Jay-Z Quotes About Hip Hop

Quotes about: Hip Hop

• They say a midget standing on a giant's shoulders can see much further than the giant. So I got the whole rap world on my shoulders, they trying to see further than I am.

  Jay-Z

  Rap, Hip Hop, Trying

• Difficult takes a day
  Impossible takes a week
  I do this in my sleep

  Jay-Z

  Sleep, Hip Hop, Impossible

  Song: Diamonds From Sierra Leone

• Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even have to like your music. If you're big enough, people are drawn to you.

  Jay-Z

  People, Hip Hop, Hips

• Hip-hop has done so much for racial relations, and I don't think it's given the proper credit. It has changed America immensely. I'm going to make a very bold statement: Hip-hop has done more than any leader, politician, or anyone to improve race relations.

  Jay-Z

  Music, Thinking, Race

• Put me anywhere on God's green earth, I'll triple my worth.
  Motherf--. I, will, not, lose.

  Jay-Z

  Inspirational, Rap, Hip Hop

• Hip-hop gave a generation a common ground that didn't require either race to lose anything; everyone gained.

  Jay-Z

  Race, Hip Hop, Generations

  Jay-Z (2010). “Decoded (Enhanced Edition)”, p.196, Random House Group

• I never ask for nothin' I don't demand of myself. Honesty, loyalty, friends and then wealth

  Jay-Z

  Motivational, Loyalty, Honesty

• Far from a Harvard student, just had the balls to do it

  Jay-Z

  Motivational, Hip Hop, Insightful

  Song: What More Can I Say?, Album: The Black Album

• And through our travels we get separated, never forget:
  In order to survive, got to learn to live with regrets.

  Jay-Z

  Regret, Rap, Order

• Screamin' 'Carpe Diem!' until I'm a Dead Poet.

  Jay-Z

  Rap, Carpe Diem, Hip Hop

• The Nets' a stone throw from where I used to throw bricks
  ...So it's only right I'm still tossing 'round Knicks.

  Jay-Z

  Rap, Hip Hop, Stones

• As fate would have it, Jay's status appears
  To be at an all-time high, perfect time to say goodbye
  When I come back like Jordan, wearing the 4-5.

  Jay-Z

  Goodbye, Fate, Perfect

  Song: Encore vs Numb, Album: Collision Course

• Got some, dirt on my shoulder, could you brush it off for me?

  Jay-Z

  Hip Hop, Dirt, Shoulders

  Song: Dirt Off Your Shoulder

• Ex-D-boy, used to park my Beamer
  Now look at me, I can park in my own arena

  Jay-Z

  Boys, Hip Hop, Parks

• I gave you prophecy on my first joint, and y'all lamed out
  Didn't really appreciate it, 'til the second one came out

  Jay-Z

  Appreciate, Hip Hop, Joints

  Song: Hard Knock Life

• Can I hit it in the morning with out giving you have of my dough?

  Jay-Z

  Morning, Giving, Hip Hop

• Now success was like lust, she's good to the touch,
  She's good for the moment, but she's never enough

  Jay-Z

  Hip Hop, Lust, Moments

  Jay Z (2010). “Decoded”, p.320, Random House

• I got this black chick, she don't know how to act
  Always talkin' out her neck, makin' her fingers snap
  She like, "Listen Jigga Man, I don't care if you rap
  You better - R-E-S-P-E-C-T me

  Jay-Z

  Rap, Men, Hip Hop

  Song: Girls, Girls, Girls, Album: The Blueprint

• Hip-hop is a perfect mix between poetry and boxing.

  Jay-Z

  Boxing, Perfect, Hip Hop

  Jay-Z (2010). “Decoded (Enhanced Edition)”, p.86, Random House Group

• That's why this generation is the least racist generation ever. You see it all the time. Go to any club. People are intermingling, hanging out, having fun, enjoying the same music. Hip-hop is not just in the Bronx anymore. It's worldwide. Everywhere you go, people are listening to hip-hop and partying together. Hip-hop has done that.

  Jay-Z

  Fun, Party, Nightlife

  "Letter to the President" (Video), www.imdb.com. 2005.

• Which is the other reason hip-hop is controversial: People don't bother trying to get it. The problem isn't in the rap or the rapper or the culture. The problem is that so many people don't even know how to listen to the music.

  Jay-Z

  Rap, People, Hip Hop

  Jay-Z (2010). “Decoded (Enhanced Edition)”, p.70, Random House Group

• Wherever I go, I bring the culture with me, so that they can understand that it's attainable. I didn't do it any other way than through hip-hop.

  Jay-Z

  Hip Hop, Culture, Way

• I have inherited two of the most important brands in hip-hop, Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella. Reid and Universal Music Group have given me the opportunity to manage the companies I have contributed to my whole career. I feel this is a giant step for me and the entire artist community.

  Jay-Z

  Artist, Opportunity, Careers

• I noticed that difference early on, like if you were successful in rock 'n' roll, that was a really bad thing, you almost had to hide it. You had these guys selling 200 million records with dirty T-shirts on. I was like, 'Come on, man. Come on. We know you're successful.' Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even have to like your music. If you're big enough, people are drawn to you.

  Jay-Z

  Dirty, Successful, Men

• All these ways we classify things as R&B and hip-hop and rock... It's bullshit. It's all music. If you put yourself in that box, then you won't be able to hear that it's all music at its soul.

  Jay-Z

  Rocks, Bullshit, Hip Hop

  Interview with Elvis Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 11, 2010.

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