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I'm not looking to set a standard... but, I believe I have offered a challenge to others with my work.
Talib Kweli
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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
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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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The most important time in history is - NOW - the present, So count your blessings cause time can't define the essence.
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And you know, art as commerce, doesn't really make too much sense, they don't go together.
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When I met you it was magic... We polar opposites, but attracted like we was magnets.
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Artists look at the environment, and the best artists correctly diagnose the problem. I'm not saying artists can't be leaders, but that's not the job of art, to lead. Bob Marley, Nina Simone, Harry Belafonte - there are artists all through history who have become leaders, but that was already in them, nothing to do with their art.
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But there's so many things in life like women, like children, like God and family that transcends the world of hip-hop.
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Jazz is the greatest American art form and our greatest export. We don't pay attention to the youth of jazz, don't stoke the fires creatively for the youth coming up. I feel like jazz musicians became too much of purists - with Donald Byrd doing funk jazz in the '70s.
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Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.
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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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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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Artists make art for themselves. Art is an honest expression. Artists who pander to their fans by trying to make music for their fans make empty, transparent art. The true fan does not want you to make music for them, they want you to make music for you, because that's the whole reason they fell in love with you in the first place.
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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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I have such respect for the art of deejaying. I hesitate to even call myself a deejay.
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If lyrics sold then truth be told/I'd probably be just as rich and famous as Jay-Z.
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I not only wanted to showcase lyrical skills but also continue to drop knowledge on the hiphop community. Im looking to elevate through my music, and through my music I educate.
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I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.
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Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is.
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The materialism, the brashness, the misogyny - everything in hip-hop is amplified. Misogyny is a good example of something that is completely amplified in hip-hop. I do think there is more than enough of a balance, though, for fans who are willing to search it out.
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