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I listened to a mind joint, and I wanted to do my own version of it, and what you hear on my mixtape is my take on what the whole CD sounds like.

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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
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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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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 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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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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My parents are my biggest influences. My parents and my city. Brooklyn, New York, New York City, the community I grew up. I don't feel like I'm special in that. I feel like that's everybody.
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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.
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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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I tour whether I have album out or not. I tour more than any other hip-hop artist.
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Why give you the cure when the disease makes money?
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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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The problem with our role is Americans live in a world of illusion.
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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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Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.
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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'm not looking to set a standard... but, I believe I have offered a challenge to others with my work.
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