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I look at the deejay thing as something - I'm good at it because I have my own music. I have enough rhythm to blend at this point.
Talib Kweli
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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
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Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.
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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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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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Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.
Talib Kweli
Love is blind, you just see bright light
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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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Music is not an exact science so depending on the time and the mode and the energy when we do it that will determine what happens with it.
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I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.
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I think its man's nature to go to war and fight.
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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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Artists make art for themselves. Art is an honest expression. Artists who pander to their fans by trying to make music for their fans make empty, transparent art. The true fan does not want you to make music for them, they want you to make music for you, because that's the whole reason they fell in love with you in the first place.
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Who you? Your name smaller than fine grains in couscous It's the highest calibre, your calibre is deuce deuce
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.
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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.
Talib Kweli
A flower that grow in the ghetto know more about survival than the one from fresh meadows.
Talib Kweli
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 ignored your aura but it grabbed me by the hand, like the moon pulled the tide, and the tide pulled the sand.
Talib Kweli
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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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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Everybody could write, deejay, rap. Everybody could do it all.
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