Saul Williams Quotes About Hip Hop

Quotes about: Hip Hop

• Hip-hop is still cool at a party. But to me, hip-hop has never been strictly a party; it is also there to elevate consciousness.

  Saul Williams

  Party, Hip Hop, Hips

  "Hip-hop's poet laureate speaks out". Interview with Tyson Wheatley, www.cnn.com. January 17, 2005.

• There is no music more powerful than hip-hop. No other music so purely demands an instant affirmative on such a global scale. When the beat drops, people nod their heads, “yes,” in the same way that they would in conversation with a loved one, a parent, professor, or minister.

  Saul Williams

  Powerful, People, Parent

  Saul Williams (2006). “The Dead Emcee Scrolls: The Lost Teachings of Hip-Hop”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

• Сommercial hip-hop is not youth rebellion, not when the heroes of hip-hop like Puffy are taking pictures with Donald Trump and the heroes of capitalism - you know that's not rebellion. That's not "the street" - that's Wall Street.

  Saul Williams

  Wall, Hero, Hip Hop

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• I was fed by the music I listened to as a kid. Hip-hop fed me psychologically, spiritually, politically. I learned from that music.

  Saul Williams

  Kids, Hip Hop, Hips

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• What's wrong with hip-hop is the system that controls the definition of it. There needs to be more balance on the airwaves.

  Saul Williams

  Hip Hop, Balance, Needs

  "Hip-hop's poet laureate speaks out". Interview with Tyson Wheatley, www.cnn.com. January 17, 2005.

• I remember back in the day when Chuck D called hip-hop the "black people's CNN." Well now, hip-hop is more like Fox News. It's biased, and highly suspect.

  Saul Williams

  Cnn, People, Hip Hop

  "Hip-hop's poet laureate speaks out". Interview with Tyson Wheatley, edition.cnn.com. January 17, 2005.

• I have a very family-like connection to hip-hop, which is why it frustrates me so much.

  Saul Williams

  Hip Hop, Connections, Hips

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• What I'm aiming to do within hip-hop is to point out that the music itself is powerful; it reaches so many people.

  Saul Williams

  Powerful, People, Hip Hop

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• Hip-hop is too young to put a definition on it

  Saul Williams

  Hip Hop, Definitions, Hips

  "Hip-hop's poet laureate speaks out". Interview with Tyson Wheatley, edition.cnn.com. January 17, 2005.

• The only reason I've been so critical of hip-hop is because I've always been aware of the effect that it has, and the reflection that it gives of the African-American community.

  Saul Williams

  Reflection, Giving, Hip Hop

  "Hip-hop's poet laureate speaks out". Interview with Tyson Wheatley, www.cnn.com. January 17, 2005.

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