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DJ culture always made us aware that the best records were going to come from the small shops
Chuck D
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Chuck D
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 1
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Carlton Douglas Ridenhour
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Let the voice be the voice of the voiceless and let it come from the world of rap music to keep the stereotype and the peace at the same time.
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Culture is this thing that we can exchange among ourselves as human beings to knock aside our differences and build upon our similarities. Cultural exchange is the ultimate exchange.
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I tell each artist they have to grow toward a revenue stream.
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The biggest thing that has happened to hip-hop is the clinging on to the corporation as the all-mighty hub of the music.
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No matter what the name, we're all the same pieces in one big chess game.
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I have to be conscious of what I'm sayin' because people are gonna come at me about this sh*t.
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Getting on the road and driving along a road at night, or even in the daytime and seeing the oceans or whatever, is always liberating.
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The best American is one who considers themselves as a citizen of the world.
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Being called Black in America is the struggle to keep us moving and breathing over bloody water. Being a Nig**r or [Ni**a] without the context of history is like drowning in bloody water, dragging down those yet knowing to swim.
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Public Enemy is the security of the hip-hop party.
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Rap comes from the humble beginnings of rebelling against the status quo. Now, rappers have become the status quo themselves. You can't rebel against the Queen and then become the Queen yourself. I attribute much of the blame to testosterone-male dominance and patriarchy.
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I came from a mother and father who always made me secure in my beliefs, and that's where the love came from.
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We didn't invent music, so it's been here for a reason, and it has powers for a reason. So we should pay attention to it, because we might not know the clear answers but we should at least acknowledge that it is something there. To not be playin around with it.
Chuck D
Find like-minded people and try not to be individualized to the point where you try to fight it all and think about it all on your own.
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I think hip hop should be a living word. And what I mean by the living word is like yo, you gotta have the words that provide life.
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Bigger doesn't mean better unless you really understand what bigger is.
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Truth is truth no matter what I think.
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I'm recording freely, and if I make a song, I release it immediately, so I'm more likely to believe in one song at a time as opposed to albums.
Chuck D
Many have forgotten what we came here for, Never knew or had a clue, so you're on the floor. Just growin' not known' about your past... Now you're lookin' pretty stupid while you're shakin' your ass.
Chuck D
I'm a multi-tasker. I was down with that stuff before they invented the term.
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