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God gave us music, so we play with our words.
Talib Kweli
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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
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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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My rhymes are like shot clocks, interstate cops and blood clots, my point is your flow gets stopped.
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Life is a beautiful struggle.
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Ain't nobody making music to not be heard and the easiest way to be heard is to be on the radio, but you should never compromise who you are, your values or your morals.
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Hip-hop is a vehicle.
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You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to when to be humble. You have to know when to be hard and you have to know when to be soft.
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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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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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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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I just got a new manager. He's like, So what do you want to do with the deejay thing? I'm like, The deejay thing for me is more my hobby. It's great when you can supplement your income, when you have a weekly or something, it's fun. It's really a hobby, because I don't want it to take away from what I do, which is emceeing.
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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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I was always rhyming and doing it for the love before I found out I was gonna have children and when I found out, doing it for the love wasn't enough.
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When I met you it was magic... We polar opposites, but attracted like we was magnets.
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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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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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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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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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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 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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