Hips Quotes - Page 8

• Hip-hop is getting to the point now where they are going to start sounding like Al Jarreau or Bobby McFerrin or some of the other poets. Some of the better rappers can rap real fast without even melodies. It'll get to that same point.

  George Clinton

  Real, Rap, Hip Hop

  "The extraterrestrial brother: George Clinton on time, space, and funk". Interview with Andy Seifert, www.avclub.com. February 12, 2010.

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• I've always felt that because I'm from Cleveland, which isn't recognised as a place for hip-hop, I needed to step it up if I wanted to make myself known.

  Kid Cudi

  Hip Hop, Cleveland, Steps

  "Kid Cudi: 'I've always been ahead of the curve'" by Archna Sawjani, www.theguardian.com. January 20, 2009.

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• My background is not typical hip-hop. I didn't grow up in the projects. I grew up in a single family home in a middle-class suburb. That doesn't mean I didn't experience hardship, but to me it's not about that, it's about the future and where we are trying to take it.

  Kid Cudi

  Growing Up, Home, Mean

  "Kid Cudi: 'I've always been ahead of the curve'" by Archna Sawjani, www.theguardian.com. January 20, 2009.

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• I know about hip-hop culture, whether it's graffiti writing or DJ-ing or being an MC.

  Josh Peck

  Writing, Hip Hop, Graffiti

  "Josh Peck Talks RED DAWN, How He Landed the Role, Watching the Original Film, Boot Camp Training, Working with Chris Hemsworth and Hopes to Direct". Interview, collider.com. November 20, 2012.

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• Hip-hop was my first audience - I would rap in the mirror, walk down the street and listen to my Walkman.

  Derek Luke

  Rap, Mirrors, Hip Hop

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• From folk to tribal to Cab Calloway, Cole Porter, Gershwin to the Rolling Stones, whose first record was all covers, to country-western, bebop, blues, and even the referencing in classic hip hop to cliched love ballads of the '80s or whatever - that is kinda gone, and that's just terrifying to me.

  Cat Power

  Country, Hip Hop, Rolling

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Hip-hop and R&B is mostly what I listen to. I don't have a connection with punk rock - I just never had that experience.

  Cat Power

  Rocks, Hip Hop, Connections

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I loved hip-hop. The first stuff I heard was Public Enemy, and I couldn't believe it. It was amazing, and I've always loved hip-hop.

  Joaquin Phoenix

  Believe, Hip Hop, Enemy

  "Joaquin Phoenix Interview – He talks about Quitting Acting to Focus on Music – Part 1" by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. February 3, 2009.

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• I spend so much time with my parents. My mom and I were joined at the hip for five years. There was not one moment when I wasn't with her.

  Kay Panabaker

  Mom, Years, Parent

  "Kay Panabaker Interview NO ORDINARY FAMILY". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 28, 2010.

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• I grew up in New York City in the '80s, and it was the epicenter of hip-hop. There was no Internet. Cable television wasn't as broad. I would listen to the radio, hear cars pass by playing a song, or tape songs off of the radio. At that time, there was such an excitement around hip-hop music.

  Michael Rapaport

  Song, New York, Cities

  "Michael Rapaport’s Vision Quest". Interview with Steven Prigge, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 24, 2011.

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• I heard Q-Tip on the Jungle Brothers' song 'The Promo.' It was very exciting. It was very new. The music and the culture around hip-hop was evolving. I think there's an emotional quality to their music and there's a vulnerability to the music. For me, A Tribe Called Quest was my Beatles.

  Michael Rapaport

  Song, Brother, Emotional

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• Right now I'm taking a break from hip-hop documentaries. But I would do it if things lined up.

  Michael Rapaport

  Hip Hop, Taking A Break, Documentaries

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• So to compare the Beatles, obviously the Beatles are the Beatles, but in hip-hop terms, Tribe is the Beatles. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five are the Beatles. Big Daddy Kane is Jimi Hendrix. It means that much to people that grew up with it.

  Michael Rapaport

  Mean, Daddy, People

  "Actor-director Michael Rapaport". "Tavis Smiley", www.pbs.org. July 7, 2011.

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• The effect hip-hop had on me was enormous. I was exposed to it by happenstance. My father worked at a radio station in New York called WKTU Disco 92. It was the first radio station in New York City to play disco in the late '70s.

  Michael Rapaport

  New York, Father, Play

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• I don't even listen to hip-hop anymore. All my friends are white and over 40.

  Karrine Steffans

  White, Hip Hop, Hops

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• I can put a hip-hop beat to reggae. That is, I can have real reggae in the drums and in the rhythm, and on top of it I can put The Rolling Stones' feeling, anyone's feeling on top. Nobody has ever done this before, man.

  Ike Turner

  Real, Men, Hip Hop

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• That's what my music... I'm working on a solo record right now, it's gonna be more hip-hop than anything, like electronic hip-hop, futuristic hip-hop. I'm probably gonna be rapping on it.

  Alan Vega

  Rap, Hip Hop, Records

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• I did a couple songs with this hip-hop guy named Tim Dark. He was working in the same studio I've been working in, he heard my music and he said, aw man, I've got to do something with you.

  Alan Vega

  Song, Couple, Dark

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• Some artists are definitely trying to do different styles. Some, not a lot. But even from what you've seen [of] Outkast, Kanye West, and Lil' Wayne, and different people expressing their way of evolving in hip-hop. In the evolution of hip-hop, they're doing different things. And you've seen hip-hop have more of a global presence and impact on the world.

  Will Ferrell

  Artist, Impact, People

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I was listening to Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd, because that was new music for me. I really hadn't been up on them. I mean, I'd heard of them, but I wasn't up on their music. And I kept listening to Radiohead, and I was like, Man, I want to make hip-hop that feels like Radiohead. I want to make hip-hop that can use guitars and soul and jazz and just fuse it all together.

  Will Ferrell

  Mean, Men, Guitar

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I want to make hip-hop that can use guitars and soul and jazz and just fuse it all together. And I want to make this whole new sound that's going to shock the world. Unfortunately, the masses didn't receive it.

  Will Ferrell

  Guitar, Hip Hop, Soul

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I like hip-hop music, but some of the lyrics make me want to cry.

  Patti LaBelle

  Hip Hop, Want, Cry

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• A lot of hip-hop artists wear fur, and they think it's a status symbol. That doesn't register for me; I just see dead animals.

  Tommy Lee

  Artist, Animal, Thinking

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• I think that 'Family Guy' is hysterical. It's edgy and hip - and they can do whatever they want to do because it's animated and they're not limited by budget.

  Zachary Levi

  Family Guy, Thinking, Want

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• You can make or break an outfit by not knowing your body type - certain things work on certain people. Make sure you're dressing for your leg-length, hip/chest size, etc.

  AnnaLynne McCord

  Knowing, People, Body

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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