I knew that as a DJ from 1970 on up that I would eventually come with this sound.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAIf you see something is going wrong within politics and the world today, then some Hip Hop artist is gonna come along and get straight with it.
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That won’t work in their interest. They gotta get you ready for your microchip.
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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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Overcoming the negative through the positive, science, mathematics, faith, facts, and the wonders of God, whether we call him Allah, Jehovah, Yahweh, or Jah.
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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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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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I am one of the founders of Hip-Hop along with my brothers Kool DJ Herc and Grandmaster Flash.
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The only thing I want is to awaken all humans on the planet that we are living on Mother Earth.
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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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When Planet Rock came out, then you had all of the electro funk records.
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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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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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I brought out all these other break beats that you hear so much on a lot of these 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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