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.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAPowers 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.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAANovember 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.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAI don’t care if it’s classical, funk, salsa, reggae, calypso; it’s all dance music.
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 BAMBAATAAI knew that as a DJ from 1970 on up that I would eventually come with this sound.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAI always say it’s gonna become universal as we become a galactic union.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAWe 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.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAThe Universal Zulu Nation stands to acknowledge wisdom, understanding, freedom, justice, and equality, peace, unity, love, and having fun, work.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAA lot of times, when people say hip-hop, they don’t know what they’re talking about. They just think of the rappers.
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 BAMBAATAAWhen 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.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAWe also want to try and slow down all this foolishness that’s going on between the East and West.
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 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 BAMBAATAAIt ain’t no joke when you lose your vinyl.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAI am one of the founders of Hip-Hop along with my brothers Kool DJ Herc and Grandmaster Flash.
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