I’d like to see people pay attention to the science of hip hop. The knowledge part, the political side of what hip hop could do, or where hip hop is gonna go.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAI am one of the founders of Hip-Hop along with my brothers Kool DJ Herc and Grandmaster Flash.
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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 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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How you act, walk, look and talk is all part of Hip Hop culture. And the music is colorless. Hip Hop music is made from Black, brown, yellow, red and white.
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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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I am one of the founders of Hip-Hop along with my brothers Kool DJ Herc and Grandmaster Flash.
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We also want to try and slow down all this foolishness that’s going on between the East and West.
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Hip-hop has crossed many boundaries and racial barriers, broken them down for people to come together, to listen to the music or come out of their own social ills in each of the countries that it has went to.
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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 knew that as a DJ from 1970 on up that I would eventually come with this sound.
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A lot of times, when people say hip-hop, they don’t know what they’re talking about. They just think of the rappers.
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That won’t work in their interest. They gotta get you ready for your microchip.
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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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I brought out all these other break beats that you hear so much on a lot of these records.
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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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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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