People can look to me as a teacher, but I consider myself a student of hip-hop.
Hip-hop to me right now is really easy listening. It's very easy listening, like there's nothing abrasive about it. There's no album that I put in my car that makes me roll down the windows - all the windows - and ride past the club line three times before I get out the car.
Rappers act so wild, and love to profile, Frontin' hard, but ain't got no style.
Im a hip-hop guy, and the first time I heard Eminem was in 96. He was on a record with Shabban Siddiq. I was like, Who is this guy? Hes dope! First album came out: awesome. Second album came out: awesome. Third album, I was like, Eh. He started to get really successful. He wasnt mine anymore.
I've been dancing my entire life. Jazz, hip hop, ballet. And then there's tap dancing. I love to tap.
I cannot stand no wack MC. So step back if you please, And don't test me, you're history.
We live in a society that refuses to set a standard for what we will allow American entertainment to expose to our children. I think we need to set a standard that is entertainment industry wide, not just limited to hip-hop.
I think hip-hop can be prophetic and progressive, and at the same time, the dominant forms tend to be homophobic, misogynistic and something that we need to critically call into question.
I get freedom out of hip-hop. I get to be a true artist without any shackles or harnesses.
In my world, even sure bets are not certain; 'Cause you'll get the picture, then find out it's the cropped version.
The fabulous side of Taboo was dressing up and dancing like no one was watching you. There were no rules. You had Jeffrey Hinton playing every kind of music. It was like going back to when I used to deejay at Planet in '79, where you'd mix in nutty things like hip-hop or reggae or The Sound of Music [1965] or other film soundtracks - whatever.
I can't take it y'all I can feel the city breathin Chest heavin, against the flesh of the evening Sigh before we die like the last train leaving
Consequence is no coincidence.
Rap is rhythm and poetry. Hip-hop is storytelling and poetry as well.
I never see the whips niggas be claimin' they drivin, I guess 'entertainment' means blatantly lyin'.
I make an ass clap like tap shoes.
You used to be fly, but you crashed your plane.
Ain't no love lost, cause there was never none there.
Commercial rap get the gun clap, day after day.
Back in the days when I was young I'm not a kid anymore But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again