Overcoming the negative through the positive, science, mathematics, faith, facts, and the wonders of God, whether we call him Allah, Jehovah, Yahweh, or Jah.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAOvercoming the negative through the positive, science, mathematics, faith, facts, and the wonders of God, whether we call him Allah, Jehovah, Yahweh, or Jah.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAThanks to my traveling, and keeping up from place to place, and pushing our ideology – peace, love, unity, and having fun – it has worked.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAThere’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 BAMBAATAAAll these names we’re using now are just an illusion made to keep us fighting each other.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAThat’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.”
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAWe also want to try and slow down all this foolishness that’s going on between the East and West.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAWe gotta understand that Hip Hop is now universal. Hip Hop is not East coast or West coast.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAIt could be breakdancing, freestyle dancing or whatever type of dancing that’s happening now in the Black, Hispanic and White community.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAIt ain’t no joke when you lose your vinyl.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAThat won’t work in their interest. They gotta get you ready for your microchip.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAI am one of the founders of Hip-Hop along with my brothers Kool DJ Herc and Grandmaster Flash.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAThere are others who are putting things out there or throwing a stick and hiding their hand and keeping things built up in the media.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAI’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.
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.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAHip-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.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAI don’t care if it’s classical, funk, salsa, reggae, calypso; it’s all dance music.
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