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They're keeping friction going between people from the East and the West. One thing we all got in common is your color, which is Black and Latino, which is our family.

~Afrika Bambaataa

Topics: Between Black Color Common East Family Friction Going Got Keeping Latino One Thing Our People Thing West Which Your

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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 is now universal. Hip Hop is not East coast or West coast.

~Afrika Bambaataa

Topics: Also Between Coast Down East East Coast Foolishness Going Gotta Hip Hip Hop Hop Now Slow Try Understand Universal Want West West Coast

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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 from. There are others who are putting things out there or throwing a stick and hiding their hand and keeping things built up in the media.

~Afrika Bambaataa

Topics: Built Coming Down Egos Foolishness Get Hand Hiding Home Keeping Leave Media Others Out Putting Sit Stick Things Throwing Understanding Up Want Where Who You Your

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You have to look at the fact that Hip Hop is under attack. It's not just Hip Hop but Black people, Latino people and all people are under attack for different things.

~Afrika Bambaataa

Topics: All People Attack Black Different Different Things Fact Hip Hip Hop Hop Just Latino Look People Things You

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Every James Brown cut makes a party get crazy. He's the god of all music. I always play different wild remixes of his songs because people start bugging out when they realise what I'm playing.

~Afrika Bambaataa

Topics: Always Because Brown Crazy Cut Different Every Get God He His James James Brown Makes Music Out Party People Play Playing Realise Songs Start Wild

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We used to play a lot of Fela Kuti in the early days of hip-hop. In my DJ sets I'll jump off into rock, salsa, African. I like to play some crazy stuff and see the vibrations of the people.

~Afrika Bambaataa

Topics: African Crazy Days Early Early Days Hip-Hop Jump Like Lot Off People Play Rock See Sets Some Stuff Used Vibrations Dj

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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, or where hip hop is gonna go. I always say it's gonna become universal as we become a galactic union.

~Afrika Bambaataa

Topics: Always Attention Become Could Go Gonna Hip Hip Hop Hop Knowledge Like Part Pay Pay Attention People Political Say Science See Side Union Universal Where

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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 lives.

~Afrika Bambaataa

Topics: Caught Certain Doin Get Hip Hip Hop Hop Lives Looking People Rappers Try Up

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Everybody needs to show respect to each others' ways and the cultural life that you get on this planet. 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 using now are just an illusion made to keep us fighting each other.

~Afrika Bambaataa

Topics: Ask Before Black Blue Brown Caught Cultural Each Everybody Fighting Get Gotta Illusion Just Keep Life Made Names Needs Now Other Others Planet Red Respect Show Up Us Using Ways Were Whatever White You

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I like Akon, I like some of Lil Wayne when he uses that funky voice. Anything progressive.

~Afrika Bambaataa

Topics: Anything Funky He Like Lil Wayne Progressive Some Uses Voice Wayne

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: April 10th, 1960

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