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Robert Glasper
Robert Glasper
American Musician
Born: Apr 5, 1978
Black Jazz Music People Style You
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If you really dissect hip-hop you will find a whole lot of Charles Mingus, Ron Carter, Ahmad Jamal, a lot of classic jazz samples in there. Robert Glasper
You Will Jazz Carter Find Charles Classic Hip-Hop Lot Samples Ron Really Whole Dissect
I'm not really married to the craft of jazz - I'm married to me, and my style, and whatever I produce. Robert Glasper
Me Style Whatever Jazz Married Craft Produce Really
When music is crashing around us, when you hear the same five songs on the radio that aren't really saying much, we can always go back to great music. Great music always lives on. Robert Glasper
Music Saying Great You Back Great Music Songs Around Always Go Hear Five Same Crashing Us Much Really Radio Lives
Everybody's not going to like jazz, let's just be honest about it. Everybody doesn't like everything. There's a disconnect in generations and some people just aren't going to feel that music. Robert Glasper
Music People Some People Just Be Jazz Everybody Everything Some About Generations Feel Like Disconnect Going Just Honest
There is a modern take on certain things you can do that, to me, is still jazz. Robert Glasper
Me You Jazz Take Still Modern Certain Certain Things Things
I do feel a responsibility because most people like me that are my age or younger, they don't quite make it over to the jazz side. They flirt with it, but they don't quite marry it. Robert Glasper
Me Age People Responsibility Jazz Side Marry Feel Over Like Most Make Because Quite Younger Flirt
I try to get the hip-hop aesthetic, most times without an MC. I don't use a rapper or a DJ to give it the hip-hop style; it's strictly the band that makes that music, which is a lot harder to do. Robert Glasper
Music Rapper Try Style Band Strictly Give Most Without Makes Hip-Hop Aesthetic Lot Times Get Which Use Harder
I want to remind people that black music is amazing. And there are all forms of it that we've forgotten, you know? Rock music is black music! Don't forget that's what it is. Robert Glasper
Music You People Amazing Black Black Music Remind Know Rock Rock Music Forget Forgotten Want Forms
People don't know that the very reason the police were made was to oversee slaves; they would be called overseers, and if a slave got out of line or tried to break away and escape, these were the people to hold them in and bring them back. Robert Glasper
People Police Made Back Out Would Would-Be Tried Know Got Line Were Oversee Very Escape Hold Break Them Reason Away Bring Slave Slaves
Everybody has a favorite song, but everybody don't have a favorite painting. Robert Glasper
Song Painting Everybody Favorite
It's very rare that you get very old jazz lovers and super-young hip-hop lovers at the same exact show, when you think about it. Not many artists can do that. Robert Glasper
You Old Rare Jazz Think Exact About Hip-Hop Very Get Same Artists Lovers Show Many
For a while, R&B was going out of style. It was kind of getting kicked to the side. The first year the R&B Album of the Year didn't get on the TV portion of the Grammys is when I got nominated. Robert Glasper
First Style Year Side Kicked Out Kind TV Nominated Got Get Getting Going Grammys While Portion Album
I'm from the gospel world. I grew up playing in church. Robert Glasper
World Church Gospel Up Grew Playing
'Black Radio' was pretty much a jam session. Robert Glasper
Black Pretty Jam Much Radio Session
Honestly, recording with Faith Evans blew me away. Robert Glasper
Faith Me Recording Honestly Blew Away
You can see how different artists work, from writing to recording, just from being in the studio environment with them. Robert Glasper
Work You Writing Recording See Studio Environment How Just Artists Being Different Them
A lot of times, jazz musicians try to educate people. What other genre does that? Robert Glasper
Musicians People Try Jazz Other Genre Does Educate Lot Times Jazz Musicians
I was playing drums in church when I was six. Then I picked up the piano when I was 11 or 12. Robert Glasper
Church Piano Picked Drums Up Six Then Playing
I got into hip-hop, but I still had appreciation for all types of music, so I was trained to have an open mind and to always go with the flow. Robert Glasper
Music Appreciation Mind Types Open Had Open Mind Always Got Hip-Hop Still Go Trained Flow
None of the jazz greats made music for the purpose of you going to check out music before them. Michael Jackson didn't make music so you could go check out Sam Cooke. Robert Glasper
Music You Made Before Jazz Out Purpose Could Check Make None Go Greats Michael Michael Jackson Sam Sam Cooke Jackson Going Them Cooke
Selling out is when you do something that you don't naturally want to do. Robert Glasper
You Out Something Selling Want Naturally
You're supposed to create new standards. The more you play songs by your peers, they become standards, you know? Miles Davis played 'Gingerbread Boy' 'cos he and Jimmy Heath were cool, you know? That's how the culture goes. Robert Glasper
You Culture Become Peers Jimmy More Davis Songs He New Supposed Know Boy How Were Goes Heath Create Your Miles Miles Davis Standards Cool Play Played

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