American - Musician | January 28, 1968 -
Maybe I'm too sensitive to the struggle, but I think a lot of people that listen to music are trying to escape.
Rakim
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Back in the day, rappers were 'bump bump bump ba bump ba bump.' They was rhyming like that, but I was like, 'bababa bump bump babum ba babump bababa bump.'
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My approach to writing rhymes went hand in hand with the music. I'd try to make different rhythms with my rhymes on the track by tripping up patterns, using multi-syllable words, different syncopations. I'd try to be like a different instrument.
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Subconsciously, Islam took over me, so it was like eighty or ninety percent of the fabric of the person I was.
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The young kids out there doing their thing, I can't knock them.
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I can't look at TV without seeing something that's been influenced by rap. Even commercials for cereal. When I was small, I was a fan of cartoon characters - now the cartoon characters are rapping!
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My mother sang jazz and opera - she even performed at the Apollo on Amateur Night.
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Eminem is a master.
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I always say a rapper is like a halfback in the NFL. You got about seven years, then it's a wrap.
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People think the older you get, the wacker you get. I think the older I get, the better I get.
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Age don't count in the booth.
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Playing the sax and then enjoying jazz music, man - it's like I learned how to find words inside of the beat.
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