Quotes by Hip Hop Hip-hop is a part of rock & roll because it comes from DJ culture. DJ culture is the embodiment of all genres and all recorded music, if you actually pay attention to it. Chuck D rocks hip-hop culture The powers that be are trying to meld, shape, and corral the culture of hip-hop into another speaking voice for the government. Chuck D hip-hop voice government Burn, Hollywood, burn, I smell a riot goin' on, Chuck D smell rap hip-hop 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. Chuck D hip-hop mean thinking I'm envious of the way that electronic dance music has organised itself. It has been able to understand what it ain't rather than what it is. And I think that slipped away from hip-hop as soon as the DJs lost the majority of the say so in the direction of the music. Chuck D majority hip-hop thinking It's not about what you get out but what you put into hip hop as a genre. Chuck D genre hips hip-hop The biggest thing that has happened to hip-hop is the clinging on to the corporation as the all-mighty hub of the music. Chuck D corporations hips hip-hop I never live alone, Chuck D posse rap hip-hop It ain't this big I, little You. Music is to be shared. Music is not a hustle. [Hip hop's become] cultural stripmining [by the major labels]. Some people get into this music to make a killing but music is a way to make a living. Chuck D hustle hip-hop people Deja vu, tell you what I'm gonna do, when they reminisce over you, my God. C.L. Smooth rap hip-hop over-you And I'm telling you now the frustration C.L. Smooth frustration rap hip-hop In this lifetime, you got two things: Cold 187um rap hip-hop two Radio is less important than it used to be. Kids are not just hip-hop kids, just punk kids, just pop kids, just whatever kids. Everyone is mixing and matching on their playlists. Colin Munroe hip-hop important kids I'm not really up on what's new. I'm still listening to Run DMC twenty-five years later. In the same way that the baby-boomers in America were forcing '60s music and Motown down our throats, now people of my generation are forcing Tears For Fears and old Hip Hop upon others. Colson Whitehead hip-hop running people Time is real, we can't rewind it... Common rap hip-hop real Never lookin' back or too far in front of me; the present is a gift and I just wanna be. Common fronts rap hip-hop One thing I always loved about hip-hop music was the raw, boom-bap element - it felt powerful and manly. Common elements hip-hop powerful I bathe in basslines, rinse in riffs, dry in drums Common dry rap hip-hop Burn a Bush cause for peace he no push no button. Common oil rap hip-hop I am to hip-hop what Obama is to politics Common hips rap hip-hop «678910111213141516»