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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
Musician
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Brooklyn
New York
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It doesn't get any more underground, conscious or indie than Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, but because they got a couple of really big pop hits, actually some of the biggest pop hits that hip-hop has ever seen, people are missing that part of their story. People are not counting that blessing.
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I have a luxury of people coming to see me whether I play for the crowd or not. I don't take that lightly.
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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.
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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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When I look at the arc of my career, my focus is on lyricism, right? I own that.
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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.
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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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Why give you the cure when the disease makes money?
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Hip-hop is a vehicle.
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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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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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Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.
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As far as my New York influence, one thing I'm proud of in my career is, I rep Brooklyn, New York all day. But people don't look at my music as New York music. People consider my music underground music.
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But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself.
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I like the fact that I can rep New York, but my style does not - I'm not trapped in a New York thing. I can do art songs with other artists and it's seamless.
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God gave us music, so we play with our words.
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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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They ask me what I'm writing for - I'm writing to show you what we're fighting for.
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Everybody could write, deejay, rap. Everybody could do it all.
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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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