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Downloadable music is the biggest musical phenomenon since the Beatles, and the music industry is slow to come to grips with that.

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Chuck D
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 1
Composer
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New York City
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Carlton Douglas Ridenhour
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You're always going to sound like yourself, but you can make really strong attempts to keep some similarities, but move away from what you did before for popularity's sake.
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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.
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Excuse us for the news, You might not be amused But did you know White comes from Black? No need to be confused.
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Burn, Hollywood, burn, I smell a riot goin' on, First they're guilty, now they're gone!
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Black folks are judged by quantity, not quality. It's a decimal point or figure. How different is that from slavery? There's no moral code, it's just about successful business for America.
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If you go get a passport, it might encourage you to at least consider the world around you.
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I never live alone, I never walk alone. My posse's always ready And they're waitin' in my zone.
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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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I tell each artist they have to grow toward a revenue stream.
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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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All I want is peace and love on this planet. Ain't that how God planned it?
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I don't believe that everybody is out of some kind of cookie cutter, so the thing that protects me is always being level with myself, even to myself.
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People aren't going to support an artist just because they have an audio file. They have to feel a real connection.
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I always tell people that I was fortunate I was able to come in with a group of men. We didn't come into the game with a group of boys. We were young then. So your cats keep you in check.
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I think governments are the cancer of civilization.
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As black people we were out to further our equality. I don't pay attention to the controversial connotations put on by media and the undermining labels they place on us. We pay attention to what our community situation is and what we need.
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Young people are having a hard time with what's reality and what's fantasy these days...We created discussion. It wasn't to create controversy for sale's sake, but rather it was my obligation to use the medium for discussion. Nobody's discussing the grown-up topics they are faking and fronting.
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Cause I'm Black and I'm proud I'm ready and hyped plus I'm amped Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps
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There's people who feel that, Well, if I could profit off of sellin' sex to an eleven-year-old kid that comes through some kind of virtual portal, then I'm not really doin' it in actuality. I'm just kind of co-signing or fostering it, 'cause it can't be attached to me. I'm like, Yes it can, 'cause people are livin' through their avatar.
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Ever since I was a teenager, I was always kind of, like, checking myself. You know, like, Come on man, don't get your head all swollen. Life and time itself will give you perspective on what you're doing. So, that's actually what's always been a reminder in my own head.
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