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For us to keep claiming this isn't Hip Hop and that isn't Hip Hop doesn't make sense to me.

Hip-hop is definitely not what it used to be, which was creative, original music.

Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change.

Hip hop is doing the new rock thing; there are no rules. They can do anything, really. And that's inspiring.

Hip-hop is all over the planet.

Hip-hop has survived as a sonic practice more than anything else. It's an approach to music-making based in sampling and rhyming over beats, that's proven far more versatile than its detractors thought it would.

Hip-hop lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it's not up to people's expectations anymore, its still here, and that's says a lot.

The thing about hip-hop is that it's from the underground, ideas from the underbelly, from people who have mostly been locked out, who have not been recognized.

Hip-hop is too young to put a definition on it.

Hip-Hop isn't just music, it is also a spiritual movement of the blacks! You can't just call Hip-Hop a trend!