with style. Votes: 0

Dave Rath is recovering. A month ago he had hip pocket replacement surgery. Votes: 0

If you asked me what pop is right now. I'd say hip hop. Votes: 0

Throughout hip-hop people have been putting different elements with different types of music. Votes: 0

A lot of the hip hop artists don't write music. They write words. Votes: 0

I've done so many hip-hop albums already I got tired of just hip-hop. Votes: 0

There's a number of hip-hop artists who are highly talented but politically retrograde. Votes: 0

I am who I am, in terms of shooting from the hip occasionally. Votes: 0

I prance around and dance by myself to hip-hop songs in the mirror. Votes: 0

My parents are so cool, so chill, super hip. They know what's up. Votes: 0

I was playing hip-hop when everybody else was playing the giant rave music. Votes: 0

The first rap record came out in '79, but hip-hop began in '69. Votes: 0

In baseball you train the whole body, except for the hip and eyes. Votes: 0

An erring colleague is not an Amalkite to be smitten hip and thigh. Votes: 0

I believe hip hop is being used in some mass way to influence underachievement. Votes: 0

There are plenty of people who are, I think, completely racist who love hip-hop. Votes: 0

I grew up around salsa, merengue, bachata, bass music, freestyle, hip-hop, techno, house, rave. Votes: 0

[Moses] is obsessed with hip-hop and wanted a gold chain like his uncle Jay-Z. Votes: 0

Everyone has pencils in their house, no matter how hip and contemporary they are. Votes: 0

Politics are not unlike war. Sometimes it is necessary to shoot from the hip. Votes: 0

I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's like sweat, on people's backs. Votes: 0

One of the things that's really the cornerstone of '90s hip-hop is sampling. Votes: 0

There are no natural barriers. It's all music. It's either hip or it ain't. Votes: 0

I don't take modern hip-hop as real. It's entertaining, it's fake, like James Bond. Votes: 0

I don't even listen to hip-hop anymore. All my friends are white and over 40. Votes: 0

That's what hip-hop is: It's sociology and English put to a beat, you know. Votes: 0

The part of modern pop music I don't know much about is hip hop. Votes: 0

I was a hip kid. When I saw Bambi it was the midnight show. Votes: 0

I came up in hip-hop, where people value the ability to tell it straight. Votes: 0

All my teenage years my punk was hip-hop - I just hated pop music. Votes: 0

Earnestness can go wrong in hip hop. On this album, it goes very right. Votes: 0

Kids won't watch older movies - they want to see what's hip right now. Votes: 0

I like hip-hop music, but some of the lyrics make me want to cry. Votes: 0

Spices are very hot, very hip. I love spices. I've always loved the Mediterranean flavors. Votes: 0

Sales and marketing need to be joined at the hip, and aligned around the customer. Votes: 0

I was a fan of heavy music - first metal, then punk, then hip hop. Votes: 0

I've been a fan of hip-hop for a really long time, and I still am. Votes: 0

I think there's too much of the wrong type of influences that stem from hip-hop. Votes: 0

My shows will always be inspired by hip hop culture and my upbringing within it. Votes: 0

I'm not a boy band kind of girl. I like hip-hop, I like R&B. Votes: 0

I am a hip-hop artist, as you probably know. My hip-hop name is Big Smalls. Votes: 0

I'm a hip-hop head, I grew up with it. So I've always loved the music. Votes: 0

I know about hip-hop culture, whether it's graffiti writing or DJ-ing or being an MC. Votes: 0

We're hip to the fact that Superman never saved no black people. You got that? Votes: 0

With dance, it's about education. I'm teaching a lot. I teach the foundations of hip-hop. Votes: 0

Back before I injured my hip, I thought going to the gym was for wimps. Votes: 0

The principles of true hip-hop have been forsaken, It's all contractual and about money makin'. Votes: 0

I'm not a poster boy for misogyny and I don't think hip-hop should be either. Votes: 0

Big bad merc, down with a basic hip toss. In your place I'd be blushing. Votes: 0

People who say that music is dead or hip-hop is dead are refusing to evolve. Votes: 0

I wake up hip-hop, Go to sleep hip-hop, Dream 'bout hip-hop, 'Cause I AM HIP-HOP. Votes: 0

I love hip-hop; I love Sleigh Bells. I also love classical music and musical theater. Votes: 0

There shouldn't be any violence in hip-hop. You're getting free clothes. Basically, it's free money. Votes: 0

The way his plump hand clutched at her hip seemed somehow improper; not morally, aesthetically. Votes: 0

I dabble in hip-hop, but my knowledge is so minimal, it's not even worth talking about. Votes: 0

I wanna be selective... very selective. Right now, hip-hop's very boring to me. It's no excitement. Votes: 0

I have a very family-like connection to hip-hop, which is why it frustrates me so much. Votes: 0

There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible. Votes: 0

Dropkick Murphys get me going, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana... plus, all the regular hip-hop stuff. Votes: 0

The last batter to hit, blast shattered your hip, Smash any splitter or fastball-that'll be it. Votes: 0

When I think of influential females in hip-hop, my mind goes to Foxy Brown, hands down. Votes: 0

People underestimate the hip-hop audience and the capacity to understand politics when it's part of music. Votes: 0

A lot of people forget that R&B put hip-hop on, R&B put rock on. Votes: 0

I talked about adopting a baby when I was 20 years old, before it became 'hip.' Votes: 0

I think things are gonna change. I'm gonna take the age limit off of hip hop. Votes: 0

I'm not a big radio guy, I don't listen to whatever is the hip new thing. Votes: 0

I try hard to look hip but ladylike; current, but not like I'm trying to be 16. Votes: 0

It's so hard for cool people these days. They just don't want us to be hip. Votes: 0

People can look to me as a teacher, but I consider myself a student of hip-hop. Votes: 0

Originality is so hip and cool, but to be original you must dare to be corny. Votes: 0

Hopefully, we learn to appreciate hip-hop here so that it doesn't go the way of jazz. Votes: 0

Everyone has the notion that hip-hop is messy and loose, but there's also another level to it. Votes: 0

I've always been a fan of hip hop and there are cats out there that I admire. Votes: 0

It's always fun to put on bell bottoms and have your butt hanging out and hip huggers. Votes: 0

My flow follows sometimes what's going on in the hip-hop industry even though I'm speaking Jamaican patois. Votes: 0

It's odd to see a black person painting his nails in Miami, especially in the hip-hop community. Votes: 0

Every word I utter for hip hop lovers Will reflect forever like two mirrors facing each other... Votes: 0

I'm gonna be the first hip-hop designer and because of that I'm gonna be bigger than Wal-Mart. Votes: 0

I started dancing when I was 3 in Toledo, Ohio, and started hip-hop dancing at the age of 7. Votes: 0

I'm a total hip-hop geek. That's my favorite kind of music to listen to while getting ready. Votes: 0

I am proud of the hip hop generation. They are good business people and, actually, good people. Votes: 0

What I don't like is dance music or hip hop or any of that sort of thing. Votes: 0

It's not about what you get out but what you put into hip hop as a genre. Votes: 0

The 'king of hip hop' is always the poster child for capitalism, no matter who it is. Votes: 0

Every time you ask yourself where hip-hop's going, ask yourself where you're going; how are you doing? Votes: 0

I realize I look very hip hop but I'm really more emo with a definite Brazilian flavor. Votes: 0

Blues, rock and hip hop are more about a lifestyle and culture than notes on a page. Votes: 0

This is hip-hop. If you've got something you want to rap about, just rap about it, man. Votes: 0

To me, hip hop will never be right until female rappers have a stronger voice in it. Votes: 0

The world that I come from is the world of raves, hip-hop clubs, and rock and roll. Votes: 0

I have always touched on different genres whether it has been hip-hop, country and the rock element. Votes: 0

I've been listening to the old school hip-hop stuff and rock like The Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Votes: 0

I'm a fan of hip-hop and I love it, I by no means am an expert on it. Votes: 0

We want to show how hip-hop, which kind of fuels today's basketball stars, is directly related to jazz. Votes: 0

Most music that comes out of Holland is basically the harder part of dance music - hip-hop, drum'n'bass. Votes: 0

I still love old-school hip-hop, but there hasn't been a lot that I've taken from the new stuff. Votes: 0

Let's all start wearing bolo ties, and when they become hip again, we'll all say we were kidding. Votes: 0

A lot of underground hip-hop will inspire me as far as rhyme patterns - really wordy, intelligent lyrics. Votes: 0

I don't know, I feel like as time has gone on, hip-hop has become really redundant and repetitive. Votes: 0

I'm forever learning and that's why I'm always able to create new styles and new dimensions of hip-hop. Votes: 0

Between New York and LA, there's 200 million people that aren't hip, and they don't want to be hip. Votes: 0

Knowing yourself and expressing it is hip. I think knowing yourself is the real journey, for me anyway. Votes: 0

Would the Element be a car for people who like hip-hop, or for people waiting for a hip-op? Votes: 0

You have this ability in hip hop to be invincibly cool, and that is a part of G-Eazy. Votes: 0

Everyone's been on the "hip-hop is dead" campaign for years, and now it's the most unsure-of-itself genre ever. Votes: 0

I get freedom out of hip-hop. I get to be a true artist without any shackles or harnesses. Votes: 0

I'm a musician. I play instruments. I dabble in the hip-hop field. That doesn't take vocal ability necessarily. Votes: 0

I played a little bit of everything. I got Ace of Bass, hip-hop songs, and dance hall [music]. Votes: 0

Put your hands on your hip, let your back bone slip. Do the Watusi, like my little Lucy. Votes: 0

I live or die for hip-hop and it's a beautiful form but you're a writer first and foremost. Votes: 0

There's the shared imagery between hip-hop and comics, with some producers and emcees taking on super hero personas. Votes: 0

To be hip-hop is much more than just rapping in the production. It is more in the attitude. Votes: 0

I love the sounds of Latin jazz, R&B, hip-hop, alternative, all that stuff. I'm a radio kid. Votes: 0

Morrissey wrote a really gorgeous song for me. I'm crazy for that man. And he thinks I'm hip! Votes: 0

Right now I'm taking a break from hip-hop documentaries. But I would do it if things lined up. Votes: 0

As far as hip-hop is concerned, I'm no expert and rarely think consciously about how I "represent" hip-hop. Votes: 0

Dancehall is just like hip-hop in that it doesn't always talk about bling; it talks about conscious issues. Votes: 0

I make soul music for hip-hop heads. It's music I'd want to sample if I were a rapper. Votes: 0

I was bringing the whole music, hip-hop, art, break dancing and urban cultural thing to the downtown table. Votes: 0

If you can make the hits, then you won't be an Internet rapper anymore. It's good for hip-hop. Votes: 0

Old-school hip hop, i.e., whatever was popular when you were nineteen, is great. Everything since then is intolerable. Votes: 0

One thing I always loved about hip-hop music was the raw, boom-bap element - it felt powerful and manly. Votes: 0

It's just hypocrisy on hip-hop's part to cry racial profiling when your race is on TV acting like fools. Votes: 0

I think hip-hop is really fun right now... and that's why people are using dance beats and singing more. Votes: 0

I recently have had a full hip replacement and a liver transplant, and I'm getting used to the medication. Votes: 0

Earnestness is highly underestimated. It comes from the core, while hip is trying to impress you on the surface. Votes: 0

Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, may have had his charms, but he really couldn't be considered hip. Votes: 0

I'm just starting to take some more voice lessons but hell no, I'll always stick into the hip-hop genre. Votes: 0

It's not very hip to consider the plight of single women who yearn for something so old-fashioned as men. Votes: 0

No matter what part of the country you come from, you can always come together to make groundbreaking hip-hop. Votes: 0

For years the Trio did nothing but play for musicians and other hip people. We practically starved to death. Votes: 0

There's top 40 R&B/hip-hop, which is probably sexy but you wouldn't listen to it for a musical awakening. Votes: 0

I think hip-hop is actually one of the most challenging things that's happened in music in a long time. Votes: 0

Salsa, classic rock, soul music, jazz... all of that was a part of my education in making hip-hop music. Votes: 0

I love pop music just as much as I like rap music, or ill-ass hip-hop music, or rock music. Votes: 0

My favorite era of hip-hop was between '85-'89. That was the era that got me to love hip-hop. Votes: 0

Being a part of SKECHERS is exciting. It is such a hip company with a great attitude and image. Votes: 0

I can dance. I like hip hop and stuff and jazz movements, but I'm horrible in ballet. I tried. Votes: 0

Notorious B.I.G. was one of my favorites. I started getting into hip-hop around the Bad Boy era. Votes: 0

I've been dancing my entire life. Jazz, hip hop, ballet. And then there's tap dancing. I love to tap. Votes: 0

If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. Votes: 0

My boyfriend says I dress like a rock star but I would say my style is hip and comfortable. Votes: 0

I wasn't born with a tie or with Mark Shields stapled to my left hip. I have another life. Votes: 0

Don't try so hard to be hip. When the Church finds out what is cool, it is not cool anymore. Votes: 0

I do think that hip-hop has a relationship with comic book culture, and Kung Fu movies too, for that matter. Votes: 0

Everyone who raps isn't hip-hop. To be hip-hop, you've got to know the culture. You got to know the history. Votes: 0

I wasn't hip to 'Samurai Jack' until I saw it, but then I was all, 'This show is awesome!' Votes: 0

Our mission for younger people is to do our best to make exercise cool, hip - the thing to do. Votes: 0

I didn't really grow up on hip-hop. Ella Fitzgerald and the old school jazz divas are more my comfort zone. Votes: 0

My old school hip-hop would probably consist of Bad N-Fluenz, The Dangerous Crew, Seagrams, Mr. ILL, RBL Posse, Rappin' 4-Tay. Votes: 0

No one would argue against the fact that L.A. leads the country in opportunities for being hip and pretentious. Votes: 0

Our mission for younger people is to do our best to make exercise cool, hip - the thing to do. Votes: 0

I think hip-hop has more to do with rock and roll. Kanye West is, in many ways, a rock artist. Votes: 0

I love hip-hop and soul, but I desperately want to challenge it and see what I can bring to it. Votes: 0

I can take any series of numbers and turn it into music, from Bach to bebop, Herbie Hancock to hip-hop, Votes: 0

I love listening to old records to keep nostalgic feeling; it allows me to not lose the love for hip-hop. Votes: 0

From wrestling to my hip-hop thing, I've just been able to do so much and meet so many crazy characters. Votes: 0

Everyone's hip to the fact that we all do things to accentuate our looks - and it's much more accepted. Votes: 0

I can take any series of numbers and turn it into music, from Bach to bebop, Herbie Hancock to hip-hop. Votes: 0

Everyone's hip to the fact that we all do things to accentuate our looks - and it's much more accepted Votes: 0

I don't see what people get from hating other people unless it's a special thing I just ain't hip to. Votes: 0

Underground hip-hop is, like, one of my foundations, I would say a cornerstone of my foundation of my musical tastes. Votes: 0

I think a lot of people can learn from listening to hip hop. It ain't always about beats and rhymes. Votes: 0

The borders and boundaries of hip-hop have been broken all over the world. There's a great scene everywhere you go. Votes: 0

I don't believe I've ever played a hip dude. I don't think I would have the wherewithal to do that. Votes: 0

Having grown up far, far away in a small country town in Australia, I was only slightly aware of hip-hop. Votes: 0

I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short term. Earnest is long term. Votes: 0

I'm still a hip-hop producer. I never put a label on what I can do as a producer or a DJ. Votes: 0

I love hip-hop, because you can do this like that and still be super successful! You ain't gotta hold your tongue. Votes: 0

But I've been freestyling and messing around with rhyming since I was 13. That's when I really started listening to hip-hop music. Votes: 0

There's always going to be space for battle in hip hop. For competition. It's just an inseparable part of the game. Votes: 0

I do think that some bands seem to be dabbling in the rock-hip-hop world and are not necessarily serious about it. Votes: 0

It was mostly through pop culture, through hip-hop, through Dungeons & Dragons and comic books that I acquired much of my vocabulary. Votes: 0

When I first heard hip-hop I thought it was rubbish because I didn't understand the concept of people talking over music, Votes: 0

Janie’s hip buzzes again. Maybe she'll have to have her whole leg amputated, she thinks sadly. That would really suck. Votes: 0

I wear everything from hip-hop baggy pants to beautiful Armani dresses. I also like to mix vintage clothing with designer pieces. Votes: 0

Graffiti writers were the most interesting people in hip hop. They were the mad scientists, the mad geniuses, the weird ones. Votes: 0

But there's so many things in life like women, like children, like God and family that transcends the world of hip-hop. Votes: 0

Your wallet will be stolen, you'll get fat, slip on the bathroom tiles of a foreign hotel and crack your hip. Votes: 0

I really just like acting. I'm not always aware of what is hip and what is popular and what is zeitgeist. Votes: 0

I want to make music as good as Radiohead, as good as Coldplay. I can make hip-hop as good as anybody. Votes: 0

My stylist coached me on how to stand for photos. Always put one leg forward and a hand on your hip. Votes: 0

Really, really obscene hip-hop. I love it so much. It makes me laugh and then it makes me want to dance. Votes: 0

You know how a person is made for something? Eminem is made for hip-hop. The best rapper is a white man. Votes: 0

I think that nerds, if you want to call them that, have only gotten more hip and assimilated into the culture. Votes: 0

I have done so much for hip-hop and 'til this day, I haven't received any awards or any recognition for it. Votes: 0

I love things that are very broad. I love alternative, rock, hip hop, rap, and I'll go to classical or jazz. Votes: 0

I don't think hip-hop is a dying art form. I think it's impossible for hip-hop to be a dying art form. Votes: 0

The jazz I love is sweet and pure with raw elements, which is exactly what the good hip-hop is doing now. Votes: 0

I expect the hip-hop audience to be avant garde. I want them to be where I'm at or beyond where I'm at. Votes: 0

It's not just hip-hop that's dead. Mostly every form of American music is dead. It's been dead. R&B isn't really good. Votes: 0

According to my local hip-hop station everyone has garnish wages, child support, liens and wants to buy or rent rims. Ya Heard! Votes: 0

You're just a little too hip for the room. It's not good to be too hip because two hips make an ass. Votes: 0

People like bluegrass. It's had a following amongst a lot of hip and young people. A lot of college kids like bluegrass. Votes: 0

When I listen to hip-hop, it's like no big difference how people sing in my village, 'cause bling would be their cow. Votes: 0

I think music gives so much inspiration. I listen to all kinds of music: pop, hip-hop, everything. I also love classical music. Votes: 0

What's wrong with hip-hop is the system that controls the definition of it. There needs to be more balance on the airwaves. Votes: 0

For what it's worth, I've been a hip-hopper from birth. Try to disrespect, and get your ass played up like a Smurf. Votes: 0

Dance music was really leading the way in the U.K., Europe and Australia. America was always about hip-hop and R&B. Votes: 0

I feel like I'm living in the dead weeds of hip-hop. I live in the graveyard of what went wrong with hip-hop. Votes: 0

People get God and religion confused. I think God is a bit too hip to join any of his unauthorized fan clubs. Votes: 0

I grew up around hip-hop so I didn't think it was about being cool or being black or being white or whatever. Votes: 0

Rapping is a vocal delivery, so you can do it without being part of hip-hop and not knowing what hip-hop is about. Votes: 0

I would love to take off the stilettos and put the boots back on. Strap something to my hip, and let's go! Votes: 0

What I'm aiming to do within hip-hop is to point out that the music itself is powerful; it reaches so many people. Votes: 0

I don't know what makes someone hip. The goal is artist achievement and the best work we can do with no limitation. Votes: 0

I practice yoga even when my schedule doesn't allow me to teach. I've been practicing for 17 years, since before it became hip. Votes: 0

The powers that be are trying to meld, shape, and corral the culture of hip-hop into another speaking voice for the government. Votes: 0

The biggest thing that has happened to hip-hop is the clinging on to the corporation as the all-mighty hub of the music. Votes: 0

I had friends who only listened to hip-hop. I had friends who only listened to musicals, and I stood proudly in the middle. Votes: 0

I turned a lot of people in white America - and not just white America, but middle-class America - into hip-hoppers, you know? Votes: 0

The hip-hop community is made up of a lot of hustlers. Everybody is trying to get theirs, and everybody is trying to eat. Votes: 0

At a certain point, I got into the older, cooler crowd, and they listened to hip-hop. I was desperately trying to fit in. Votes: 0

I said, ‘There’s one idea I’ve been carrying in my hip pocket for 35 years. It’s Woodrow Wilson.’ Votes: 0

I know what I'm good at, and if I'm asked to do something I'm not - like hip-hop dancing - I get self-conscious. Votes: 0

Coming out of the Northwest and that environment to shoot hip-hop videos, it's a little atypical of a place to be, you know. Votes: 0

When I was a kid, hip-hop had that effect on me, it was escape and it showed me a different way of life. Votes: 0

I didn't grow up around all white people; I never wanted to gentrify hip-hop, I've never wanted to speak to an all-white audience. Votes: 0

House, rap, R&B, disco rock, they are all part of hip-hop culture. Why you ain't playing Kraftwerk along with Jay-Z? That's hip-hop. Votes: 0

That's one of my struggles as a hip-hop artist. If I feel like doing a super conscious song where I don't even rap. Votes: 0

I didnt grow up around all white people; I never wanted to gentrify hip-hop, Ive never wanted to speak to an all-white audience. Votes: 0

I think hip-hop does a very good job of infusing comedy and humor and wit into music, a lot more than other genres. Votes: 0

I'm 48 now and whatever I get music-wise, I get from my kids and that's it. I don't think I'll ever be hip again! Votes: 0

A lot of record company people, even though they're our age, want to be perceived as young hip guys, and they're hurting the business. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Whitney Houston, one of my biggest inspirations, also had that same mindset because her songs vary from R&B, hip hop, pop, and gospel. Votes: 0

But the frat boys were all frivolous and idiotic in our minds now, a bunch of conformist fools going through the motions of hip. Votes: 0

I'm not stuck strictly doing hip-hop. Songs from the dance/electronic scene are my favorite to make and remix, and I like that world. Votes: 0

I loved hip-hop. The first stuff I heard was Public Enemy, and I couldn't believe it. It was amazing, and I've always loved hip-hop. Votes: 0

But the frat boys were all frivolous and idiotic in our minds now, a bunch of conformist fools going through the motions of hip." Votes: 0

Lil Wayne is talented. He seems to be the dominant figure in this particular era of hip-hop. So you know, he's doing his thing. Votes: 0

After the 'Grey Album,' everyone thought of me as the hip-hop guy, the remix maestro. I didn't know how to show them otherwise. Votes: 0

I'm not trying to change the face of hip-hop music. I'm trying to make my records and always take the next step for me. Votes: 0

I don't want to disrespect hip-hop by being something I'm not. I'm Pooch Hall. My strength is in front the camera and holding dialogue. Votes: 0

Unshaven dudes in hoodies and ski caps look so hip and cool, until they too close to a grocery cart full of dented cans... Votes: 0

I'm a huge hip hop fan going way back, like, back to '83. I had my Gemini mixer listening to Run-DMC and Kurtis Blow. Votes: 0

I don't talk to media or anyone before games. I just put my headphones on, turn up some hip-hop, and get in the zone. Votes: 0

House music is about love, and lots of hip hop is about hate and intolerance, so in that respect, it's not good at all. Votes: 0

I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it. Votes: 0

Your best work involves timing. If someone wrote the best hip hop song of all time in the Middle Ages, he had bad timing. Votes: 0

So you think that hip-hop had it's start out in Queensbridge, If you popped that junk up in the Bronx you might not live. Votes: 0

A lot of Donna Summer and things that maybe weren't trendy anymore or weren't hip in gay clubs but you'd hear them at Taboo. Votes: 0

I'm a big hip-hop fan since being a kid. It was the first music that spoke to me and made me feel like, 'Yeah. Votes: 0

As long as I'm around the cats in the hip hop scene, they'll throw me a track and I'll write a rap over it. Votes: 0

I want to move away from sampling records and just have it be quite minimal. I don't want any more hip-hop beats in there. Votes: 0

I come from a place, with all due respect, who's never had a music star in hip-hop. So the odds is already against me. Votes: 0

I think that when I did the Methods Of Mayhem record, some of the hip-hop stuff probably freaked a lot of Motley Crue fans out. Votes: 0

I got a lot of friends that come up off the strip for me. The same ones that'll come up off the hip for me. Votes: 0

Maybe you don't work for seven months a year, but you'll work again. It may be a piece of garbage, so you wear hip boots. Votes: 0

All of a sudden it became that hip hop didn't used to be about partying; hip hop used to be about putting out a message. Votes: 0

If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me. Have you read the YouTube comments lately? "˜Man, that's gay' gets dropped on the daily, Votes: 0

I definitely feel excited to be able to put really hard beats - like hip-hop beats - behind my music, more than I did before. Votes: 0

Don't lose sight of the fact that hip and legs drive the horse forward and the hands merely channel this power by gentle rein aids. Votes: 0

By the time I was a teenager, when I went outside the house, it was about hip-hop all the time. Nothing but hip-hop, block parties. Votes: 0

We took dancehall and hip-hop and mixed it in the middle. I knew we had something. I thought, 'This sound is Puerto Rican sound.' Votes: 0

I see myself as a hip-hop artist, but I never wanted to make music for a specifically white audience. Thats not what I grew up around. Votes: 0

There was no match for Barry White. His music is just going to live forever. It's not limited to disco or soul or hip-hop or anything. Votes: 0

I don't know what he has. A pulled groin. A hip flexor. I don't know. A pulled something. I never pulled anything. You can't pull fat. Votes: 0

The battle thing is very important in hip-hop, but at the same time, I want to sit down and have a beer and listen to Rakim. Votes: 0

I'm on the radio because I love hip-hop. I represent that community, but there are so many other aspects to who I am as a person. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I really love hip hop. My cousin Nas came out with an album Life Is Good, and I love that album, but I also love Maroon 5. Votes: 0

A lot of people provide me with quotes. They suggest all kinds of things to say and I do, really, because I'm not very hip at all. Votes: 0

Before I got into stand-up, I used to be a hip-hop dancer in a crew, and my name was J. Smoove, and my partner was J. Groove. Votes: 0

I really love hip hop. My cousin Nas came out with an album 'Life Is Good,' and I love that album, but I also love Maroon 5. Votes: 0

The 'chinked out' style is a school of hip hop - that's the way I like to think of it - that incorporates Chinese elements and sounds. Votes: 0

It's like hip hop all over again, back in the '70s back in the Bronx, when it was just bubbling. But it's going to be huge. Votes: 0

I'm actually a huge fan of hip-hop. I like hip-hop music. I love rap. I like cabaret music, as well. I just love live music and bands. Votes: 0

My Nan had a plastic hip put in, but I thought she should have replaced it with a Slinky, 'cause if she fell down the stairs again... Votes: 0

At the end of the day I want to be the guy who experienced music in all type of ways, with hip-hop being the roots of it. Votes: 0

I'm so sick of hearing that U.K. hip hop doesn't get credit and success when I'm working to get it - for me and for others, too. Votes: 0

I love all types of music. I love top 40 dance pop, hip-hop, I don't even know what they call it now. I'm a huge fan of all that. Votes: 0

When I first came to New York, I was so bored. My friends were like, 'Do a blog. It's the hip thing to do for male models.' Votes: 0

I was extreme... from skateboarder to hip-hopper to rave child to lead singer of a rock band - I did it all, and all at the same time. Votes: 0

I think hip hop should be a living word. And what I mean by the living word is like yo, you gotta have the words that provide life. Votes: 0

As much as I am hip-hop, I'm soul. As much as I am soul, I'm a turntablist. As much as I'm a DJ, I love jazz and rock. Votes: 0

I don't want them hip white people coming up to me and calling me no n - - or telling me n - - jokes. I don't like it. Votes: 0

Music is a huge part of my life, I enjoy every genre of music from jazz to country, and I even get down with a bit of hip hop. Votes: 0

I'm a hip-hop kind of guy, but to be honest with you, I could listen to RB all day. Give me some slow jams, and I'm a happy person. Votes: 0

This big fat woman bumped me on the floor, she was rarin' to go, she was rarin' to go. Then she did a dip, I almost broke my hip. Votes: 0

I think for it to be hip to be idealistic is weird, you know? I mean, even all the best rebels to me, had some sense of hope in them. Votes: 0

For me, hip-hop culture is involved in everything - it's in me, in who I am, in how I dress, how I talk. It's in my son and my wife. Votes: 0

I'm a hip-hop kind of guy, but to be honest with you, I could listen to R&B all day. Give me some slow jams, and I'm a happy person. Votes: 0

I look at myself and pick out the things I don't like. No matter how much I work out, I never get muscle tone in my butt and hip area. Votes: 0