Mohandas Dewese Quotes

United States, Musician
August 8, 1962

Mohandas Dewese, better known by his stage name Kool Moe Dee, is an American hip hop MC prominent in the late 1970s through the early 1990s. He was one of the first rappers to earn a Grammy Award and was the first rapper to perform at the Grammys.

My romantically favorite era is 78, 79 listening to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 4, the live tapes, echo chamber and break beats.

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- Live
- Listening
I was always talking about what I could and would do, and you would always make rhymes about the competion even though we werent thinking about competition.

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- Thinking
- Competition

As far as Hip Hop Manhattan was after the Bronx.

Mohandas Dewese
In Manhattan, and its true on some level till this day; its a whole different mentality from the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, which I didn't know at the time - because you basically just know your neighborhood.

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- Time
- Different
- True
We heard later through the grapevine that we were being compared to the Furious 5, and because of that we were getting feedback that they were saying that we werent all that, that we were copying them... blah blah blah.

Mohandas Dewese
I can appreciate that on one side, but we have to remember that the system is designed corruptly, and works against us, so you cant convict those who can benefit from the system, because its not neccesarily their fault.

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- Remember
I didn't know at the time that the energy that I was giving off was like a battle Emcee.

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- Time
- Giving
- Energy
Thats why my biggest problems were with LL and Run.

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- Why

Some of the free lunch programs were still goin' on - based on the last leg of the Black Panther Party.

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- Free
- Black
- Party
My perspective is a lil different 'cus im from Manhattan .

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- Different
- Perspective
I remember when it was just the three Emcees and then Flash put Mr Ness down.

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- Remember