McDonald's offers a king's ransom to any hip-hop artist who is able to put Big Mac into a song. MTV - and more to the point, Viacom - is succeeding in extending a teenage life to twenty-nine or even thirty-one years old. It is about extending this market and removing any intelligent substance in the music.

Every time something tries to create respect with a machine it crumbles!

The powers that be are trying to meld, shape, and corral the culture of hip-hop into another speaking voice for the government.

The minute I get swelled up about something, something has always brought me back down to earth.

A lot of the post-1977 dancefloor disco sounds had their place at one time, but you can't bring them back unless you bring back a floor.

Reflect each day on all you have to be grateful for and you will receive more to be grateful for.

Hip-hop is a part of rock & roll because it comes from DJ culture. DJ culture is the embodiment of all genres and all recorded music, if you actually pay attention to it.