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Mos Def
Age: 50
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
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The moment you start thinking it's hopeless, then it is. [But], if you think it's gonna get better, it really does. Life is a test.
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So rather than really have, like a close relationship to anything that's coming out today, people are just, they've got it on as background music. It's kind of the same way the cabdrivers use music it's very disposable. But, that doesn't mean there aren't a great number of artists who are doing things to change that.
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Every time you ask yourself where hip-hop's going, ask yourself where you're going how are you doing?
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You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions.
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But even creeps deserve to live someplace halfway decent.
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Fear not of men because men must die. Mind over matter and soul before flesh.
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It wouldn't be fair to cast aspersions on an entire cultural movement based on the actions of a few. To quote my grandfather, 'One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch.'
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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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There are a lot of people who call themselves teachers or leaders, but they're really just propagandists.
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African art is functional, it serves a purpose. It's not a dormant. It's not a means to collect the largest cheering section. It should be healing, a source a joy. Spreading positive vibrations.
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Restlessness is my nemesis. It's hard to just chill and sit still.
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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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I can't control what people think. I'm not trying to manipulate people's thoughts or sentiments. I write all the time. You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions. It's machine-like how things are run now in hip-hop, and my ambitions are different.
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At its heart, music is all higher mathematics.
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Peace before everything, God before anything, Love before anything, real before everything, Home before any place, shoot before anything, Style and state radiate, Love Power slay the hate.
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Hip-Hop went from selling crack to smoking it
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Man, I smashed her like an Idaho Potato
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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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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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There's just some dysfunctionalism with artists.
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