Rap music and rap records used to always be like this: we get one or two shots to a piece cause it… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I like Rick Ross as a person. I like Jay-Z and Kanye West as people. But I hate the companies that they… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
What made me want to become a recording artist; I was the first artist that was repeatedly asked by a label to… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
DJ culture always made us aware that the best records were going to come from the small shops — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Corporations have steered the industry into what it wants, and a lot of times they will make artists record what it wants… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
A visit to the hood through a record, or through a video, or through a film, is a lot safer than actually… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Never try to make the same record twice, even when people are screaming for the same sound. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
In the past, people were going to record stores and buying albums or CDs. And the label was exposing their artist as… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
A lot of artists have been persuaded into doing whatever they can do to gain attention. The media, of course, will position… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Your closest and your most dedicated fans will be your ultimate test. They will test you. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Public Enemy started out as a benchmark in rap music in the mid-1980s. We felt there was a need to actually progress the music… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Music used to cause revolutions and I'm not seeing much revolution anymore. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Find like-minded people and try not to be individualized to the point where you try to fight it all and think about it all… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
For a long period of time, the media covered rap music and hip hop the same way they cover a lot of black people,… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
You can't take anything with you. So I don't understand this whole psychotic area of greed, I don't get it. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
They [US Administration] have exploited hip-hop and some of the culture around it - magazines, videos, etc. - to recruit people into the military.… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Let the voice be the voice of the voiceless and let it come from the world of rap music to keep the stereotype and… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Our freedom of speech is freedom or death, We got to fight the powers that be! — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I wanna go to the clubs and actually have a good time too, but at the same time, when the party's over, I have… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
There are too many leaders anointed because they have a public voice - television, radio, or record, or whatever. That even includes myself. In… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
We don't see the people who are doing real things getting enough props. We often see politicians who are everywhere but nowhere at the… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
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