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Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is.
Talib Kweli
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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
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Let me finish my music, and let me present it the way I want to present it. And then share it, put it online, do whatever you want to do after that.
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My rhymes are like shot clocks, interstate cops and blood clots, my point is your flow gets stopped.
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When I met you it was magic... We polar opposites, but attracted like we was magnets.
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I think its man's nature to go to war and fight.
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Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.
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I met Mos Def around that time but I didn't hook up with him until I was about 17 or 18.
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It doesn't get any more underground, conscious or indie than Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, but because they got a couple of really big pop hits, actually some of the biggest pop hits that hip-hop has ever seen, people are missing that part of their story. People are not counting that blessing.
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Harry Belafonte hit me to the Dream Defenders and I liked what they were about. When I asked them how I could help their movement, they said, You can help by coming down here you can tweet.
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I don't care if Rick Ross is 40 years old -- he's a misguided 40-year-old person.
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Even an independent label is looking for a hit, they're not looking for a record that's not gonna do well.
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I like the fact that I can rep New York, but my style does not - I'm not trapped in a New York thing. I can do art songs with other artists and it's seamless.
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Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.
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When you have a voice and a platform and you know better, it becomes your moral obligation to support that community. And by extension, you're supporting your family.
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The problem with our role is Americans live in a world of illusion.
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So I just had to step up how I was doing it and the moment that I stepped up and the moment I focused all my energy on that is when things started to happen. So there's a direct relationship between my inspiration and my output.
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Hip hop has always been, for us, for artists who are pure to the craft - any place overseas, whether it's Australia, any place in Asia, Germany, Africa, it becomes something where you can still go and work. Hip hop is an import culture. We're spoiled by it here. It's homegrown.
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Consider me the entity within the industry without a history of spitting the epitome of stupidity.
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I have enough rhythm to blend at this point. I have enough rhythm to blend one song into another. But man, I have such respect for the art of deejaying. I hesitate to even call myself a deejay.
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As far as being on a major label, some labels get it and get what they have to do, and some labels don't. I don't think the label I'm on necessarily gets it, but I think over time they're gonna have to.
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I have a luxury of people coming to see me whether I play for the crowd or not. I don't take that lightly.
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