Talib Kweli Quotes

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Talib Kweli

Profession : Musician

Birth : October 3, 1975

I started rapping because I wanted people to hear what I have to say, I want as many people to hear me as possible, and I do everything in my power to make that pop.

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I think all those artists are artists who are appreciated because you believe their words and you appreciate their honesty in their music. If you don't appreciate the honesty in the music, the beat can be fly as hell but you'll never give an emcee props.

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I think its man's nature to go to war and fight.

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I think music sharing of any kind is great.

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I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.

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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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Once you're signed to a label you compromise.

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People consider Black Star a great album, and I think it's a classic album. But the fact is, both me and Mos Def have made better albums since Black Star.

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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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So I think hip-hop is moving and is going to continue to move in the direction of rappers just being honest with themselves, whether you're talking about Common and Mos Def or Nas and 50 cent.

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The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in a hip-hop way and it'll be a hip-hop song. That's the only music you can do that with.

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The problem with our role is Americans live in a world of illusion.

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War is not civilized.

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Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing.

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Woman are complex creatures.

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The way I see it, if people truly love my music, they will support me in some way down the road.

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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 don't think that early hip hop stood out to be a social critique. A lot of fans of mine think that hip hop's ultimate responsibility is to critique social structures.

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I think hip hop is a dance music that's rebellious by nature.

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The responsibility of an artist is to be honest with themselves.

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