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Corporations always are controlling things, and we have the ability every day to do something about that. Every day.
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But I could not imagine having a child and the child not having a relationship with music that opens up their mind and their imagination and teaches them things.
Ali Shaheed Muhammad A Tribe Called Quest
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Music is an important thing of energy. And there are a lot of wonderful aspects that come with it and vibrations, the physical vibrations, the movement of notes through an instrument and creating a wave that resonates into our spirit.
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I'm a very good listener. I think that's one of the things that makes me a good producer. But it's a challenge for me because my custom is to listen and absorb what someone is saying and take it in, and not necessarily comment.
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Question: Why is that MC's be wack And major labels wanna sign that crap? A-yo...funk that!
Malik Izaak Taylor A Tribe Called Quest -
Because I express myself through the music, I want to be responsible in that expression and how it carries on well after I'm here. But that's just me.
Ali Shaheed Muhammad A Tribe Called Quest -
One of my main goals is to become a sports broadcaster. That is the ultimate for me.
Malik Izaak Taylor A Tribe Called Quest -
Used to have a crush on Dawn from En Vogue. It's not like honey dip would wanna get with me, But just in case I own more condoms than TLC.
Malik Izaak Taylor A Tribe Called Quest
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I'm a believer in the nap. I don't care what it is. 15 minutes. Five hours. If you know someone's going to come back and come to work.
Ali Shaheed Muhammad A Tribe Called Quest -
I'll have you weak in the knees that you could hardly speak, Or we could do like Uncle L and swing an ep in my Jeep.
Kamaal Ibn John Fareed A Tribe Called Quest -
I'm doing a fun EP. It's called 'Songs in the Key of Phife: Eight Is Enough.' It's radio-friendly, but then a lot of it just has that raw hip-hop. Some of it will be vintage Tribe, but for the most part I'm just letting my voice be heard.
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Now here's a funky introduction of how nice I am Tell your mother, tell your father, send a telegram.
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We got to stay awake for all these lizards and snakes; Some of them come as friends, some of them come as Jakes.
Kamaal Ibn John Fareed A Tribe Called Quest -
When's the last time you heard a funky diabetic?
Malik Izaak Taylor A Tribe Called Quest
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Too much of something is never good.
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The DJ still has the relationship with the people, I believe. I don't know to call the DJ 'the ambassadors' or what, but we still are connecting the dots, getting the good stuff and passing it on to the people. DJs still have relevance, even with the technology that elevates the DJ beyond being a selector.
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If it takes 30 days of rehearsal, you better ace all 30 of those days. When it's game time, you're ready to play ball.
Malik Izaak Taylor A Tribe Called Quest -
Call it stubborn, call it ignorant, call it what you want, but I don't think I have to join a particular faith or culture or creed or religion just to fit in, since I was part of the clique since it's inception.
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All we want in this life is peace, prosperity and a little paper...
Kamaal Ibn John Fareed A Tribe Called Quest -
A Tribe Called Quest was one of those things where it was supposed to be about growth. When I say 'growth,' I don't just mean with our sound or our product, but Tribe was supposed to grow as individuals.
Malik Izaak Taylor A Tribe Called Quest
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You never know: rain, sleet, hail, snow, See you gotta accept that's how things go. Prepare for the rainy day, or the sun's glow, But there's clouds movin' in and the clouds gonna blow.
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Styles be fat like Jackie Gleason, the rest be Art Carney.
Malik Izaak Taylor A Tribe Called Quest -
I believe in a 'give us this day our daily bread' sort of thing. And what I draw from that is, I try not to stock my refrigerator for groceries for the week, cause I might not live to see the full week.
Ali Shaheed Muhammad A Tribe Called Quest -
Nothing new is on the earth right now. Technology, the things that we're discovering, it's been sitting here just waiting for someone to brush it off and go, 'Oh, let me read that. Let me see how I can use this information.' And it doesn't matter if it's from a tech perspective or a philosophical perspective.
Ali Shaheed Muhammad A Tribe Called Quest