Quotes About Hip-hop

Jungle came about because there were so many of us out there who loved reggae, loved hip hop and were on the edges of the rave scene and liked a lot of it. But moving forward into what became jungle and drum'n'bass, it was a sound-system thing, because in that situation what separates you from the next man is your beats and how you lay them down – you've got to know when to shift.

Hash, heroin, ham, hip-hop and heavy metal were all equally illegal, and just as accessible, if you knew who to call. 'I can get you bacon if you want,' offered Omid with the sneaky wink of a playground drug dealer. I almost felt I was disappointing him by being a vegetarian.

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

Any rap record from 1989 to 1999, besides [ones on] Death Row, we did promotions for it. We had our hand in everything.

The first time that I met B.I.G. was in 1994, summer of '94 - I believe it was August. I think it was right after 'Ready to Die' came out.

'Illmatic' was dope.

Naahhh... I don't like KRS no more 'cause he just think he's too dope.

Jermaine Dupri is a b-boy, and he's dope.

I would like to work with Dr. Dre.

I was a Dr. Dre fan.

Drake makes some dope songs.

I loved 'Nothing Was the Same' so much. For me, that was the first Drake record that I got into.

My favorite artists would be Drake, Future.

I think everybody enjoys a little bit of Drake.

Drake gets you bouncin'!

I'm still dreaming to be the next Missy Elliott.

I used to listen to 'Ready to Die' around the time I dropped out of college. I was scrambling for work and money.

I started a project with the RZA back in '09 called Achozen, but we never actually dropped that.

Every time you hear an 808 drum machine beat on one of my songs, it comes from Freaknik.

I'm telling y'all Drake is that dude! Definitely listening to Quavo too!

He didn't have to worry about the music, because he wasn't doing any of it. Eazy was a blessed dude.

I was in early on with 'Yeezus.'

We just decided to make our dancing as important as our MCing and our production. It's an element in hip-hop that a lot of people are afraid to use.

XXL is the embodiment of hip-hop... Eminem even shouted it out in a song.