Afrika Bambaataa Quotes

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• 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…
• 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…
• They allow us to disrespect our Black woman. A lot of these things would be considered criminal if it were to be carried out in…
• I like Akon, I like some of Lil Wayne when he uses that funky voice. Anything progressive.
• People get caught up in worshipping certain rappers, or they try to demonise hip hop by looking at what certain rappers are doin' in their…
• The thing that's good about Hip Hop is that it has experimented with a lot of different sounds and music.
• We also want to try and slow down all this foolishness that's going on between the East and West. We gotta understand that Hip Hop…
• Hip-hop went through different stages, from the beginning in the streets of the Bronx, to the whole Tri-State area and then to the rest of…
• I don't care if it's rap, metal, whatever. You still should play Beatles records mixed with Limp Bizkit mixed with Foghat mixed with Creedence Clearwater…
• I'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…
• I'd like to see people pay attention to the science of hip hop. The knowledge part, the political side of what hip hop could do,…
• I'm fanatical about movies: African, European, Viking, Roman. I got into witchcraft and magic from watching 'Bewitched' and 'The Wizard of Oz,' which shows in…
• If you see something is going wrong within politics and the world today, then some Hip Hop artist is gonna come along and get straight…
• Since the pharmaceuticals don't make any money and they control the doctors. If the doctors don't make any money then all hell breaks loose. In…
• How you act, walk, look and talk is all part of Hip Hop culture. And the music is colorless. Hip Hop music is made from…
• I knew that as a DJ from 1970 on up that I would eventually come with this sound. I brought out all these other break…
• You treat people with greatness and greatness will come back to you.
• It ain't no joke when you lose your vinyl.
• Don't get caught up on 'I'm brown, black, white, red, blue, whatever.' You gotta ask, what were you called before 1492? All these names we're…
• You want to buy cars and houses and castles, all of that's on you and how America has systematized your mind to be into materialism.…

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