--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: This is jazz, this is funk, this is soul…" description: "\"This is jazz, this is funk, this is soul, this is gospel This is sanctified sick, this is player Pentecostal. This is church front pew, Amen, pulpit, W..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31c/killer-mike-2503_amen_this-is-jazz-this-is-funk-this-is-soul-t_2546506.png" --- # This is jazz, this is funk, this is soul, this is gospel… ![“This is jazz, this is funk, this is soul, this is gospel This is sanctified sick, this is player Pentecostal. This is church front pew, Amen, pulpit, What my people need and the opposite of bullshit.” quote by Killer Mike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31c/killer-mike-2503_amen_this-is-jazz-this-is-funk-this-is-soul-t_2546506.png) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31c/killer-mike-2503_amen_this-is-jazz-this-is-funk-this-is-soul-t_2546506.png) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31c/killer-mike-2503_amen_this-is-jazz-this-is-funk-this-is-soul-t_2546506.png) > “This is jazz, this is funk, this is soul, this is gospel This is sanctified sick, this is player Pentecostal. This is church front pew, Amen, pulpit, What my people need and the opposite of bullshit.” [Killer Mike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/killer-mike/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Jazz, funk, soul, gospel, and authentic expression represent truth, contrasting with superficiality. **In simple terms:** Authentic music reflects truth; superficiality is false. Key Takeaway Seek genuine expression, reject emptiness. Themes music authenticity culture Mood reflective energetic Type cultural inspirational When to use this quote - concerts - community events - creative projects - spiritual gatherings Key Concepts art history sociology Questions to Reflect On - What does “authentic” mean to you? - How can you support genuine artists? 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I give a damn about the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/killer-mike/i-don-t-accept-the-term-political-rapper-because-i-don-t-give-a-damn/) [Killer Mike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/killer-mike/) > [My rights are precious, and I value those provided to me through the United States Constitution so much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/killer-mike/my-rights-are-precious-and-i-value-those-provided-to-me-through-the/) [Killer Mike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/killer-mike/) > [I've been in the newspapers since I was about 15 - not for rapping, but for real substantive stuff I was doing in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/killer-mike/i-ve-been-in-the-newspapers-since-i-was-about-15-not-for-rapping-but/) [Killer Mike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/killer-mike/) > [51 years ago, when Hillary Clinton was working on the Goldwater campaign, Bernie Sanders was getting locked up for my rights. 50 years later…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/killer-mike/51-years-ago-when-hillary-clinton-was-working-on-the-goldwater/) [Killer Mike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/killer-mike/) > [Bernie Sanders is the only politician who, consistently for 50 years, has taken that social justice platform into politics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/killer-mike/bernie-sanders-is-the-only-politician-who-consistently-for-50-years/) [Killer Mike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/killer-mike/) > [America has done a great job making brutally fast, stripped-down cars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/killer-mike/america-has-done-a-great-job-making-brutally-fast-stripped-down-cars/) [Killer Mike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/killer-mike/) > [My hair is dry. 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