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I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.
Talib Kweli
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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
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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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A flower that grow in the ghetto know more about survival than the one from fresh meadows.
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Who you? Your name smaller than fine grains in couscous It's the highest calibre, your calibre is deuce deuce
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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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But Rawkus is integral to what I do, because the cats who started Rawkus are the first ones who really saw my vision, and gave me a platform to get it out there, so I'm definitely totally grateful for that.
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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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There are staples to my show. I have to be conscious about switching things up because I know people who saw me last year will say, 'He did that last time.' But if certain things work, they work.
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There just needs to be a gay rapper who's better than everybody. That's when that question will no longer be able to be asked.
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Unfortunately hip-hop is so competitive that in order for fringe groups to get in, you gotta be better than whoever's the best. So before Eminem, the idea that there would be a white rapper that anybody would really check for was fantastic or amazing or impossible.
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If you ain't using all the talents God provided you with For the betterment of Man, understand, You ain't nothing but a waste.
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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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I ignored your aura but it grabbed me by the hand, like the moon pulled the tide, and the tide pulled the sand.
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I'm not an artist that has a big, huge radio record that's going to be on BET. I'm not, at this point, gunning for like, Oh, I'm gonna kill them in the first week. But as people slowly discover the album they realize it's better than a lot of what they've been listening to all year.
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Fortunately, artists can live off their works, if you're creative at how you do it. If you just depend on the videos and the radio, you're at a loss.
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I tour whether I have album out or not. I tour more than any other hip-hop artist.
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You can have your own opinion, but not your own facts.
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Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.
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