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The advancement of style is the cornerstone of hip hop. There is no correct or conservative way to make rap music. Rap is and must remain the answer, the alternative, to the conservative approach of making music.

El-P

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El-P
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: March 2
Hip-Hop Artist
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Brooklyn
New York
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The only thing an artist is useful for, and the only reason why we don't just line 'em up against the wall and shoot them, is because, at their best, they're the reflection of our lives, that most regular people can't even afford to think about.
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Oh my god what am I doing with my life?
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I've been approached by major labels every single year of my existence as an artist. Since 1996.
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Most people aren't happy about being consistent and staying at the same place for years. People want forward progress and motion.
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I believe that if you're an artist, it's like a gift. If you can do this for a living and you can be involved in it, it's something that you can't ignore. It's the chance for you to have a voice and create something from yourself.
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We're fighting internal struggles, I am the cancer for my own cure.
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The emergence of the independent hip-hop scene has replaced what we called the underground scene. It's what the underground scene has evolved into: actual businesses.
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Just when you think you should start accepting that you're becoming an adult, all your childhood fantasies come true.
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Everyone just wants to feel good, and I don't think that all music is designed to make you feel good. Sometimes it's to make you feel amped, or angry, or nervous. I was listening to a lot of Public Enemy when I made the record.
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I've always believed that if you cannot do it, then you should not do it.Only when it comes to the point where you've literally dug yourself into a hole, where it's sink or swim, is that viable to me.
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