American - Musician | March 2, 1975 -
Anything that gets to the more emotional and dark side of music, I always enjoy.
El-P
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Personally more so than shock, I think, rap music has to be born of rebellion.
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Standing up for what you believe is right, as well as standing up for what you believe is funny, standing up for what you believe is cool. As we found each other and the music that we do, we get to live out all of those things. That's what Run The Jewels is: it's all of those aspects of our personality.
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You've got to recognize it when it's time to go.
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Music can feel empowering, or it can give a natural emotional voice to something people can't express. This is why it's beautiful.
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The thing I love about music is, if you do it long enough, you get better and better at translating what's in your head to a medium. That's why I keep doing it.
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We all want recognition and validation to an extent for our art, but greatness as a trade for decency is a risky proposition. In my life, I try to leave the people I encounter with the feeling that they have been respected and treated with warmth and appreciation.
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I'm a believer in air bags.
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It's pretty cool being 40 and having your blow-up moment.
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There's a lot of pretense out there. It can be exhausting. When people see something genuine, even if it's something as simple as two people actually being friends, actually enjoying what they're doing, or actually standing up for each other, that translates in a big way.
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Run the Jewels, our role is this: We can provide some music and some swagger in the face of doom and in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.
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I like Das Racist, and so should you.
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