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If you listen to a lot of old funk records, the drums are really small. But you don't perceive it like that because the groove is so heavy.
Lenny Kravitz
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Lenny Kravitz
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: May 26
Actor
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New York City
New York
Leonard Albert Kravitz
Leonard A. Kravitz
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