Tyme Quotes

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The word “friend” is a label anyone can try on. You decide who is best suited to wear it.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
The most dangerous among us come dressed as angels and we learn too late they are the devil in disguise.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
You own your feelings. You own your thoughts. You control both. No one has the right to any of it—to any of you without your permission.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Each day, wake up with a plan. Don’t just approach your days in an unfocused void. That state of mind leaves too much room for discontent, opposition, unhappiness and hopelessness.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Insecurity is a powerful enemy. It forces people to use make-up, plastic surgery, collagen injections and liposuction; to nip, tuck, throw up, push up, suck in and laser.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
I just follow God's lead. One step, one day and one opportunity at a time. The hardest part is not becoming distracted.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Occupy your thoughts with purpose and you will be so busy pursuing a meaningful future there will be no time for doubt, chaos and disappointment.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Never be afraid to love. Just be careful who you love.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
If you promise to love, trust, respect, support and stand by someone no matter what, do not just speak those words when times are good. Live those words when challenges arise. The stronger the love and commitment, the more unbreakable the bond. United hearts will never be easily divided.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Sharing pillow talk with the wrong people can make a hard bed to lie on, and will surely lead to nightmares in your relationship.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Ignorance is a progressive thinker’s enemy; acceptance, awareness, accountability and action are the tools of the informed; of people who want change and do all they can to achieve it.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Make a difference, change the game for the better, leave a legacy, be a guide that someone else can follow and make better, and then someone else will follow that and make that better.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Live life with no filters.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Trying to change someone to suit your desires is a setup for disappointment.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
weeding out the harmful influences should become the norm not the exception.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Testing the wrong person can prove a massive failure for the antagonist.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
What poore Elements are our happinesses made off, if Tyme, Tyme which wee can scarce consider to be any thing, be an essential part of our happines?
John Donne
As someone who has dealt with his fair share of disappointment, I’ve learned the best way to cope with trouble is to approach every situation with eyes wide open; focused and determined.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
She possessed courage of the blood, she said, but I possessed courage of the spirit. She was . . . a singular creature.
Megan Morrison (Transformed: The Perils of the Frog Prince (Tyme #3))
The Beyond is like a window at night. Standing inside the lit house and looking out into the darkness, one can see nothing. But from outside in the darkness, everything within is bright.
Megan Morrison (Transformed: The Perils of the Frog Prince (Tyme #3))
Loving someone is a full time commitment. Use that time wisely. Cherish the high points and fight hard to conquer the challenges. No one said love would be easy, but it is dam sure worth it.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
People spend money they don’t have on clothes and accessories they don’t need to fill a void. No matter how much they invest in their own physical reconstruction (or in some cases deconstruction), they are still unhappy with who they see in the mirror. Don’t get me wrong. We all do things to enhance our personal appearance, some more than others. But changing what’s on the outside will not resolve deep-rooted issues.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
There are few things that weigh on a person’s ability to grow and thrive more than insecurity. One critique, one insult, one harsh act could cripple a person who is not confident enough in their own skin to ignore the comments.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
I know far too many people who prefer to shield their mind’s eye from the truth. They live in a perpetual state of denial, hoping their problems will cease to exist if they pretend they are not there. However shutting out your problems does not dismiss them. Ignorance is not bliss. On the contrary, it creates an opportunity for those problems to grow.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Keep your eyes and your mind open. Don’t be blinded by filters like fear, uncertainty, pessimism and negativity.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
It's been said that actions speak louder than words. Sometimes, it's what you don't say or do, that sends the loudest message.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
When God chooses you to deliver a message, to have a purpose, no one and nothing can reverse the course of His plan.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
We live in a society where people feel they have to be right, no matter what. If we subscribe to that narrow view, the critical gray area is compromised.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Be the start of something that is good, revolutionary and powerful. Everything after that is a bonus!
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
In relationships, everyone makes mistakes. If you are forgiven for yours, don't take it for granted.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Love is a two-way street, but not everyone deserves a license.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
The people in this city … no offense intended …” “They’re snobs,” said Linden. “Offense intended.
Megan Morrison (Disenchanted: The Trials of Cinderella (Tyme, #2))
When you switch your focus from the “we” to the “me”, the goal from “team” to “self”, you upset the balance of the whole. Consequentially, that redistribution of effort impedes success.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Why," Rapunzel asked, "did the Black want to become mortality? Why make humans who can die if you can make fairies? What's the point?" Glyph smiled a little. "You have joined the great search," she said. "For what?" "The answer.
Megan Morrison (Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel (Tyme, #1))
within this Realme, during the tyme of this terrible conflict that hes bene betuix the sanctes of God and these bloody wolves who clame to thame selves the titill of clargie, and to have authoritie ower the saules of men; for, with the Pollicey,
John Knox (The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6))
What did you want?" Rapunzel asked. "To speak with you," said Glyph. "To tell you things and see if you can hear them, or if you are beyond salvaged, and my faith has grown since I met you, for though you are selfish and ignorant, your heart is good.
Megan Morrison (Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel (Tyme, #1))
Jack eyed her for another moment, and then he grinned a little. “You’re going to have some good stories to tell after this, you know that?” he said. “Of how you conquered a Stalker and climbed your own hair out of a ravine, in spite of the fairy who wants you dead.” “That’s an awful story.” “That’s what makes it good,” said Jack. “My father always said that about adventures. The parts that are worst in the doing are best in the telling.
Megan Morrison (Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel (Tyme, #1))
When you sever ties with the unit purely for self-serving intentions, you are likely to find yourself stranded and struggling to survive; fighting to keep your head above water. What’s more, there is no one to save you because you’ve turned your back on your comrades and snubbed your support system.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Wilson then goes on to provide a new definition of interest: ‘Usurye is also saide to be the price of tyme, or of the delaying or forbearing of moneye.’ Interest has been described in many ways over the years – it’s often referred to as the ‘price of money’. But Wilson knew better. Interest, he said, is the price of time. There is no better definition. In
Edward Chancellor (The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest)
Shutting out your problems does not dismiss them. Ignorance is not bliss. On the contrary, it creates an opportunity for those problems to grow.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Just because I understand does not mean I agree.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Why trade definite for a maybe?
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
We must realize that people do not have to conform to one another. We are after all, ultimately beholden to ourselves.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
There will never be a point in my life where it is acceptable to waste time.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Assign a deadline to your biggest objectives and stick to it so they don’t become just another litany of “what ifs” and sad regrets.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Do not waste your life away by wishing for days you may not even get to see.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Happiness will never flourish in a life bereft of optimism.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Don't be managed by the likelihood of mishaps. Be motivated by the promise of favor!
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
The first step to receiving more blessings is appreciating the ones you have.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Elevation at times require separation.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
I understand (finally) that God does not REACT to prayers or petitions. He has ACTED. It is already done.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Focus on patience, loyalty, intelligence, greed, dissatisfaction and pride.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
The tide seldom shifts in favor of a selfish individual.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Clarity and peace of mind are powerful tools. Achieving either (and both) is only possible when we allow ourselves to “see” life in all its variance.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Truth be told, many couples spend more time planning the wedding and the honeymoon than they do preparing for the marriage.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
True beauty comes from the inside out. We have to work on our mental, emotional, spiritual and physical well-being in order to be truly happy and accept who we are.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Every day, whether you mean to or not, you are becoming the man you will be -
Megan Morrison (Transformed: The Perils of the Frog Prince (Tyme #3))
Never let anyone (or any situation) scramble your mind, your heart or your money. You are no good to anyone (especially yourself) if you are insane, miserable and broke.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Never miss an opportunity to express your love. We get so caught up in our lives, we think there will be time. Until, the day time runs out. Avoid regrets. Embrace those you care about.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
I discipline my mind to see past distractions, to scrutinize deceptive tendencies and to pay careful attention to details whether I am conversing with others or I’m just a passive observer.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
One truth that has helped me accept some of the most difficult moments and heartbreaking decisions in my life is that I already have all for which I ask. I am blessed! I am delivered from my worries!
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
In a relationship, prudent application of the gray theory is a key ingredient in assuring years of happiness; “till death do us part”. Balance is at the center of success, satisfaction and a lifetime of love.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Wherin they shalle fynde many Ioyous and playsaunt hystoryes / and noble & renomed actes of humanyte / gentylnesse and chyualryes / For herein may be seen noble chyualrye / Curtosye / Humanyte / frendlynesse / hardynesse / loue / frendshyp / Cowardyse / Murdre / hate / vertue / and synne / Doo after the good and leue the euyl / and it shal brynge you to good fame and renommee / And for to passe the tyme thys boook shal be plesaunte to rede in /
William Caxton
As a divorced man, I can say from experience that there may come a time when a couple decides it is best to live separate lives: where you have different dreams and are no longer willing to make sacrifices to achieve the other’s goal.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
When you choose Garter, you’re saving money on wool by putting their people through the same degrading things Mum and I went through — and you can’t do that. If that kind of life wasn’t good enough for us, then it’s not good enough for anybody. No one deserves it. We can’t support it.
Megan Morrison (Disenchanted: The Trials of Cinderella (Tyme, #2))
Why do you want power at all? What do you do with it?” “I keep myself alive,” said Witch. “Beyond that, I do whatever I wish. Power is power. Without power, others make your choices for you. With power, your life is your own. I will not suffer myself to be controlled by anyone. Never again.
Megan Morrison (Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel (Tyme, #1))
Fig trees interest me," he said. "They're like children: full of potential, but frighteningly vulnerable. Ignore a fig tree, neglect it, and its life will be short. It will die and never give fruit. But if you accept the fig's fragility and give it your full attention as it grows, you will have a tree that lasts for centuries and bears fruit beyond compare.
Megan Morrison (Transformed: The Perils of the Frog Prince (Tyme #3))
My offering today is an apple tree," he said, and then he added, "An apple nourishes. It can be dried or juiced, fried or baked. We can sell them whole, sell their cider, feed their cores to our stock. Every piece of what they are contributes in some way to our economy; nothing about them need go to waste. That's how we ought to see our farmers too. It's not just your labor that matters - it's your voices.
Megan Morrison (Transformed: The Perils of the Frog Prince (Tyme #3))
I want to proudly acknowledge all the women we love: married mothers, single mothers, new mothers, "act brand new" mothers, patient mothers, "lose it in a hot second" mothers, older mothers, the "Yeahh, I still got it" mothers, working mothers, stay at home mothers, "wish I could stay at home" mothers, afro chic mothers, relaxed hair mothers, "new weave every 3 months" mothers, "make a weave last 6 months" mothers, the "all the neighborhood kids stay at my house" mother, the "go play in your own dam house" mother, cook every night mothers, "you better learn how to cook" mothers, old navy flip flop mothers, stiletto mothers, the "money is tight" mothers, "I'm tight with my money" mothers, throw-back mothers, throwed off mothers, the "Life Is Not Complicated, You Are" and "The Other 99 TYMES" loving mothers, and definitely all the "Girl, we bout to go hard at the next Sol-Caritas" show mothers!! We love you all! Happy Mother’s Day
Carlos Wallace
We listen to rap lyrics, but few study the history. One of the most significant contributions of hip hop. It offers a profound social commentary on the black experience. This is an aspect of the music that is overlooked because most people choose to pay more attention to “the hook” (the catchy repetitive phrase) than the complete body of work. In doing so, the listener misses the message: the essence of the music, the breakdown of the bars. That’s tantamount to someone who is able to quote scripture, but has never read the bible.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Your body gets buried under the ground, and the rest of you goes into the Beyond.” “The rest of me?” “The part that isn’t physical.” “Oh.” Rapunzel thought about this for a little while. “You mean my feelings?” “Sort of, yeah. Some people call it a soul. Some people call it the shard of the Black. Some people don’t believe there’s a Beyond at all — they think we just rot, and that’s it.”“That’s an awful story.” “That’s what makes it good,” said Jack. “My father always said that about adventures. The parts that are worst in the doing are best in the telling.
Megan Morrison (Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel (Tyme, #1))
The Hungryalist or the hungry generation movement was a literary movement in Bengali that was launched in 1961, by a group of young Bengali poets. It was spearheaded by the famous Hungryalist quartet — Malay Roychoudhury, Samir Roychoudhury, Shakti Chattopadhyay and Debi Roy. They had coined Hungryalism from the word ‘Hungry’ used by Geoffrey Chaucer in his poetic line “in the sowre hungry tyme”. The central theme of the movement was Oswald Spengler’s idea of History, that an ailing culture feeds on cultural elements brought from outside. These writers felt that Bengali culture had reached its zenith and was now living on alien food. . . . The movement was joined by other young poets like Utpal Kumar Basu, Binoy Majumdar, Sandipan Chattopadhyay, Basudeb Dasgupta, Falguni Roy, Tridib Mitra and many more. Their poetry spoke the displaced people and also contained huge resentment towards the government as well as profanity. … On September 2, 1964, arrest warrants were issued against 11 of the Hungry poets. The charges included obscenity in literature and subversive conspiracy against the state. The court case went on for years, which drew attention worldwide. Poets like Octavio Paz, Ernesto Cardenal and Beat poets like Allen Ginsberg visited Malay Roychoudhury. The Hungryalist movement also influenced Hindi, Marathi, Assamese, Telugu & Urdu literature.
Maitreyee Bhattacharjee Chowdhury (The Hungryalists)
It’s bad enough when others break their promises; breaking a promise to ourselves is just downright debilitating.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Your value in another person’s life is not negotiable. It is not up for discussion. Set the standard and stick to it.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Mary, to bee a tyme seller, to gayne for dayes, monethes and years, and to make the sune shyninge, which God sendeth so freely unto us, to be the frute of your occupiying, and to make mony of mony for the very acte of lending – these dealings I do saye, are most abominable in the sight of God and man.
Edward Chancellor (The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest)
The only way you’ll be more beautiful is if there was a mirror in front of you.
Wynta Tyme (Thighs, Pies, and Spies: A Rodes Sisters Novelette Book (A Rodes Sisters Novelette Series 2))
So technically, Mal took Tyme from you and then had the audacity to cheat on her. Thennn you and Tyme decided to be on some petty get back shit TOGETHER — literally. Ohhh, this is MESSY and I’m living for it.
Bella Jay (12:01)
It is better to give than to receive" can be applied to MANY circumstances; relationships are not one of them. Two people should contribute to a union. When one is weak, the other is strong. It's about finding the right balance. If what you're giving outweighs what you receive, maybe the person you're with is just not the right fit for you.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
Your worth is not determined by the opinions of others. You are priceless because of who you are.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
I looked across the street. The voyeur watched me from his balcony while he smoked his cigar. I refused to acknowledge him by his name until I saw his face. His face. I couldn’t see his face because it was dark, and the thick smoke played a major role in masking him. However, what I did make out was his glowing blue eyes and elongated canine teeth. Was it the liquor?
Wynta Tyme (What if I Stop Running? (BLP Fairytales #3))
I turned away from the window and walked into the light. “We need to talk, Mocha.” Red gasped with bulged eyes and parted lips like she’d seen a ghost. “Pa-Pane?” she stuttered before her eyes rolled in the back of her head.
Wynta Tyme (What if I Stop Running? (BLP Fairytales #3))
I interrupted him. “Like from the TV show Vampire Diaries?
Wynta Tyme (What if I Stop Running? (BLP Fairytales #3))
No more running. Whatever issue arise, we’ll deal with it together or you can have your space. Just please promise me you’ll come to me before you run.
Wynta Tyme (What if I Stop Running? (BLP Fairytales #3))
Red moaned and squirted on my face. I loved that gushy shit. The wetter and nastier, the better.
Wynta Tyme (What if I Stop Running? (BLP Fairytales #3))
Fluttering! The beating picked up. I moved closer and closer until I stopped in front of Red. She wore a look of bewilderment with her hand on her waist, but that didn’t deter me. I traveled down her body until I stopped at her stomach. That unusual sound picked up, and I listened closer. Then I heard it clear as day.
Wynta Tyme (What if I Stop Running? (BLP Fairytales #3))
I don’t get that whole sentence. If you didn’t notice, I have a comprehension problem when I’m not getting my way. No doesn’t exist for me. I always get what I want, Mocha. You’re what I want. Now here’s a glass of wine. Go relax in your bath, baby. I’ll see you in a few.
Wynta Tyme (What if I Stop Running? (BLP Fairytales #3))
My body trembled every time he gave me a command. It was a newly discovered instinct. I never knew how powerful words of affirmation were until they were being choked and fucked out of me.
Wynta Tyme (Chosen by a Vampire)
My eyes widened in shock. “No fuckin’ way! You’re telling me that somewhere, in a past life of mine, I fell in love with Dracula.
Wynta Tyme (Chosen by a Vampire)
Who will Tempo choose? The principal that eats her like a sundae, the police officer who pines after her, or Dare, the creature of the night that makes her perform like a bad girl?
Wynta Tyme (Chosen by a Vampire)
With lightning speed, he snatched me by my thick locs, and our love session was transported to his bedroom ceiling.
Wynta Tyme (Chosen by a Vampire)
You’re mine. Mine. I know he desires you greatly, but only my dick will feel the warmth of this pussy. This my pussy. Say what I wanna hear.
Wynta Tyme (Chosen by a Vampire)
All I wanted was a little head, and now I was stuck with a man that sang to me through the intercom system.
Wynta Tyme (Chosen by a Vampire)
A warlock is a male witch, AKA a bitch. This one wants to control you and make you his, but make no mistake—you are mine.
Wynta Tyme (Chosen by a Vampire)
First off, I hope that’s not a threat because you know I’m about that life just like you are. Secondly, if that was a threat, then wipe the chicken crumbs from around your mouth so I can at least take yo’ ass serious. Bye, birds.
Wynta Tyme (Chosen by a Vampire)
Let’s see. I’m a gentleman in the streets and pussy pounder under the sheets. I’ll tenderize that pussy however you want me to.
Wynta Tyme (Chosen by a Vampire)
Her name is Tempo, and she’s your mate. In one hundred fifty years, you will find her, and you both will fall madly in love.
Wynta Tyme (Chosen by a Vampire)
A man is only as good as the woman next to him. Just in case you needed another reminder, I want you by my side, in front of me, behind me, in my skin if possible. I want you Jew Jew. Only you.
Wynta Tyme (Big Boys Need Love Too)
you are so they can notify you
Elna Tymes (My Samsung Galaxy S5 for Seniors (My...))
Hip hop music (and the entire category) is one of few that unite fans of all colors, races, religions, socio-economic backgrounds, ages and genders.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)
According to a study conducted by the Oxford African American Studies Center, hip hop is part of and speaks to a long line of black American and African traditions. Many observers also make a connection between rap and West African griot tradition, the art of wandering storytellers known for their knowledge of local settings and their superior vocal skills.
Carlos Wallace (The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity)