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15 Best Hip-Hop Quotes Prior to 1990

Apparently, choosing the best or one’s personal favorite hip-hop or rap quotes of all time is a touchy subject with self-proclaimed “real” hip-hop heads. If you haven’t read my first list of ten great music quotes, click here to check it out.

I promised I would create a second list and dig a bit deeper into the beginning of hip-hop’s roots to discover some more meaningful quotes for the self-proclaimed “real” hip-hop heads. Unfortunately, I cannot please everyone and accommodate to each individual’s opinion, but I can try .

Here are some excellent quotes taken from hip-hop’s past. Majority of these quotes don’t even need to be explained, so I’ll just quote them and move on! Hate ‘em, love ‘em, or quit bitchin’ and provide your own favorite music quotes in the comments section!

P.S.  – These quotes are not in order of best or worst, as this is not possible, so deal with it!

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Promoting yourself is a key to your success.

The internet is probably the best promotion tool you can use. It is also very low cost unless you pay for advertising. I could write several articles on how to promote yourself via the internet, but I’ll just cover the low cost basics for now. I’m assuming that you have at least a demo CD worth of material ready to slam in the public’s face. So here we go, get your notepad ready to take some notes…

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10 of Isso's Favorite Music Quotes

NOTE: After reading this article, check out our new post with the best 15 hip-hop quotes prior to 1990 here – http://themusictip.com/best-15-hip-hop-quotes-prior-to-1990 

I’ve compiled a list of my favorite musical quotes of all time (in no particular order). These quotes mean a lot to me as a person and to the hip hop world as a whole. These great celebrities and powerful figures have wisdom, knowledge and experience that streches for miles.

It is our best interest to take their words to heart and come to realize that hip hop will always be an evolving form of art. These people got to their level of success by thinking in this manner, so it must work, right? Feel free to submit your own favorite quotes in the comments box below!

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