"Hip-hop is when you have crowd participation; when you chant at the audience and they chant back at you; when you wave your hands in the air like you just don't care; or some breakdancing. Everything today is just low-beat, real bass-y, bass-y, good rap records."
Flavor Flav
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"I remember back in the day when Chuck D called hip-hop the 'black people's CNN.' Well now, hip-hop is more like Fox News. It's biased, and highly suspect."
Saul Williams
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"I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's sociology as well as music, which is in keeping with the tradition of black music in America."
Quincy Jones
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"What's wrong with hip-hop is the system that controls the definition of it. There needs to be more balance on the airwaves."
Saul Williams
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"Hip-hop reflects the truth, and the problem is that hip-hop exposes a lot of the negative truth that society tries to conceal. It's a platform where we could offer information, but it's also an escape."
Busta Rhymes
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"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."
Albert Camus
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The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
Albert Camus
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I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.
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"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance."
Confucius
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"I don't feel like I need to preach to the world or nothing like that. I just feel like I share what I say, and if listeners get it, they get it. And I never underestimate the audience's ability to feel me."
Erykah Badu
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"Hip-hop is when you have crowd participation; when you chant at the audience and they chant back at you; when you wave your hands in the air like you just don't care; or some breakdancing. Everything today is just low-beat, real bass-y, bass-y, good rap records." Flavor Flav
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"I remember back in the day when Chuck D called hip-hop the 'black people's CNN.' Well now, hip-hop is more like Fox News. It's biased, and highly suspect." Saul Williams
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"I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's sociology as well as music, which is in keeping with the tradition of black music in America." Quincy Jones
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"What's wrong with hip-hop is the system that controls the definition of it. There needs to be more balance on the airwaves." Saul Williams
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"Hip-hop reflects the truth, and the problem is that hip-hop exposes a lot of the negative truth that society tries to conceal. It's a platform where we could offer information, but it's also an escape." Busta Rhymes
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"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion." Albert Camus
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The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. Albert Camus
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Thesis
I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.
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"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance." Confucius
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"I don't feel like I need to preach to the world or nothing like that. I just feel like I share what I say, and if listeners get it, they get it. And I never underestimate the audience's ability to feel me." Erykah Badu
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