I don’t care if it’s classical, funk, salsa, reggae, calypso; it’s all dance music.
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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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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That won’t work in their interest. They gotta get you ready for your microchip.
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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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I knew that as a DJ from 1970 on up that I would eventually come with this sound.
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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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We gotta understand that Hip Hop is now universal. Hip Hop is not East coast or West coast.
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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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You treat people with greatness and greatness will come back to you.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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