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Afrika 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.
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Artist Business Government Hip Hop Mind Nervous People Speak
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
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
I always say it’s gonna become universal as we become a galactic union.
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Always Become Galactic Union Universal
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
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
It ain’t no joke when you lose your vinyl.
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Joke Lose Vinyl
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
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
The only thing I want is to awaken all humans on the planet that we are living on Mother Earth.
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Earth Human Living Mother Only Planet Thing Want
I knew that as a DJ from 1970 on up that I would eventually come with this sound.
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Break Up DJ Eventually Music Play Record Sound Would
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
The Universal Zulu Nation stands to acknowledge wisdom, understanding, freedom, justice, and equality, peace, unity, love, and having fun, work.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAA

Equality Freedom Fun Justice Peace Understanding Unity Universal
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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Ego Foolishness Hand Home Leave Media Sit Understanding
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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Breakdancing Community Dancing Freestyle Happening Type White
I don’t care if it’s classical, funk, salsa, reggae, calypso; it’s all dance music.
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Calypso Care Classical Dance Funk Music Reggae Salsa

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