Hip Hop offers new ways of seeing and understanding what it means to be black at this pivotal time in history.

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The new-school hip-hop generation exists with a mandate to 'keep it real'; this has to...

The new-school hip-hop generation exists with a mandate to 'keep it real'; this has to...

In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation....

In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation....

I wish I was a rapper. There are certainly times when I wish I could...

I wish I was a rapper. There are certainly times when I wish I could...

In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation....

In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation....

Frankly I love the word 'nigga.' It is my favorite word in the English language...

Frankly I love the word 'nigga.' It is my favorite word in the English language...

Music is an ecstasy that satisfies the deepest desires and emotions in my body and...

Music is an ecstasy that satisfies the deepest desires and emotions in my body and...

I wish I was a rapper. There are certainly times when I wish I could...

I wish I was a rapper. There are certainly times when I wish I could...

Music is the universal language of mankind

Music is the universal language of mankind

Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it...

Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it...

When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of...

When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of...

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

There are two kinds of music; German music and bad music.

There are two kinds of music; German music and bad music.

Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you.

Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you.

Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full...

Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full...

The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too...

The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too...

Music is what life sounds like.

Music is what life sounds like.

Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause...

Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause...

Hey mister music, sure sounds good to me I can't refuse it what to be...

Hey mister music, sure sounds good to me I can't refuse it what to be...

Music . . . can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

Music . . . can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up...

Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up...