I always say it’s gonna become universal as we become a galactic union.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAAll music is dance music. But when people think of dance music, they think of techno or just house. Anything you can dance to is dance music.
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You treat people with greatness and greatness will come back to you.
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November is Hip-Hop History Month, where we give celebration to what hip hop has done to bring together people of the world, people of all nationalities, young people, all the political systems and politicians on the planet.
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All these names we’re using now are just an illusion made to keep us fighting each other.
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It ain’t no joke when you lose your vinyl.
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There’s a lot of people over time who have brought out all these funky records that everybody has started jumping on like a catch phrase.
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I’m as old as the moon and the stars, and as young as the trees and the lakes. My style comes from looking at what came before me, and from visiting a lot of places.
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It could be breakdancing, freestyle dancing or whatever type of dancing that’s happening now in the Black, Hispanic and White community.
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That’s the beauty of sampling: taking the old sound and recreating it and making something new, or bringing back the old sounds, mixed with some heavy grooves and beats, so people can remember. “Oh, I remember that, back in the day.”
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When Planet Rock came out, then you had all of the electro funk records.
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Don’t get caught up on ‘I’m brown, black, white, red, blue, whatever.’ You gotta ask, what were you called before 1492?
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I brought out all these other break beats that you hear so much on a lot of these records.
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That won’t work in their interest. They gotta get you ready for your microchip.
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I don’t care if it’s classical, funk, salsa, reggae, calypso; it’s all dance music.
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That’s definitely my goal, and always has been through the Universal Zulu Nation, is to show that music breaks down all that foolishness and can bring all types of people together, especially when you can mix it and shape it.
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Hip-hop has different elements dealing with music, rap, graffiti art, b-boys (what you call break boys)… and also dealing with culture, and a whole movement dealing with wisdom and understanding, as well as peace unity and fun.
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