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I brought out all these other break beats that you hear so much on a lot of these records.

Afrika Bambaataa

I am one of the founders of Hip-Hop along with my brothers Kool DJ Herc and Grandmaster Flash.
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Along Brother Country Founder Grandmaster Hip Hop
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
That won’t work in their interest. They gotta get you ready for your microchip.
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Basically Interest Microchip Ready Well
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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Another Artist Hip Hop Mind Music Racism Sound Speak Think
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
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 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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Culture Hip Hop Movement Music Rapper Sound Talk Talking Whole
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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Anything Dance House Music People Techno Think
We gotta understand that Hip Hop is now universal. Hip Hop is not East coast or West coast.
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Coast East Hip Hop Music Sound Understand Universe West
Overcoming the negative through the positive, science, mathematics, faith, facts, and the wonders of God, whether we call him Allah, Jehovah, Yahweh, or Jah.
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Call Fact Faith God Mathematics Negative Overcoming Positive Religious Science Thought Wonder
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
I always say it’s gonna become universal as we become a galactic union.
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Always Become Galactic Union Universal
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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Celebration Giving History Month November People Political Together
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
It ain’t no joke when you lose your vinyl.
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Joke Lose Vinyl
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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Control Dark Electron Everybody Love Moving Other Planet Power Speed Tune

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