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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.

Afrika Bambaataa

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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Ask Before Black Blue Brown Called Caught Fighting Name Red White
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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Act Colorless Culture Hip Hop Music White Yellow
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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Back Beauty Bringing Day MIxed Old Remember Sampling Something Recreating Sound Taking
When Planet Rock came out, then you had all of the electro funk records.
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All Electro Funk Out Planet Record Rock
That won’t work in their interest. They gotta get you ready for your microchip.
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Basically Interest Microchip Ready Well
I am one of the founders of Hip-Hop along with my brothers Kool DJ Herc and Grandmaster Flash.
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Along Brother Country Founder Grandmaster Hip Hop
You treat people with greatness and greatness will come back to you.
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Back Come Greatness People Treat
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.
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Artist Business Government Hip Hop Mind Nervous People Speak
I brought out all these other break beats that you hear so much on a lot of these records.
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Beat Bought Break Hear Much Sound
It ain’t no joke when you lose your vinyl.
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Joke Lose Vinyl
All 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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Anything Dance House Music People Techno Think
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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Art Boy Call Dealing Different Element Fun Music Rap
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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Hand Hiding Keeping Media Music Other Putting Sound Stick Throwing
We gotta understand that Hip Hop is now universal. Hip Hop is not East coast or West coast.
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Coast East Hip Hop Music Sound Understand Universe West
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.
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Attention Hip Hop Like People Political Science
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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Barries Boundaries Country Crossed Fun Listen People Together

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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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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