Ariel Rechtshaid Quotes

The thing is with hip-hop, it has its waves and the waves crash against the beach and the new waves come in. So to stay relevant you have to roll with that.

The rappers have gone in and created a lot of hit music based upon my influence. And they'll tell you if you ask.

Rap music's been around for too long now to be inspirational. The words are, but the music isn't.

Hip-hop basically controls the world through fashion, through music, through language, through culture. It's basically running the world, no matter what anyone wants to think, and that's just the way it is.

Hip-hop has always been exciting and interesting to us.

I think hip-hop is actually one of the most challenging things that's happened in music in a long time.

Hip-hop was super-exotic to us in Canada.

You can still make music that people love, but there won't be more innovation. I started listening to electronic music a long time ago. But mostly I listen to rap. I think rap is the most interesting.

Hip-hop is a beautiful thing. I think that the music genre itself has created more millionaires than any other music genre before it, especially in our community.

I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.

Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.

I don't know, I feel like as time has gone on, hip-hop has become really redundant and repetitive.

I don't see that there are any particular changes in popular music.

Well, hip-hop is what makes the world go around.

Hip hop is the new rock n' roll, you know what I mean? And anybody who doesn't think that is just sort of living in the past. It's all just American music, really, when you get right down to it.

Hip Hop emerged fearlessly and unappoligeticly reflecting our society.

I got tired of everybody repeating the same phrases in the hip-hop world.

Ninety percent of the general public aren't gangstas, so all of the rappers aren't going to be gangstas.

G.O.O.D. Music is on top because G.O.O.D. Music is the culture. When you think of, you know, just every aspect from music, influence, fashion, art level. If it's not G.O.O.D Music, then it's somebody who was influenced heavily by G.O.O.D. Music.

I just appreciate the love that I get and support from hip-hop.

I have no idea about the state of rap. I don't pay attention. I just listen to old music that I have.

Fashion has always been influenced by hip-hop.

I love Kanye for that. Being a producer, making beats, and being a rapper. He does it all.

A lot of people bit into Timbaland's sounds.

Azealia Banks - love what she's doing.