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Hip-hop is rock & roll. What the hell is Wu-Tang but Motorhead?

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Mos Def
Age: 50
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
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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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And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone.
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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'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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Man, I smashed her like an Idaho Potato
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When people say I don't see you enough, well just because you don't see me don't mean I don't exist or just 'cause you haven't heard me don't mean I haven't been making noise. But if I keep making noise, you'll pick up.
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Bob Marley performed the 'One Love Peace' concert in Jamaica with the two different warring political sides. There's always been that in black music and culture in general. It's no surprise because black music is such a reflection of what's going on in black life. It's not unusual for hip-hop.
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Restlessness is my nemesis. It's hard to just chill and sit still.
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Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.
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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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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 want to be necessary and do good works. I ain't here to waste nobody's time, because I don't want you to waste mine.
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I'd bet a million dollars on DOOM against Lil' Wayne
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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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I don't hate nobody. I hate certain conditions that are inflicted upon the people - and they're helpless with it.
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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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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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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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Make today's solid ground out of yesterday's quicksand.
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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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