The only thing I want is to awaken all humans on the planet that we are living on Mother Earth.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAANovember 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 always say it’s gonna become universal as we become a galactic union.
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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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That won’t work in their interest. They gotta get you ready for your microchip.
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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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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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I knew that as a DJ from 1970 on up that I would eventually come with this sound.
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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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When Planet Rock came out, then you had all of the electro funk records.
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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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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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We also want to try and slow down all this foolishness that’s going on between the East and West.
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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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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 don’t care if it’s classical, funk, salsa, reggae, calypso; it’s all dance music.
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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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