
…-and it's this polarity that makes listening to King Kendrick feel like you're putting on the illest 3-D glasses in hip-hop. The music nods at influences far…
…make the final record. After Big Sean goes on for a while about drinking champagne in Detroit, Kendrick wakes up the entire hip-hop…
…of his life right now, funerals for murdered friends one day, private jets to fashion parties the next. "From my perspective, it's…

…to be able to tap into some jokes that will be appreciated by my friends in the crowd and also the athletes that I don't know…
…careers or make people feel bad in any way, and that's kind of most of the time what problems in hip‑hop are about. So our night, like…
…to go back and contribute and have them come to life, it really elevates it, so it's definitely been a collaborative process on his end…

…— but it was just a piece of the pie. In the time since, hip-hop has made like the Exxon Valdez (another 1989 release): It spilled and spread.
So what if hip-hop…
…quite a virtue.
Twenty years ago, when my father first heard about my hip-hop career, he was skeptical. He didn't know where…
…with what looks in one sense like an unequivocal victory. Young America now embraces hip-hop as the signal pop-music genre of its time…

…at this." It's fascinating that two people can create a life, "this is real," and you know, so it's only glory. It's all joy. Then after…
…married my mom. He tried, you know? Just, life got in the way. His brother got killed, drugs got into play, so all these things got…
…about it, and putting those sort of subject matters in Hip Hop records. You know? That's not normal.
[Wilson]
A record like…
By Akala
On album Sixteen 16's

…don't know that Akalas been munchin?
Emcees like Saltfish, Dumpling
Or better yet like free school lunches
So full of shit that I…
…for them pioneers
Without you, you know we wouldn't be here
Ep.15:( 12:03 ):
Hip hop spoke to what we saw on our front doors…
…television
This is our culture grew up on them sound systems
Now hip hop is global beyond imagination
We still can't allow its roots…

…to see a change in the stance it was taking. It was almost like sarcastic…it made me think, Do you guys even like hip-hop?
[Diaz]
The 10 Underachieving Rappers?
[Nipsey]
Exactly. I didn't…
…take personal offense to that. As a hip-hop artist…
…assume that these are people up on the state of things in the world, outside of just hip-hop. Leading up to that article, I went…

…again on the hip hop scene
You know who it is, the one with the choice voice
[VERSE 1: MC Shan]
Watch me rip up shop
Cause I'm…
…want nigga?)
Tryin to mess around with the hip hop roughneck
(So whutcha want nigga, so whutcha want nigga?)
Boy, you better back…
If you think I'm wrong, then come and correct me
It's '93 and I gets nuff respect
Cause I ain't nothin but a hip hop roughneck
[CHORUS…

…[Ellen De
Generes:]
You send things out on Twitter and sometimes, like Kim has said -- and I'll tell you this also, I don't know…
…an Oscar. We're not in a place where people can only have one career or one profession throughout their entire life. So the exact amount…
…was raised on – Rakim, Phife Dawg, hip-hop, expression. "Hip hop started out in the park…"
Everybody's trying to… I don't give a fuck how much…

…tatted with the name on my arm
So ima probably get myself on far
Even if I don't, even if I do
Even if I come out bruh don't boo
I…
…kicking that knowledge (aye)
The beat so dope it's hard not to acknowledge
Calvitron made this crap so you know wassup
Shoutout E=Mac…
…(Alyx Heater) yo see you later everyone
{Skit}
Kid: Hey dad
Dad: Yeah son
Kid: What's rap?
Dad: Rap, also known as hip-hop…
By Kanye West & Jay-Z
On album The Graduate

…to be Dame and Biggs' brother
Who was Hip Hop brother, who was No I.D. friend
No I.D. my mentor, now let the story begin
[Verse 1]
It's the Hard Knock…
…Life Tour, sellout
Picture us in the mall, coppin' Iceberg and yell out "Jigga"
Yeah, that's what we'll yell out, yell out
You know…
…for one last time I need y'all to roar
Now what the hell are you waitin' for?
After me, there shall be no more
So for one last time, nigga, make some noise!…

…to be Dame and Biggs' brother
Who was Hip Hop brother, who was No I.D. friend
No I.D. my mentor, now let the story begin
[Verse 1]
It's the Hard Knock…
…know the name do I gotta spell out or tell 'bout
J-A-Y, and 'Ye so shy
Now he won't even step to his idol to say hi
Standing…
…for one last time I need y'all to roar
Now what the hell are you waitin' for?
After me, there shall be no more
So for one last time, nigga, make some noise!…

…to damage ya
Hit em wit precision, envision the misson
Admit it, you missing nothing
Is this, bot-spittin with digits
You know now who…
The price to live a rapper life, there's a lot of sacrifice
So when I get up on the stage, you gotta let me grab a Mic
And let me do my thing, cuz you know…
…of these tears, for tryin' so many years
Thought my end was near, but now that it's clear
We didn't just switch lanes, we also switched gears
So I ride…

…[Note: also on the "Graffiti Rock And Other Hip Hop Delights" DVD]
Word..
[*crowd goes nuts*]
HUAGH!
[Run-DMC]
Say HOOOOOOOOOO…
…("HOOOOOOOOO!")
Say HO-HO! ("HO-HO!!")
Say HO-HO-HO! ("HO-HO-HO!"
Now SCREEEEEEEEEEAM (*crowd screams wildly*)
[Run]
Two years…
…it
Cause it takes a lot, to entertain
And sucker MC's can be a pain
You can't rock a party with the hip 'n hop
You gotta let 'em know you'll never stop…
By Nurses (2011)
On album Dracula (2011)

…a hole right in your chest
Stick a knife in your soul
Then take your life after taking your death
I'm nice!
That ain't even counting…
…with that razor that I use to shave my nuts with
Mama, don't you cry, your son is too far gone
I'm so high, I don't even know what label I'm…
…join that big hip-hop nation in the sky
And it's easy believe me, you better have been fronting
When you said you was hot, cause…

…a hole right in your chest
Stick a knife in your soul
Then take your life after taking your death
I'm nice!
That ain't even counting…
…with that razor that I use to shave my nuts with
Mama, don't you cry, your son is too far gone
I'm so high, I don't even know what label…
…y'all join that big hip-hop nation in the sky
And it's easy believe me, you better have been fronting
When you said you…