Afrika Bambaata: Hip Hop vs Hip Hop
"I, Afrika Bambaataa, have heard it all, read it all, in
many magazines throughout the world, and seen almost all in this continuing
bullshit about which rappers are better, east coast v west coast, Miami
bass hip-hop is bullshit, British Rappers sound funny rapping, electro
funk, techno rappers are soft, I like hardcore rap and beats, this one
group is like that, old school vs new school, Rap wouldn't be rap if it
wasn't for the battles, I`m the quickest, baddest rapper, deejay around,
Go Go music in Washington D. C. is dead. It's all about hip-house or house
music all night long. I dis you, you dis me, my crew will take you out
or kick your ass, fuck this or that, Nigger, Bitch, Nigguz, Nigguh, Hoe,
Hooker, Bitches with Problems, Hoes with Attitudes. Just look at yourselves,
sounding like a bunch of fools, who really don't have any true knowledge
of self and knowledge of hip-hop culture and what it's all about.
First of all, let me tell you that the music (beats) that
makes up hip-hop, comes from different nationalities and races, especially
from black people, and if you think I am a brother who don't know what
he is talking about, just check out many of the music, beats, grooves
and sounds that many of your rappers use to make their records or rap
over. Hip-hop music in general is colorless and not racist.
It comes from many categories in music, for example: Hip-hop
music is made up from other forms of music like funk, soul, rhythm & blues,
jazz, rock heavy metal, salsa, soca (calypso), TV shows, kiddie shows,
horror movies, techno, pop, disco, african, arabic, reggae -etc. . . .
and if you use any records from these categories, you will see that the
music is made by people from different races or nationalities from all
over the planet, but it`s roots start with black people.
I have read many interviews by different rap groups throughout
the world, just to see where their heads are at, whether they are really
knowledgeable about hip-hop music/culture or whether they are just plain
assholes. Many of the rappers will down(dis) another rapper because he
or she wanted to experiment with hip-hop by singing or adding a different
sound in hip-hop to create something new.
When are all of you in the hip-hop world going to "wake
up"? You love to keep dissing each other for nothing and if you were wise
in your disrespect of each other, you would know how to make money with
respecting your disrespect of each other, if you truly understand what
I am saying. Many who are into hip-hop or part of hip-hop culture throughout
the world need a check up from the neck up.
In fact, and in truth, the whole human family needs one.
Everyone needs to check up on their own roots and culture and seek the
real truths on life on this so-called planet Earth. Knowledge, wisdom,
and understanding, facts and truths about black, brown, red, yellow and
white people and not that brainwash white supremacy shit that white people
in power have taught all over the world and to their own people of the
so called planet Earth.
Yes there are many wrongs in the worldwide hip-hop community,
but there are also many aspects of positivity within the hip-hop community
that the media or trade magazines rarely focus upon. Many of you in hip-hop
culture don't even listen to the rappers who are trying hard to wake your
asses up to what is going on in the bigger scale than of what you see
in your neighborhoods, their message goes in one ear and out the other.
The media does play a big role in destroying the hip-hop
culture movement, but many of you in the hip-hop community are the biggest
enemies of hip-hop and you will be the ones who will help the enemies
of hip-hop to destroy it, or to bring it back underground, because of
your ignorance of knowledge of hip-hop. This has started the difference
between "old school" and "new school".
To myself (Afrika Bambaataa) there is only one school and
that`s the learning, evolving, going through the different phases or cycles
school of hip-hop. That is the real hip-hop school. A lot of you in the
world of hip-hop better start looking at the problems in your own backyard
as well as the world, because while you are enjoying yourselves etc. there
are many plots being sprung to destroy hip-hop in the world.
Because many people in government look at hip-hop music
and its culture as a radical music that gets straight to the point and
music that will wake up the youth and young adults throughout the world.
They can also use hip-hop to backfire and destroy itself. You can believe
what I'm saying. But time will tell and I see what you see not.
Peace be unto you,
Your brother In music and faith, Afrika Bambaataa."
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"Rap is something you do. Hip Hop is something you live." ~ KRS-One
Professor Michael Eric Dyson:
Hip Hop Theology
“Gangsta rap often reaches higher than its ugliest, lowest common denominator, misogyny, violence, materialism and sexual transgression are not its exclusive domain. At its best, this music draws attention to complex dimensions of ghetto life ignored by most Americans. Indeed, gangsta rap's in-your-face style may do more to force America to confront crucial social problems than a million sermons or political speeches.” ~Prof. Michael Eric Dyson
hip-hop is...
by bianca sh. williams
Friday, October 05, 2007
'those who can relate to my thought'
hip-hop is a culture; a way of living;
it's like the soul food made at thanksgiving... hi-hop is that child born yesterday, today and tomorrow on;
it's the sound of your heart beat 'till
the day that you're gone...
hip-hop is your cousin's nickname;
it's the music played at a football game...hip-hop is straight up education; it's expressed through normal ed. and retardation...
hip-hop is like that band-aid someone put on your wound; it's that wake up call in the morn, evening and afternoon... hip-hop is as real as reality; it's his and her personality...
street talk
Historic panel of Hip-Hop originals
and educators at Cornell University:
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“Rap has been a path between cultures in the best tradition of popular music.” ~Jay-Z
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"I ain't no joke, I used to let the mic smoke. Now I slam it when I'm done and make sure it's broke..." -Rakim
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If it ain't Raw, it ain't Real!
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"For me rappers and dancers are poets and artists and often times the most interesting performances are given by them." ~Ice Cube
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we be Hip Hop...
a Nation of Soulful Expressions!
"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." ~Bruce Lee
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The term freedom of expression is sometimes used synonymously, but
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right to hold opinions without interference" and "everyone shall have
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seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless
of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art,
or through any other media of his choice".
[Source: wikipedia]
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