Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
Bun B, B-Real, Afrika Bambaataa, Common, Anthony 'Treach' Criss, Ice Cube, Chuck D.
from Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap (2012)
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They're keeping friction going between people from the East and the West. One thing we all got in common is your color, which is Black and Latino, which is our family.
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When you talk about rap you have to understand that rap is part of the Hip-Hop culture.
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The thing that's good about Hip Hop is that it has experimented with a lot of different sounds and music.
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I am one of the founders of Hip-Hop along with my brothers Kool DJ Herc and Grandmaster Flash.
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I knew that as a DJ from 1970 on up that I would eventually come with this sound. I brought out all these other break beats that you hear so much on a lot of these records.
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Well, a lot of people within government and big business are nervous of Hip Hop and Hip Hop artists, because they speak their minds. They talk about what they see and what they feel and what they know. They reflect what's around them.
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There are certain things that they say you can't do, there are all these secret people behind the scenes who make things available for you to do. That's why you have so much crime and violence.
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They allow us to disrespect our Black woman. A lot of these things would be considered criminal if it were to be carried out in the streets. That's like when they tell you after you buy your VHS and you rent movies they tell you not to copy the movies.
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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.
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There's a lot of people over time who have brought out all these funky records that everybody has started jumping on like a catch phrase... When Planet Rock came out, then you had all of the electro funk records.
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You can say what you want to about a rapper in a movie, but look at what Ice Cube has done. Ice Cube has created more opportunities for other actors to get jobs in this business than some actors have.
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We want you to sit down and leave your egos at home and let's get an understanding as to where all this is foolishness coming from. There are others who are putting things out there or throwing a stick and hiding their hand and keeping things built up in the media.
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If you see something is going wrong within politics and the world today, then some Hip Hop artist is gonna come along and get straight with it. If they think that there's a lot of racism going on then there's another Hip Hop artist who's gonna come out and speak their mind.
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Unkontrolliert
Männer und Frauen,
Die Slums wachen unkontrolliert in Afrika!
Und ein Baby weint,
Aber so ist das in Afrika.
Ob Nordafrika,
Ob Südafrika,
Ob Westafrika,
Ob Ostafrika,
Ob Zentralafrika,
Armut in hohrm Maße in Afrika! !
Aber es ist zwischen der Vergangenheit und der Gegenwart;
Wie die Sonne und der Mund,
Und die Slums in Afrika wachen immer unkontrolliert!
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Since the pharmaceuticals don't make any money and they control the doctors. If the doctors don't make any money then all hell breaks loose. In communities like LA and New York they are using a lot of the youth for a test sight.
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You have to look at the fact that Hip Hop is under attack. It's not just Hip Hop but Black people, Latino people and all people are under attack for different things.
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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.
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Tödlich
Alles ist erleuchtet,
Mit Straßenrand Fisch und Getränke in Afrika!
Aber pass auf dich auf,
Aids ist tödlich!
Fleisch und Obst,
Wie den gestiegenen Lebensmittel preise in Afrika!
Zwischen Hoffnung und Verzweiflung,
Aber ich hatte eine Farm in Afrika.
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A Girl Like You
(featuring treach)
Im lookin for a girl like you. (well here I go)
I hope, I hope to me you wont lie to.
(well tell me more)
Im lookin for a guy like you
(treach: yeah you know me)
(I hope) I hope you feel it in your needs.
(repeat)
When I first saw you (first saw you).
Thats when I knew, I really knew,
I wanted to get close to you.
Im watchin, clockin you.
I just spend my days,
Wonderin when I will see your face,
Boy I just wanna see your face,
And hear you say....
-im lookin for a girl like you. (well here I go)
-i hope, I hope to me you wont lie to.
(well tell me more)
-im lookin for a guy like you
(treach: yeah you know me)
-(I hope) I hope you feel it in your needs.
-(repeat)
-(da,da,dah. un da da)
-(repeat)
It would not be too hard,
If you want my heart, just say you love me.
(treach: Im lovin every inch)
No one in the world could tell us apart,
Iil be your lady (treach: well can I have a pinch? )
So what you say? (treach: what do I say? )
Baby tell me whats your name
(treach you wanna play? )
Itll be ok
-im lookin for a girl like you.(well here I go)
-i hope, I hope to me you wont lie to.
(well tell me more)
-im lookin for a guy like you
(treach: yeah you know me)
-(I hope) I hope you feel it in your needs.
-(repeat)
Treach:
Oh baby I could touch ya, (da da dah)
You kiss me right (da da dah)
Be your lover, undercover,
Get a woman wit (da dahhh)
Aaliyah:
I wanna get to know, a little more about you.
And then you smile
(treach: and then what follows? )
Our love is pouring down
(treach: like there aint no tomorrow)
Baby can we talk
(my heart aint hollow) about us?
And then you smile
(treach: and then what follows? )
Our love is pouring down
(treach: like there aint no tomorrow)
Baby can we talk (my heart aint hollow)
About us?
-im lookin for a girl like you.
(well here I go)
-i hope, I hope to me you wont lie to.
(well tell me more)
-im lookin for a guy like you
(yeah you know me)
-(I hope) I hope you feel it in your needs.
(oh yes indeed)
(repeat)
song performed by by Aaliyah
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Some of these guys... I've worked with Ice Cube, I think he's an immensely talented rapper and actor.
quote by Anthony Anderson
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