I brought out all these other break beats that you hear so much on a lot of these records.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAPowers that be can’t stay in control if you have everybody in love and in tune with each other and with the planet, and in tune with the electrons and the dark matter that’s moving at the speed of light.
More Afrika Bambaataa Quotes
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I knew that as a DJ from 1970 on up that I would eventually come with this sound.
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Thanks to my traveling, and keeping up from place to place, and pushing our ideology – peace, love, unity, and having fun – it has worked.
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When you talk about rap you have to understand that rap is part of the Hip-Hop culture.
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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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You put music in categories because you need to define a sound, but when you don’t play it on your so-called radio stations that claim to be R&B or jazz or whatever.
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We want you to sit down and leave your egos at home and let’s get an understanding as to where all this is foolishness coming from.
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There are others who are putting things out there or throwing a stick and hiding their hand and keeping things built up in the media.
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Well hip hop is basically the whole culture of the movement. There’s the rap which is a form of hip hop culture.
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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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You treat people with greatness and greatness will come back to you.
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It ain’t no joke when you lose your vinyl.
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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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We gotta understand that Hip Hop is now universal. Hip Hop is not East coast or West coast.
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Powers that be can’t stay in control if you have everybody in love and in tune with each other and with the planet, and in tune with the electrons and the dark matter that’s moving at the speed of light.
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If they think that there’s a lot of racism going on then there’s another Hip Hop artist who’s gonna come out and speak their mind.
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