Timeless, so age don't count in the booth _x000D_ When your flow stay submerged in the fountain of youth
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It's been a long time...I shouldn't have left you_x000D_ _x000D_ Without a strong rhyme to step to.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of continuity and creativity in art, particularly in music.
Rakim's quote reflects the idea that an artist should consistently engage with their craft and not abandon their audience or the essence of their art for too long. It highlights the significance of rhythm and creativity in delivering work that resonates and maintains a connection with listeners.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of artistic expression, this quote can highlight the need for artists to stay connected with their craft.
Timeless, so age don't count in the booth _x000D_ When your flow stay submerged in the fountain of youth
When you look at hip-hop, I want to do that: to spit fire and take our best from the ashes to build our kingdom; to recognize all the regional styles, conscious lyrics, the tracks, underground, mainstream, the way we treat each other. Lose the garbage and rebuild our scene.
I started studying in '85 and got knowledge of self and started spitting. What was going on was taking the understanding of what I was reading and applying it with my life and applying it with my rhymes.
Take 7 emcees put em in a line_x000D_ _x000D_ And add 7 more brothers who think they can rhyme_x000D_ _x000D_ It'll take 7 more before I go for mine_x000D_ _x000D_ And that's 21 emcees ate up at the same time.
Feed me hip-hop and I start tremblin'
Some of you been trying to write rhymes for years,_x000D_ _x000D_ But weak ideas irritate my ears._x000D_ _x000D_ Is this the best that you can make?_x000D_ _x000D_ Cause if not, and you got more...I'll wait.
Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves.
All good, clean stories are melodrama, it's just the set of devices that determines how you show or hide it.
I'm tempted to say, 'Writing treatments is like designing a film by hiring six million monkeys to tear out pages of an encyclopedia, then you put the pages through a paper-shredder, randomly grab whatever intact lines are left, sing them in Italian to a Spanish deaf-mute, and then make story decisions with the guy via conference call.' But no... compared to writing treatments, that makes sense, too.
A really well-made buttonhole is the only link between Art and Nature.
The majority of the people think that noise is not music. I want to accept noise and even errors and glitches. I enjoy them.
Writing is a job, a talent, but it's also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon.
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