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Why give you the cure when the disease makes money?

Talib Kweli

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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
Musician
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Rapper
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Brooklyn
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I like collaboration because, first of all, I'm good at writing lyrics. I don't know how to make beats. I don't play instruments. I'm not a good singer. So even when you see a solo album of mine, it's still a collaboration.
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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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Once you're signed to a label you compromise.
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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.
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Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.
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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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I listened to a mind joint, and I wanted to do my own version of it, and what you hear on my mixtape is my take on what the whole CD sounds like.
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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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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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Who you? Your name smaller than fine grains in couscous It's the highest calibre, your calibre is deuce deuce
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You can have your own opinion, but not your own facts.
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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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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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With Prisoner of Conscience, the focus was - I've worked with Madlib, High Tech, Kanye West, J Dilla. I feel like I've worked with some of the greatest of all time. That's been overlooked. That's been overshadowed by the weight of the lyrics.
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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 I focus on being an activist and my job is to be a rapper, I'm not going to be as good of a rapper. I need to focus on hip-hop and focus on making the music, so that when the activists come to me and they need my voice to create a platform, then I've got enough people listening to me. Not because I'm conscious, but because I'm dope.
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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 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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I support the idea that artists have to make a stand. I'm with that - you're putting the discussion on the table and you're letting people know. You're being brave as an artist and responsible to the community.
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