Some proclaimed the genre died a few years ago but Hip-Hop turns 37 years old today! It was on this day in 1973 that birthed the culture we know and love today. Hip-hop originated as a music genre but quickly expanded into a sub-culture with the inclusion of DJing, emceeing, b-boying and grafiti art. Since its inception the culture of hip-hop has grown to include fashion and an extended dance repertoire. The term hip-hop was coined by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.
Let’s take a look at some of hip-hop’s greats and some of the best hip-hop quotables over the past 37 years.
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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
‘It’s like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder/ how I keep from going under?’– The Message
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Sugarhill Gang
‘Everybody go, hotel motel holiday inn /say if your girl starts actin up, then you take her friend‘- Rapper’s Delight
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Slick Rick
‘Hey young world… the world is yours’- Hey Young World
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Eric B. and Rakim
‘I hold the microphone like a grudge/B’ll hold the record so the needle don’t budge/I hold a conversation cuz when I invent/I nominated my DJ the president‘- I Ain’t No Joke
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Queen Latifah
‘I break into a lyrical freestyle /Grab the mic, look into the crowd and see smiles/Cause they see a woman standing up on her own two /Sloppy slouching is something I won’t do’ -Ladies First
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Notorious B.I.G.
‘It was all a dream/ I used to read Word Up! Magazine/ Heavy D and Salt-N-Pepa up in the limousine/ Hangin’ pictures on my wall, Every Saturday Rap Attack, Mr. Magic, Marley Marl’-Juicy
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Wu-Tang Clan
‘I grew up on the crime side, the New york Times-side/Staying alive was no jive’– C.R.E.A.M.
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Tupac
‘They say there ain’t no hope for the youth/but the truth is/ there ain’t no hope for the future…’– Keep Ya Head Up
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Jay-Z
‘I from where n*ggas pull your card, and argue all day about/ Who’s the best MC’s, Biggie, Jay-Z, and Nas/ Where the drugs czars evolve, and thugs always are/At each other’s throats for the love of foreign cars’- Where I’m From
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