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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.
Talib Kweli
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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
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We're in an illusion about what our role is in world politics and foreign affairs, and our policies are killing and destroying and doing a lot of things that we are not aware of.
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When you have a voice and a platform and you know better, it becomes your moral obligation to support that community. And by extension, you're supporting your family.
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War is not civilized.
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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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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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Hip-hop is a vehicle.
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My fans like to be romantic. I feel like I'm creating at least at the same level or even a higher level of creativity than I was at twenty-one. I've gotten better as an artist.
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The materialism, the brashness, the misogyny - everything in hip-hop is amplified. Misogyny is a good example of something that is completely amplified in hip-hop. I do think there is more than enough of a balance, though, for fans who are willing to search it out.
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Even an independent label is looking for a hit, they're not looking for a record that's not gonna do well.
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But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself.
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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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You can have your own opinion, but not your own facts.
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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.
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I think its man's nature to go to war and fight.
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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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If lyrics sold then truth be told/I'd probably be just as rich and famous as Jay-Z.
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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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By the time you get into other kinds of music - R&B, country, or whatever - it becomes something that's romantic. It becomes something unattainable. Never-ending undying love. And in hip hop, we're still taking direct inspiration.
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I think hip hop is a dance music that's rebellious by nature.
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