Robert Glasper Quotes

I consider 'Dope' a part of the new mainstream.

Growing up, I didn't really like folk music - I wasn't a fan of Bob Dylan. I grew up mostly listening to rap and hip-hop; it was this new form of music.

I think there's always been progressive R&B music.

In the late '90s, R&B was dominant in the radio, and the white kids were taking it mainstream.

I love 50 Cent. I know it sounds weird 'cause a lot of kids might not say that right now, but I definitely want to work with 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Coldplay: I want to work with different artists that are going to push my music to a new level. Not just in urban music.

I really like R&B more than rap.

It's great to bring urban music to the commercial scene.

I came from a strong jazz/ singer-songwriter/folk influence, but in L.A., I learned how to have a balance between all these genres and R&B music and hip-hop, mixing them all together.

We Can't Stop' was the first song we did. We didn't try to reach and be too 'hood:' It's hip-hop-influenced, but Miley's a pop singer, and she's going to have country in there.

Neo soul, hip-hop jazz, we started that.

If kids say I'm just a gospel rapper, I won't be able to get in their cars.

I love Alicia Keys, Chris Brown, Usher, Mariah Carey... all that stuff.

Jay-Z, for a lot of reasons, will always be my favorite. But actually, in terms of what I listen to, it bends towards hip-hop, but I like everything. The only thing I don't really love is country, but everything else I'm a huge fan of.

Hip-hop was indifferent to Broadway. We didn't need Broadway, but I think Broadway needed hip-hop.

At no time was I trying to write a crossover record.

Dr. Dre's '2001' album changed modern pop music.

The Weeknd's 'Can't Feel My Face' is very experimental. It's pop meets urban meets indie meets alternative.

Youngsters in Punjab don't follow Bollywood. They know about Drake, Rihanna and the relationship between Beyonce and Jay Z.

Rap is supposed to scare soccer moms.

Rag 'N' Bone Man is for everybody, like Wu Tang is for the children.

I used to love the Wu-Tang Clan. They took my school by storm, by which I mean the three kids in my year who listened to hip-hop. I skipped lectures to go and buy their second album, 'Forever', and then rushed home to listen to it.

My first album was hip-hop influenced, and my second was more of a singer-songwriter album.

I'm not a big country guy even though I'm from Nashville. I like some songs, but I wouldn't turn on a country radio station or anything.

If you take 'Nothin' But a G Thang' by Dr Dre, that could also be an R&B record. 'Bonita Applebum' by A Tribe Called Quest could even be a jazz record. 'Bring Da Ruckus,' you gotta call it hip-hop.

My kids listen to rap, so I try to keep up with as much as I can.