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Afrika Bambaataa40 quotes“I am one of the founders of Hip-Hop along with my brothers Kool DJ Herc and Grandmaster Flash.”
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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.
Afrika BambaataaAfrika Bambaataa 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.
Afrika BambaataaAfrika Bambaataa 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.
Afrika BambaataaAfrika Bambaataa 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.
Afrika BambaataaAfrika Bambaataa 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.
Afrika BambaataaAfrika Bambaataa 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.
Afrika BambaataaAfrika Bambaataa Hip-hop has been hijacked by a Luciferian conspiracy. People have used hip-hop in a lot of ways that cause a lot of mind problems. They use the word wrongfully. They use it to mean a part instead of a whole.
Afrika BambaataaAfrika Bambaataa 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.
Afrika BambaataaAfrika Bambaataa When Planet Rock came out, then you had all of the electro funk records.
Afrika BambaataaAfrika Bambaataa When you talk about hip-hop, you’re talking about the whole culture and movement. You have to take the whole culture for what it is.
Afrika BambaataaAfrika Bambaataa All these names we’re using now are just an illusion made to keep us fighting each other.
Afrika BambaataaAfrika Bambaataa The Universal Zulu Nation stands to acknowledge wisdom, understanding, freedom, justice, and equality, peace, unity, love, and having fun, work.
Afrika BambaataaAfrika Bambaataa Well, a lot of people within government and big business are nervous of Hip Hop and Hip Hop artists, because they speak their minds. They talk about what they see and what they feel and what they know. They reflect what’s around them.
Afrika BambaataaAfrika Bambaataa 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 BambaataaAfrika Bambaataa I knew that as a DJ from 1970 on up that I would eventually come with this sound.
Afrika BambaataaAfrika Bambaataa 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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