I'd like to see people pay attention to the science of hip hop. The knowledge part, the political side of what hip hop could do, or where hip hop is gonna go. I always say it's gonna become universal as we become a galactic union.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of understanding the deeper, political, and scientific aspects of hip hop culture.
Afrika Bambaataa highlights the need for people to recognize not only the artistic expression found in hip hop, but also its potential for political influence and knowledge dissemination. He envisions a future where hip hop transcends cultural boundaries, becoming universal as humanity evolves into a more interconnected and united species, reflecting his belief in its significant impact on society.
In practice
In a discussion about the influence of music on social movements, you could say, 'I'd like to see people pay attention to the science of hip hop, as Bambaataa points out its political potential.'
Everybody needs to show respect to each others' ways and the cultural life that you get on this planet. Don't get caught up on 'I'm brown, black, white, red, blue, whatever.' You gotta ask, what were you called before 1492? All these names we're using now are just an illusion made to keep us fighting each other.
How you act, walk, look and talk is all part of Hip Hop culture. And the music is colorless. Hip Hop music is made from Black, brown, yellow, red and white.
I wear anything of culture, from the Earth or beyond. The whole planet is my shop.
A lot of times, when people say hip-hop, they don't know what they're talking about. They just think of the rappers. When you talk about hip-hop, you're talking about the whole culture and movement. You have to take the whole culture for what it is.
We also want to try and slow down all this foolishness that's going on between the East and West. We gotta understand that Hip Hop is now universal. Hip Hop is not East coast or West coast.
A poem needs understanding through the senses. The point of diving in a lake is not immediately to swim to the shore; itβs to be in the lake, to luxuriate in the sensation of water. You do not work the lake out. It is an experience beyond thought. Poetry soothes and emboldens the soul to accept mystery.
I really believed that anything at all was worth writing about if you cared about it enough, and that the best and only necessary justification for writing any particular story was that I cared about it.
As an actor, there's a bit of you that's decided you want to be looked at and watched, but there's a paradoxical bit that wants to run away.
A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.
What's great about being a character actor is you know that you can survive forever. It's not about the gloss of your eyebrows.
You have to create the show anew, and find it anew, on a nightly basis.
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