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I'm envious of the way that electronic dance music has organised itself. It has been able to understand what it ain't rather than what it is. And I think that slipped away from hip-hop as soon as the DJs lost the majority of the say so in the direction of the music.

Chuck D

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Chuck D
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 1
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Public Enemy is the security of the hip-hop party.
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I don't have any exteriors that would actually put me into some kind of different air that would actually intimidate somebody to stay away from me.
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I think governments are the cancer of civilization.
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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.
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Music and art and culture is escapism, and escapism sometimes is healthy for people to get away from reality. The problem is when they stay there.
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