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I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.

Mos Def

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Mos Def
Age: 50
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
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Mos Def is a name that I built and cultivated over the years, it's a name that the streets taught me, a figure of speech that was given to me by the culture and by my environment, and I feel I've done quite a bit with that name. [But] it's time to expand and move on.
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What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends. The ability to have somebody read something and see it, or for somebody to paint an entire landscape of visual imagery with just sheets of words - that's magical.
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I never had any ambitions of being a movie star or anything like that, but you know, this is nice.
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That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.
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Man, I smashed her like an Idaho Potato
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That's what I've been trying to strive for - to draw a clear picture, to open up a new dimension.
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I know what it feels like to have the door slammed firmly in my face, so I'm cool with that.
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Hip-hop is rock & roll. What the hell is Wu-Tang but Motorhead?
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And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone.
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Breathe in...inhale vapors from bright stars that shine, Breathe out...weed smoke retrace the skyline.
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I don't care about what brand you are, I'm concerned what type of man you are, what your principles and standards are.
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You want to know how to rhyme, then learn how to add. It's mathematics.
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Reckless capitalism kills black people.
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I think hip-hop is actually one of the most challenging things that's happened in music in a long time. The people who are in charge of what people see or hear are afraid. What you hear on top 40 or what you see on BET or MTV is not a fair representation of what is really going on...
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You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions.
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Record companies are not necessarily interested in you realizing your artistic dream. The bottom line is that they got to sell records.
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Why did one straw break the camel's back? Here's the secret: The million other straws underneath it.
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Everything's got space between it, the planets, trees, your eyes. Your eyes get too close together, it's a whole different world. You can lose perspective.
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If 'Life in Marvelous Times' can't get on the radio, then I don't need to be on the radio.
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