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.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAIf 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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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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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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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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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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If 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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You treat people with greatness and greatness will come back to you.
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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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All these names we’re using now are just an illusion made to keep us fighting each other.
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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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It ain’t no joke when you lose your vinyl.
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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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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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That won’t work in their interest. They gotta get you ready for your microchip.
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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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