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The thing is with hip-hop, it has its waves and the waves crash against the beach and the new waves come in. So to stay relevant you have to roll with that.

Ice Cube

I’m always the “less is more” guy when it comes to a scene. So I’ma be the one who will keep it grounded. Even if I let it go off and go crazy, I’m still the voice of keeping things grounded in reality.
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Crazy Ground Minimalism Myself Reality Voice
Our records, if you have a dark sense of humor, were funny, but our records weren’t about comedy. They were about protests, fantasy, confrontation and all that.
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Comedy Darkness Fantasy Funny Ourselves Protest Record
You can do anything in the world if you say “Hey man, don’t blame me, the devil made me do it. It’s an easy way to escape responsibility.”
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Blame Escape Man Responsibility World Yourself
Most of the problems that we have are brought on by the government and not by music. Music is a mirror of what we’re going through, not the cause of what we’re going through.
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Government Myself Problem
I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing.
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Myself Situation Thinking Worst
A bird in the hand is worth more than a Bush.
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Gratitude Hands Worth
I always want to read the script before I totally commit.
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Commitment Myself Reading Scripture
Keep doin’ what you’re doin’, fall in love with what you’re creating, and everything else will fall into place.
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Creation Fall In Love Place Yourself
I believe every pencil has to be sharpened every now and then to stay sharp, or you dull out. So my records, I chose to speak on what black people do, what white people do, what women do, what men do.
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Believe Black Myself Pencil People Sharp Talk White
I grew up in the seventies and disco was big. That influenced me the most.
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Growth Influence Music Myself
I always was like, “Yo, I’m here, I might as well get what I could take.”
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Ability Myself Potential Right Self Love
I’m always open, and will criticize myself, too. And I just think being that honest with everybody puts you in a different space than somebody who’s just shooting venom at a certain group or a certain amount of individuals.
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Criticize Different Honesty Myself Open
Creating is really what I like to do. The best thing in the world is to have an idea in the back of your head and then to make that idea into a movie and have people all over the world enjoy it.
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Best Creation Enjoyment Ideas Myself People World
The hardest period for a writer is the period in-between writing. That’s when you can go crazy if you don’t allow the creative juices to flow.
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Crazy Creativity Flow Hard Juice Writing Yourself
I don’t cook gumbo, but I just know it’s a lot of good ingredients in it. And, with a movie, you got to have all those ingredients.
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Goodness Ingredient Movie Myself
I love music. It’s freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.
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Freedom Frustration Music Myself
There’s nothing wrong with starting off in a box, but you got to have a plan to come out that box.
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Limitation Planning Start Wrong Yourself
If I only had 24 hours to live, I would spend the time telling everybody I love that I love them.
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Live Love Myself Time
My advice for anyone who wants to follow in my footsteps: create your own path, hone your talent, be ready to show your talent, and don’t doubt yourself.
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Advice Creation Doubt Follow Talent Yourself
I think reading is important in any form. I think a person who’s trying to learn to like reading should start off reading about a topic they are interested in, or a person they are interested in.
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Form Important Interest Myself Reading Thinking
Rap is just somebody getting something off his chest. That’s all it is.
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Burden Freedom Music Rap Song
I know my flavor’s going to work because I just know there’s not a lot of guys like me around. So you got to figure out what’s that about you.
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Different Figure Original Yourself
Should I peel a cap or should I let him survive?
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Allow Choice Myself Survive
If you love what you do, and you believe in your talent, there’s nothing better than breaking through. There’s no better feeling than breaking through.
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Believe Better Break Feeling Love Talent Yourself
Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.
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Hide Lying Power Run Truth
Don’t worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.
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Goodness Stars Work Worry Yourself
I identify with the bottom of the pyramid, because, outside of having money, I am at the bottom of the pyramid.
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Bottom Identify Money Myself

The thing is with hip-hop, it has its waves and the waves crash against the beach and the new waves come in. So to stay relevant you have to roll with that.

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The thing is with hip-hop, it has its waves and the waves crash against the beach and the new waves come in. So to stay relevant you have to roll with that.

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