Hip-Hop Quotes
Hip-Hop quotes at Hip-Hop Linguistics. HHL is a hip-hop website that focuses on dope lyricism. Every week, we feature a track that showcases intellectual, motivational or socially-conscious quotable lyrics. All of the songs below have something special in terms of lyrics or themes. Scroll down to listen to the most recent quotable hip-hop and be sure to read along with the lyrics.
This week’s hip-hop quotable is Dr. Aden, a track from B.o.B’s “No Genre” mixtape. Dr. Aden is one of those conspiracy theory songs about the U.S. government creating epidemics and biological warfare and experimenting on human beings in third world countries. These theories don’t seem that crazy to us these days, with the recent revelation that we infected a bunch of Guatemalans with syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases back in the 1940s. In this track, B.o.B tells the story of a doctor who gets caught up in the whole experiment. Click below to listen to B.o.B’s Dr. Aden:
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This week’s hip-hop quotable is I Could Write A Rhyme, a track from Celph Titled & Buckwild’s “Nineteen Ninety Now” – which has been bumping on my iPod all week. While there are several songs I could feature from this week’s album, I picked this track because I have a thing for well done autobiographical songs. I Could Write A Rhyme uses three dope verses to tell the story of Celph Titled’s beginnings in hip-hop, as well as his rise to his current position. Click below to listen to Celph Titled & Buckwild’s I Could Write A Rhyme:
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It was very difficult picking out just one featured quotable from Eligh’s “Grey Crow” – as the album was filled with dope lyrical and quotable tracks. But I picked this one because it is a song about future intentions, which I found very creative. When I’m A Dad is a song about things Eligh plans to teach his children when he becomes a father. The track touches on things that happened to Eligh as a child, and how they will influence the type of father he will be. Click below to listen to Eligh’s When I’m A Dad:
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I started cracking up the minute I heard this, because I agree with pretty much everything Esoteric says on I Hate Flying. The song, which features a hilarious story about a bad airplane experience, stands out as one of the best tracks on 7L & Esoteric’s “1212.” 7L’s chorus samples lyrics from Jay-Z’s Ignorant Shit, a track from his “American Gangster” album, while Esoteric’s three verses manage to cover everything we all hate about flying. Click below to listen to 7L & Esoteric’s I Hate Flying:
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PEACE. Whether you’re one of HHL’s daily visitors or someone who has stumbled onto HipHopLinguistics.com for the first time, thank you for visiting this website. Unfortunately, I am currently on vacation. Due to a summer filled with travel and time off, I have decided to take my first break from this website in more than five years. I will be back in a couple months, but in the meantime, check out my four vacation posts below. These will catch you up with my favorite music of the first half of 2010, as well as what I’ll be bumping during my travels:
- My Vacation Albums
- My Favorite FREE Album Downloads of 2010
- My Favorite Videos of 2010
- My Favorite Tracks & Quotables of 2010
Have a great summer! And stay up on real hip-hop! PEACE
One of the big things I love about the current evolution of the hip-hop industry and business model is the new way tracks are released to the public. In preparation for their albums, both mainstream and underground hip-hop artists leak multiple songs to the blogs and websites. It is a great way to preview an album and to get free music. The tracks below are some of my favorite songs and quotables through June, 2010. Most are available for FREE download, and many have the lyrics posted:
- Reflection Eternal City Playgrounds
- The Roots Dear God 2.0
- B. Dolan Earthmovers
- Sage Francis Best of Times
- Bohemian Rap CD Mama Mia
- Dark Time Sunshine Primor
- Everliven Sound Crack and The Electric Chair
- ScholarMan Hood Stories Vol. 4
- Kats Rich Dad Poor Dad
- Random & DN3 The Won Too
- Oddisee NYC Remix
- Luckyiam TV In The Afternoon
- Core Rhythm King
- Debaser Don’t Sleep
- Little Brother Curtain Call
This track is part spoken word and part hip-hop, so you’ll have to get a minute or so in for the actual rapping to begin. Nevertheless, I picked it as this week’s hip-hop quotable due to the track’s deep lyrical content. Best of Times, which you can download for FREE here, is the second leak from Sage Francis’ upcoming album “Li(f)e” – scheduled for release May 11 on Strange Famous Records. If you like this, check out Sage’s first leak Slow Man. Click below to listen to Sage Francis’ Best of Times:
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This week’s underground hip-hop quotable of the week is Mama Mia from “Bohemian Rap CD,” which you can still download for FREE here if you haven’t already. Mama Mia features dope verses from NYC underground emcees Jake Lefco, IllSpokinn, Ryan-O’Neil, Kats and Domer – and is part of a compilation CD featuring all five emcees rapping over 6 tracks created from samples of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. Click below to listen to Mama Mia:
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This week’s underground hip-hop track of the week is ScholarMan’s Hood Stories Vol. 4, from his new album “Free Spirit Of A Troubled Soul” – which I been bumping nonstop since finally getting around to listening to it last week. ScholarMan has included a Hood Stories track in each of his last four albums, and each contains relevant lyrics and interesting storytelling. Vol. 4 is about a Iraq war veteran with post traumatic stress syndrome. Click below to listen to Hood Stories Vol. 4:
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This week’s underground hip-hop quotable is Kats’ Rich Dad Poor Dad, from his new album “I Can Levitate” – which is you should download for FREE if you haven’t already. The beat is by UK producer Jonesy, and the title is pretty much self-explanatory – as Kats drops verses about fatherhood through the eyes of a rich dad, a poor dad, and his own pops. Possibly my favorite track on the new album. Click below to listen to Kats’ Rich Dad Poor Dad:
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