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Afrika Bambaataa

"They allow us to disrespect our Black woman. A lot of these things would be considered criminal if it were to be carried out in the streets. That's like when they tell you after you buy your VHS and you rent movies they tell you not to copy the movies."

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"They allow us to disrespect our Black woman. A lot of these things would be considered criminal if it were to be carried out in the streets. That's like when they tell you after you buy your VHS and you rent movies they tell you not to copy the movies."

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Akiroq Brost

"I've done movies with a sword before. But I haven't really been given the full responsibility of something like a Ridley Scott film."

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"I like the idea of movies having a magic element. How many times have you seen an actor in a movie who you know only as the character? It's wonderful, isn't it?"

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Akiroq Brost

"The reason I chose the movies that I did was based on where they were being filmed."

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Akiroq Brost

"The future is always a dystopia in movies."

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Akiroq Brost

"A lot of action movies today seem to have scenes that just lead up to the action."

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Akiroq Brost

"And there have certainly been movies I wanted to be in and milestones I wanted to surpass that did not happen."

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"You have to get the audience invested even if you're doing something that they think is dumb, it's kind of what these movies are all about."

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"January is the garbage can of movies in America, directly after all the Oscar contenders have been out."

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Akiroq Brost

"My partner, Beth Alexander, and I want to produce smaller films, but commercially viable films that will enable me to make the kinds of movies I want to make."

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Akiroq Brost

"The other two things are... well, I had a huge appetite for old black and white movies on BBC 2. At the weekends they used to run matinees, and the more romantic the better."

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Afrika Bambaataa
"You have to look at the fact that Hip Hop is under attack. It's not just Hip Hop but Black people, Latino people and all people are under attack for different things."

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Afrika Bambaataa
"They allow us to disrespect our Black woman. A lot of these things would be considered criminal if it were to be carried out in the streets. That's like when they tell you after you buy your VHS and you rent movies they tell you not to copy the movies."

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Afrika Bambaataa
"We want you to sit down and leave your egos at home and let's get an understanding as to where all this is foolishness coming from. There are others who are putting things out there or throwing a stick and hiding their hand and keeping things built up in the media."

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Afrika Bambaataa
"We also want to try and slow down all this foolishness that's going on between the East and West. We gotta understand that Hip Hop is now universal. Hip Hop is not East coast or West coast."

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Afrika Bambaataa
"I am one of the founders of Hip-Hop along with my brothers Kool DJ Herc and Grandmaster Flash."

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Afrika Bambaataa
"There's a lot of people over time who have brought out all these funky records that everybody has started jumping on like a catch phrase... When Planet Rock came out, then you had all of the electro funk records."

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Afrika Bambaataa
"There are certain things that they say you can't do, there are all these secret people behind the scenes who make things available for you to do. That's why you have so much crime and violence."

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Afrika Bambaataa
"They're keeping friction going between people from the East and the West. One thing we all got in common is your color, which is Black and Latino, which is our family."

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Afrika Bambaataa
"How you act, walk, look and talk is all part of Hip Hop culture. And the music is colorless. Hip Hop music is made from Black, brown, yellow, red and white."

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Afrika Bambaataa
"I knew that as a DJ from 1970 on up that I would eventually come with this sound. I brought out all these other break beats that you hear so much on a lot of these records."

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