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I have no confidence issues with the impact or the quality of the music. No one in hip-hop, before this point and to this point, with all due respect, has done this.

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Mos Def
Age: 50
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
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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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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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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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I'm a passionate person. I'm a lot of things, like most people are. Most people are dynamic. The focus is not on me though, I'm a screen. The aim is to always keep myself in the position where the screen is clear.
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Beef is not what Jay said to Nas Beef is when the working folks can't find jobs.
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Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else.
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Hip-hop is rock & roll. What the hell is Wu-Tang but Motorhead?
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I can't take it y'all I can feel the city breathin Chest heavin, against the flesh of the evening Sigh before we die like the last train leaving
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If Islam's sole interest is the welfare of mankind, then Islam is the strongest advocate of human rights anywhere on Earth.
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They say that when a man faces his destiny, the destiny ends and he becomes the man that he really is.
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I'd bet a million dollars on DOOM against Lil' Wayne
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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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I thought everybody got into rock 'n' roll because they didn't want to follow instructions.
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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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Don't look down, it's an impossible view Fly like an eagle whatever you do.
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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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Fame is like getting across the street. It's like, if there's nothing to be across the street for, it's a pointless destination. It's like, I gotta get across the street, man! I gotta be there! I gotta be there! Then you get across the street and you're like, Yeah I'm here! And then, that's it. Fame doesn't make you particularly happy.
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I don't mind being black. I'm black out loud. It's more than the people that they are, it's the condition that they represent.
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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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We can be beautiful and feel beautiful about who we are everyday.
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