"Now he took the music of like Mandrill, like "Fencewalk", certain disco records that had funky percussion breaks like The Incredible Bongo Band when they came out with "Apache" and he just kept that beat going. It might be that certain part of the record that everybody waits for--they just let their inner self go and get wild. The next thing you know the singer comes back in and you'd be mad."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Afrika Bambaataa, quoted in David Toop (1991). Rap Attack 2: African Rap To Global Hip Hop, p.60. New York. New York: Serpent's Tail. .
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Afrika_Bambaataa
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Afrika Bambaataa
Afrika Bambaataa (born April 19, 1957) is a DJ and community leader from the South Bronx, who was instrumental in the early development of Hip Hop throughout the 1970s.
1 quote on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Afrika Bambaataa →
Related Quotes
"Zimbabwean music has been underrated for a while now and yet we have artistes which are well-seasoned"
"I will be dropping an album end of this year and my main aim is for the album to open doors for our local artists on …"
"Growing up in NYC from a prominent Jewish family, with a very strong black mother who grew up during segregation in t…"
"from a young age, I was very aware of both of these sides of myself. It can be challenging being mixed, especially in…"
"I won’t say it was hard, and I won’t say it was easy"
"I was always very proud of my Jewish heritage. I knew from a young age that I wanted to have a bat mitzvah, I also kn…"
"Maybe it started out as trying to be a goody two-shoes but I always remember being the one kid at the table who just …"
"I grew up in a household that was very into the world of wellness; my mom loves reiki, very plant-based and conscient…"
"However, it was really when my grandmother passed away from anorexia that I made health and wellness a priority in my…"
"Fashion is one of the greatest vehicles to merge music, art, architecture, design, typography... It’s a wide enough c…"