Hip Hop has many volumes, enough to fill an encyclopedia.
But for today I ask you to take ONE SENTENCE from any emcee or rapper,
at any time in history that best explains to you what HipHop is....

After alot of thought, for me it would be....


'There's a war going on outside no man is safe from'....

Prodigy(MobbDeep) - " The Shook Ones"

Great thread BTW.

"The more emotion I put into it, the harder I rock. "

OC Time's Up.

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"I got so much trouble on my mind ,refuse to lose" - Welcome to the Terrordome -Public Enemy
It was the first lyric that popped into my head when I read your post. It encompasses everything I feel about hip-hop-pressure,angst,rebellion,determination...all that lol

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"Smoke sumpin' bitch!"

You cried "Keepin it real", yet you should try keepin it right
De La Soul - The Bizness ( also Quasimoto - Micraphone Mathmatics )

Jay Brown in the hit-touseeeeee!
What's up man, How you been??
Hope everything is good my brother!