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.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAThat’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.
More Afrika Bambaataa Quotes
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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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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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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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We also want to try and slow down all this foolishness that’s going on between the East and West.
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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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It ain’t no joke when you lose your vinyl.
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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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When you talk about hip-hop, you’re talking about the whole culture and movement. You have to take the whole culture for what it is.
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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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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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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 knew that as a DJ from 1970 on up that I would eventually come with this sound.
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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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When Planet Rock came out, then you had all of the electro funk records.
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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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