Wyclef Jean Quotes
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Outside of hip-hop, it was in comics that I most often found the aesthetics and wisdom of my world reflected.
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I'm a total hip-hop geek. That's my favorite kind of music to listen to while getting ready.
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I was a rapper and a DJ, and if you wanted to be involved in hip-hop, you had to be involved in the sonic, the kinetic and the visual aspects. The visual was graffiti.
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Hip-hop is really standoffish. It's really competitive and it's really about who's number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand.
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I'm a huge hip-hop fan from way back in the day.
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Hip-hop was started on groups.
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I came up in hip-hop, where people value the ability to tell it straight.
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Latinos been a part of hip-hop culture and every other culture; we've been influential in every aspect of life.
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You can call Hanson a whole lot of things, but hip-hop isn't one of them.
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I'm a big fan of hip-hop, so it reflects in my approach.
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The sound system influence is undeniable in hip-hop, in jungle, drum and bass, now EDM.
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'Stillmatic' is the rebirth of 'Illmatic,' my first debut album to come out in 1994. 'Stillmatic' is me coming full circle in my career and with everything, and just bringing pure hip-hop back.
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Growing up in New York City and hip-hop are two inseparable things, two things that are totally intertwined in our lives.
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Hip-hop educated me about other forms of music, because it sampled from all different styles.
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I wouldn't even say the internet is a gift and a curse for hip-hop. All types of music are bootlegged, including movies which are bootlegged.
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I want a girl with extensions in her hair, Bamboo earrings, at least two pair, A Fendi bag and a bad attitude, That's all I need to get me in a good mood. She can walk with a switch and talk with street slang, I love it when a woman ain't scared to do her thing.
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Hip-hop can be limiting and I refuse to accept limits.
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I can drink a whole Hennessy fifth.
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Hip-hop was started as a very egocentric, testosterone, machismo-driven art form. The way that people are trying to take away that masculinity that is a such an intrinsical part of hip-hop music.
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Looking after a disabled child pushes you to the limits of what you can cope with... physically, emotionally. It's because there's this baby, this child that you love more than you can possibly imagine, in some way more than a normal child because you worry about them 24 hours a day. But at the same time you are so, so proud of them.
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I think it's really the job of the composer, the artist, the painter, the writer to present people with options. I'm just really reflecting the thoughts and actions around me.
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This work of the Lord is indeed great and marvelous, but it moves forward essentially unnoticed by many of mankind's political, cultural, and academic leaders. It progresses one heart and one family at a time, silently and unobtrusively, its sacred message blessing people everywhere.
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Once you're done in hip-hop, you're done.
