"I think that hip-hop should be spelled with a capital "H," and as one word. It's the name of our [black people] culture, and it's the name of our identity and consciousness. I think hip-hop is not a product, but a culture. I think rap is a product, but when hip-hop becomes a product, that's slavery, because you're talking about people's souls. To me, that's the biggest problem."

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KRS-One

#Rap Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“The secret to creative freedom is letting go of our habitual certainities.”
“Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.”
“I'm fascinated by Bollywood.”
“I had been building electronic musical instruments since I was a kid.”
“Who doesn't like money? I love money. Why not. My subject matter will change when I get to that point.”

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“I am known for what I'm do. But I'm not a five-year-old Hong Konger, I'm not a kid demonstrating in the streets.”

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“Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate from the black world for a long time.”
“It is not crazy to think that powerful people do some pretty horrible things. And maybe they get out of hand. Maybe it just gets away from them. It snowballs.”

Source : "The Majority Report" with Janeane Garofalo, November 10, 2004.

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