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Talib Kweli
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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
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Consider me the entity within the industry without a history of spitting the epitome of stupidity.
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I think people are into me because of my music choices and my musicality.
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Artists look at the environment, and the best artists correctly diagnose the problem. I'm not saying artists can't be leaders, but that's not the job of art, to lead. Bob Marley, Nina Simone, Harry Belafonte - there are artists all through history who have become leaders, but that was already in them, nothing to do with their art.
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Love is blind, you just see bright light
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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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I tour whether I have album out or not. I tour more than any other hip-hop artist.
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Life is a beautiful struggle.
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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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War is not civilized.
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I think once you're in the public eye, whether you're a boss, a teacher or whatever you do, that you're automatically in the position of role model. You have people looking up to you, so whether you choose to accept it or not is a different question.
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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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I don't care if Rick Ross is 40 years old -- he's a misguided 40-year-old person.
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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.
Talib Kweli
I have enough rhythm to blend at this point. I have enough rhythm to blend one song into another. But man, I have such respect for the art of deejaying. I hesitate to even call myself a deejay.
Talib Kweli
The most important time in history is - NOW - the present, So count your blessings cause time can't define the essence.
Talib Kweli
If you go to a college campus and you do stop and frisk, you're going to find a lot of drugs there too.
Talib Kweli
As far as being on a major label, some labels get it and get what they have to do, and some labels don't. I don't think the label I'm on necessarily gets it, but I think over time they're gonna have to.
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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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Hip-hop is a vehicle.
Talib Kweli
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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