I wouldn't even say the internet is a gift and a curse for hip-hop. All types of music are bootlegged, including movies which are bootlegged.
Martin O'Neill, standing, hands on hips, stroking his chin.
I'm a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
I urge everyone to be patient and reasonable and I warn against shooting from the hip in the truest sense of the term. Pressure and dialogue are needed.
I get freedom out of hip-hop. I get to be a true artist without any shackles or harnesses.
Dave Rath is recovering. A month ago he had hip pocket replacement surgery.
I definitely feel excited to be able to put really hard beats - like hip-hop beats - behind my music, more than I did before.
I have pretty ecumenical tastes. I'm interested in a lot of different kinds of music, so I don't listen with a jaundiced ear to music because it's in a certain category, whether it's country or opera or hip-hop or bebop or whatever it is.
I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short term. Earnest is long term.
I love to shake my hips, my hair, and my boobs. It's all about having fun and sharing your spirit with other people.
Power is more than the punch. I get so much power and belief in myself from God, and from God the power passes through my legs, through my hips, up to my shoulders, through my arms, and into my fists. . . I'm written to be a legend.
Hip-hop is such a wide statement of culture that everyone is not the same, and it's impossible to put it into one box.
Hip Hop has its ups and downs but I'm gonna do my best to not necessarily bring that back but just remind people what they are forgetting about.
A husband is a guy who tells you when you've got on too much lipstick and helps you with your girdle when your hips stick.
I'm the lyrical vendor, hip-hop is my shop
[Gord] Downie has become more animated than the early days, but he's still the same charismatic performer. And as a whole, that band is really the result of each individual member. If one member was not a part of it, it wouldn't be the Hip. They're all crucial to the whole thing.
Hip-hop was created out of necessity. We needed to create some digitized things to help us understand what we were feeling.
Hopefully we get back to the raw essence of hip hop again.
Hip-Hop is being spoken through spirituality. . . Meaning that you'll be able to listen to it spiritually for yourself.
What is important to me, is to make a girl look better. To really make the most of all her womanly wiles. It's all about accentuating a waist, perking up a bust line, rounding out hips; things that just make you look in the mirror and say, "I look awesome. "