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I think hip hop is a dance music that's rebellious by nature.
Talib Kweli
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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
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Brooklyn
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You know, there's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type of struggle.
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My musical influence is really from my father. He was a DJ in college. My parents met at New York University. So he listened to, you know, Motown, and he listened to Bob Dylan. He listened to Grateful Dead and Rolling Stones, but he also listened to reggae music. And he collected vinyl.
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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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I was kind of just too lazy to take my money out of the bank until I saw how Citi Bank responded to Occupy Wall Street.
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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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Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.
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I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.
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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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They hope for the Apocalypse like a self-fulfilling prophecy Tell me when do we stop it? Do they ask you your religion before you rent an apartment? Is the answer burning Korans so that we can defend Islamics?
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Now people won't beat you up if you are gay they might just talk behind your back.
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When I look at the arc of my career, my focus is on lyricism, right? I own that.
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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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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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You can have your own opinion, but not your own facts.
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Music is not an exact science so depending on the time and the mode and the energy when we do it that will determine what happens with it.
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Everybody could write, deejay, rap. Everybody could do it all.
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I try to count the blessings rather than the problems.
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My parents are my biggest influences. My parents and my city. Brooklyn, New York, New York City, the community I grew up. I don't feel like I'm special in that. I feel like that's everybody.
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