"They’re a little known hip-hop crew, descended to earth from a magical realm. They delivered some of the most hardcore, gangster rap rhymes I’ve ever heard. Channeling Dre, channeling Nate Dogg, channeling Mystikal, channeling all of my heroes"

"It’s just an instrumental, very soothing. I like to be in my little meditative mode, just relaxing. I don’t have to listen to hardcore shit, I don’t listen to rap or nothing like that. Just something that will keep me mellow and vibing."

"Nagisa Oshima will probably be remembered best for his groundbreaking and beautiful hardcore film In the Realm of the Senses, but this is a wonderful one. Breathtakingly shot, with a fantastic, memorable score, and great performances by David Bowie, Tom Conti, and “Beat” Takeshi Kitano."

"If we're going to talk about hardcore, obviously we have to talk about Minor Threat—the flipside to Black Flag's coin. Faster but also more sincere (even humorless), they were still totally boiling with energy and fury, and we can even forgive them the whole straight edge thing too."