I'm envious of the way that electronic dance music has organised itself. It has been able to understand what it ain't rather than what it is. And I think that slipped away from hip-hop as soon as the DJs lost the majority of the say so in the direction of the music.
I never live alone, I never walk alone. My posse's always ready And they're waitin' in my zone.
Cause I'm Black and I'm proud I'm ready and hyped plus I'm amped Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps
All I want is peace and love on this planet. Ain't that how God planned it?
The biggest thing that has happened to hip-hop is the clinging on to the corporation as the all-mighty hub of the music.
It's not about what you get out but what you put into hip hop as a genre.
It ain't this big I, little You. Music is to be shared. Music is not a hustle. [Hip hop's become] cultural stripmining [by the major labels]. Some people get into this music to make a killing but music is a way to make a living.
Hip-hop is a part of rock & roll because it comes from DJ culture. DJ culture is the embodiment of all genres and all recorded music, if you actually pay attention to it.
Burn, Hollywood, burn, I smell a riot goin' on, First they're guilty, now they're gone!
The powers that be are trying to meld, shape, and corral the culture of hip-hop into another speaking voice for the government.