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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Hip-hop educated me about other forms of music, because it sampled from all different styles.
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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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Especially when I'm in the gym, I get really motivated by hip-hop.
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All these ways we classify things as R&B and hip-hop and rock... It's bullshit. It's all music. If you put yourself in that box, then you won't be able to hear that it's all music at its soul.
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I got this black chick, she don't know how to act Always talkin' out her neck, makin' her fingers snap She like, "Listen Jigga Man, I don't care if you rap You better - R-E-S-P-E-C-T me
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And I'm telling you now the frustration
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I've come within range of hate. Terrifying, its tremors, its dizzying obsessions. Hate's like a swordfish invisible in the water, knifing suddenly into sight with blood on its blade- clear water misleads you.
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Get involved in an issue that you're passionate about. It almost doesn't matter what it is ... We give too much of our power away, to the professional politicians, to the lobbyists, to cynicism. And our democracy suffers as a result.
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Once you're done in hip-hop, you're done.
