"Jay-Z influenced a lot of artists to get into business and to turn themselves into businessmen."
"Future, Thug, and Migos absolutely shaped the sound of this past decade."
"Fairport Convention changed dramatically from the moment Sandy Denny joined."
"Mariah Careey combined pop and hip hop and she's largely the reason you see your favorite pop stars today."
"He's always changing the popular trends in music, reflecting the popular trends in music."
"Kanye got us all out Wyoming and and I think people wanted to see that experience."
"If it was something that pimp thought that Tupac wouldn't do, pimp wouldn't do it."
"With his death, I believe that SoundCloud rap as a whole passed away with him."
"I feel like he's generations before us for gay [__] R. Kelly."
"Ron's advocacy for various social issues throws a little light on the potential of artists to influence positive change."
"The fact that artists can actually have a voice is insane."
"Arguably the greatest gangsta rap like rapper from the 2010's decade."
"It's not the brush that makes the painting; it's the painter."
"Whether you're doing the next strip club anthem or a revolutionary soundtrack or both... some of that is Onika Tanya Mirage."
"It was this renewed energy that's allowed the entire current wave of huge LA rap artists to dominate the scene."
"Yonkers, I think, is still a very good song and single. Without that track and music video, I don't think you would have Tyler, the Creator where he is today."
"Ken's impact: 'Bringing back the SoundCloud feel of Lil Uzi and Cardi...'"
"Wash this in the bloods a bop like it's still a jam every time I listen to it it's a soundscape that I really wanted to hear from kanye and was hoping was going to be like emblematic of his next album just it's really cool I think it's great."
"There's something about this that reminds me of modern-day like Igor, Tyler the Creator."
"Biggie Smalls made Bad Boy. Bad Boy is Biggie Smalls."
"The artist has control over the art they put into the world."
"Lean showed that weird kids could do what they wanted."
"Ashanti was the staple of creating that Murder Inc R&B/hip-hop fusion awesome [ __ ] that we love Murder Inc for."
"Both Kale and Miranda are steeped in the history of musical theater."
"For me, MF DOOM is a weird one because it's great background type music... he was just the king of that to me."
"Juice WRLD isn't here to go on tour, he's not here to do interviews, he's not here to post on Instagram but so many people are listening to him that he's still the sixth most listened to artist in the entire industry."
"If it weren't for Soyun, Idol wouldn't be where they are today."
"During that time, you have artists such as Music Soulchild."
"The weekend's music sounds like Michael Jackson."
"A Vermeer in your collection would transform the way people think of him."
"Not just like geeked out fans, like BTS donated a million bucks to Black Lives Matter and the army was like, yo, if they can do it, we can do it."
"For me, Wayne is one of the most important pieces in hip-hop."
"He left behind a legacy of timeless music and a devoted fanbase."
"Shy Low's story intertwines with the broader narrative of Atlanta hip-hop. He wasn't just riding the wave of Atlanta's influence, he was leading the way."
"His hums, his verses, his vibe just his aura, his aura just kills it"
"Skins was the first musical release from X after his death where many people including myself truly felt his absence."
"Yeah, we've been making their stuff hot, yeah, we've been making that stuff hot, yeah, you know Jesse made that joint hot."
"X's music meant so much to the people that listened to it."
"Rihanna's distinct focus, trend-setting sounds, and high-profile romances also make her songwriters' dream."
"Lupe Fiasco, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Common, and others are the moving force behind conscious rap."
"Nicki Minaj is everywhere. No other artist really, especially today, has been able to accomplish that successfully at that level."
"I think they're all super talented and especially in the case of young lean he really invented so much of like the sad boy rap thing."
"I would say if it was Lee left-eye story we're having a separate conversation but I don't think the group TLC as much as they have hits but alia has an impact on people that is very deep even deeper than her music for some reason absolutely."
"Drake cleverly channels Tupac to deliver a motivational message to Kendrick."
"Paul McCartney is for me the greatest musical artist of all time."
"His impact will truly be felt until after he's gone."
"Drake would have happened regardless, but Kanye helped pave the way."
"You better know what hip hop really really is and what it's really really about like six in the morning oh gee original gangster man ice he had some bangers colors that was a banger let's be very very clear let's be very very clear."
"Picasso was born into a rapidly modernizing world."
"Anytime OutKast is in there, that's an easy one for me."
"Drake is the man you should follow in this game called rap."
"I often when I was in the music business and had the record company there many many times when I would look back and think about what Elvis did on stage."
"This was really cool, dropping a project after an iconic rapper's death."
"There needs to be a line drawn, and I really feel that sometimes these artists and the people around them to make decisions have to have a say in what you do because it affects everybody."
"You gotta look at her peers, Lil Wayne and Drake."
"Rory once stated in an interview that the Shadows' Hank Marvin used a Gaia tone before his Strats... Rory visited Japan a total of four times in 1974, 75, 77, and lastly in 1991."
"It's not Spider-Man that's going to sell your books, it's a Todd McFarlane's Spider-Man that's going to sell your books."
"Look at these artists older than me and how they aging in this, like the Jay-Z's and Method Man, they looking good for their age."
"Mike Shinoda made rap accessible to a whole different group of people."
"Honestly, that sounds super Ariana Grande to me."
"It was just an exciting summer... Latifah was the first that kind of strong, pro-female, militant kind of artist holding her own."
"You know Jon Bon Jovi of course, the lead singer and front man of the band, you know big Bruce Springsteen fan, very into this whole New Jersey culture."
"If you don't mention KRS-One in your top 10, you are lost."