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.
I like to think of myself as a pure rebel; A radical thinker on a musical level.
You ain't heard that we swallow guys?
And when I say it, they get alarmed. . . 'Cause I'm louder than a bomb.
I'm bangin' from Belize to Tel Aviv on the Red Sea Racin' Saddam Hussein on Kawasaki jet ski's
. . . So put a gerbil on your Christmas list.
Hip hop has been an integral part of my life and my whole career. I started off doing videos with Ice Cube, and Dre, and Mary J. Blige, and TLC. So I've been involved in hip hop since the beginning.
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.
I think a lot of people can learn from listening to hip hop. It ain't always about beats and rhymes.
I think it's a beautiful thing how Hip Hop is received by the world.
Jazz isn't as profitable for labels like Hip hop or Rap. Jazz needs subsidies to continue, just like European classical works of Bach and Beethoven are subsidized.
I think hip-hop needs a little bit of diversity.
But I never get attracted to fans cause the eager beaver could be the collapse of a dam
I think hip-hop does a very good job of infusing comedy and humor and wit into music, a lot more than other genres.
That old ball and chain had me chained up for weeks, So of course I'm off the chain as soon as I hit the streets.
I think things are gonna change. I'm gonna take the age limit off of hip hop.
The cops drive by to do some more good deeds A young black male spits a sunflower seed in the air.
I equally love both, classic rock and hip-hop. I love all music, really, and I really use classic rock a lot. I'm heavily influenced by that melodically in my music. I can't really separate the two.
One of the problems with hip hop is lack of infrastructure and not being able to control its own course. I don't like that hip hop is full of infantile 35-year-olds. Hip hop cannot afford to be lazy.
Your whole vocabulary's played out, admit it. Still wack if it came out my mouth and I spit it.