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When I met you it was magic... We polar opposites, but attracted like we was magnets.
Talib Kweli
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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
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The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in a hip-hop way and it'll be a hip-hop song. That's the only music you can do that with.
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Being called a conscious rapper is quite a compliment. It's a great thing to be. But as an artist, my nature is to not be in a box.
Talib Kweli
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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It’s very seductive to focus on what you don’t like as opposed to celebrating all that it is that you do.
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If you go to a college campus and you do stop and frisk, you're going to find a lot of drugs there too.
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I try to count the blessings rather than the problems.
Talib Kweli
God gave us music, so we play with our words.
Talib Kweli
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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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
You can have your own opinion, but not your own facts.
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Everybody could write, deejay, rap. Everybody could do it all.
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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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The problem with our role is Americans live in a world of illusion.
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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.
Talib Kweli
Truthfully I wanna rhyme like common senseNext best thing I do a record with common sense
Talib Kweli
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.
Talib Kweli
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.
Talib Kweli
I have a luxury of people coming to see me whether I play for the crowd or not. I don't take that lightly.
Talib Kweli
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.
Talib Kweli
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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