Music just ain't what it used to; We used to have songs that you could shoplift or boost to..

What if Manhattan was hit by Hurricane Katrina?.

They say a midget standing on a giant's shoulders can see much further than the giant. So I got the whole rap world on my shoulders, they trying to s….

The hip-hop aesthetic and the way it's produced always motivated me. Alongside that I was still wanting to make great traditional songs because I've ….

And when it comes to gettin nookie, I'm not a rookie... I got girls that make that chick Toni Braxton look like Whoopi..

I now possess the tools as a producer and a songwriter to really just go out and make smashes all day long. I could make an album full of smash recor….

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 pe….

Hip-hop was started as a very egocentric, testosterone, machismo-driven art form. The way that people are trying to take away that masculinity that i….

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

Hip-hop is the only music in the world where you can take any instrument and make it hip hop. It's anybody's music. It's what you make of it. That's ….

I hate to see somebody get locked up, especially someone as talented as Lil Wayne. You know Wayne is a strong figure in the hip-hop marketplace, and ….

You should do what we do, stack chips like *Hebrews* Don't let the melody intrigue you (uh-uh) Cause I leave you, I'm only here For that green pap….

So I don't only watch my back, I watch my front, Cause it's the niggaz who front, they be pulling stunts!.

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

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

The thing is with hip-hop, it has its waves and the waves crash against the beach and the new waves come in. So to stay relevant you have to roll wit….

I can do what you do, easy, BELIEVE ME Frontin' niggas give me hee-bee-gee-bees.

That's the unwritten rule in hip-hop. If I get on a record with you, I want to smash you. That's it. Every MC knows that. If I'm on a track with you,….

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

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

I am genuinely into soul, R&B and hip hop - all these genres that get slapped under the 'soul' genre. That spoke to me more than it did to my punk-ro….