Mos Def Quotes About Hip Hop

Quotes about: Hip Hop

• Hip-hop is a beautiful culture. It's inspirational, because it's a culture of survivors. You can create beauty out of nothingness.

  Mos Def

  Beautiful, Hip Hop, Survivor

• Hip-hop is the last true folk art.

  Mos Def

  Art, Hip Hop, Lasts

  "The Artist Formerly Known as Mos Def" by Mark Anthony Green, www.gq.com. September 11, 2012.

• This thing called rhymin' is no different than coal minin';
  We both on assignment to unearth the diamond.

  Mos Def

  Rap, Hip Hop, Different

• And from the moment that I saw you, I knew you was trouble,
  But I disregarded detour signs,
  And did not stop til you was mine.
  I guess God was like, 'Aight, fine.'
  Careful what you wish for, cause you just might get it in heaps.
  Try to give it back, He be like, 'Nah, that's yours to keep.'

  Mos Def

  Rap, Giving, Hip Hop

• Beef is not what Jay said to Nas;
  Beef is when the working folks can't find jobs.

  Mos Def

  Jobs, Rap, Hip Hop

• The new moon rode high in the crown of the metropolis. Shinin', like "Who on top of this?

  Mos Def

  Moon, Hip Hop, Crowns

• Peace before everything, God before anything,
  Love before anything, real before everything,
  Home before any place, shoot before anything,
  Style and state radiate, Love Power slay the hate.

  Mos Def

  Hate, Real, Rap

• Yo, it's 1 universal law but 2 sides to every story,
  3 strikes and you be in for life, mandatory.
  4 MC's murdered in the last 4 years,
  I ain't tryin to be the 5th one, the Millennium is here.
  Yo, it's 6 million ways to die, from the 7 deadly thrills,
  8-year olds gettin' found with 9 mill's.
  It's 10 P.M., where your seeds at? What's the deal?

  Mos Def

  Rap, Years, Law

• Why did one straw break the camel's back?
  Here's the secret:
  The million other straws underneath it.

  Mos Def

  Rap, Hip Hop, Secret

• I seen her on the ave, spotted her more than once. Ass so fat that you could see it from the front.

  Mos Def

  Rap, Hip Hop, Ass

  Song: Ms. Fat Booty

• Why do I need I.D. to get I.D.? If I had I.D. I wouldn't need I.D.

  Mos Def

  Rap, Hip Hop, Needs

  "Song: The Questions (Like Water For Chocolate)". March 28, 2000.

• Breathe in...inhale vapors from bright stars that shine,
  Breathe out...weed smoke retrace the skyline.

  Mos Def

  Weed, Stars, Rap

  Song: Respiration

• 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

  Mos Def

  Cities, Hip Hop, Leaving

• Every time you ask yourself where hip-hop's going, ask yourself where you're going; how are you doing?

  Mos Def

  Hip Hop, Hips, Hops

• Bob Marley performed the 'One Love Peace' concert in Jamaica with the two different warring political sides. There's always been that in black music and culture in general. It's no surprise because black music is such a reflection of what's going on in black life. It's not unusual for hip-hop.

  Mos Def

  Reflection, Jamaica, Two

• I can't control what people think. I'm not trying to manipulate people's thoughts or sentiments. I write all the time. You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions. It's machine-like how things are run now in hip-hop, and my ambitions are different.

  Mos Def

  Running, Writing, Ambition

  "House Music: Mos Def". Interview with Spank Rock, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 29, 2009.

• I think hip-hop is actually one of the most challenging things that's happened in music in a long time. The people who are in charge of what people see or hear are afraid. What you hear on top 40 or what you see on BET or MTV is not a fair representation of what is really going on...

  Mos Def

  Thinking, Mtv, Long

  "David Bowie & Mos Def: The Style Council (2003 Cover Story)". Interview with Ben White, www.complex.com. January 11, 2016.

• I have no confidence issues with the impact or the quality of the music. No one in hip-hop, before this point and to this point, with all due respect, has done this.

  Mos Def

  Impact, Issues, Hip Hop

  "House Music: Mos Def". Interview with Spank Rock, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 29, 2009.

• Hip-Hop went from selling crack to smoking it

  Mos Def

  Hip Hop, Smoking, Cracks

  Song: Hip Hop

• Hip-hop is rock & roll. What the hell is Wu-Tang but Motorhead?

  Mos Def

  Rocks, Hip Hop, Hips

• There was a time when hip-hop was its own musical principle, aside from sampling. Like the entire Wild Style break is instrumental. Kurtis Blow's earliest stuff was studio musicians playing. Whodini had a real clear sound, things like "five minutes of funk," stuff that you could write really beautiful, lush string and horn arrangements around, stuff that was just music.

  Mos Def

  Beautiful, Real, Writing

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