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There's constantly this melancholy about British hip-hop. People are always waiting for it to explode like American hip-hop, but it might just be that British hip-hop will always be as it is: an underground thing which will stay that way.

— Zadie Smith

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's sociology as well as music, which is in keeping with the tradition of black music in America.

— Quincy Jones

I think when people say 'real hip-hop,' they want it more buried in the streets. They want it more connected to the streets and the grime and the roughness of the streets. They don't want the fluff.

— Ice T

You'll be fooled if you only get your hip-hop from the mainstream, you know. The things that move people are not just found in the mainstream cultures. And when we talk about hip-hop in general, hip-hop's basically preoccupied with life.

— Talib Kweli

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.

— Russell Simmons

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

— Lauryn Hill

Hip-hop culture is probably one of the most powerful things to come out of America in a long time - everything from the music to the art to the dance to the language.

— will.i.am

Hip-hop is a cultural expression - it's embracing.

— Nikki Giovanni

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

— Angel Haze

✗Opposing Perspectives

Hip-hop is all over the planet.

— Herbie Hancock

Hip-hop is like underground. I don't know if hip-hop exists anymore. I don't know if it does.

— Theophilus London