#com

Ain't nobody making music to not be heard and the easiest way to be heard is to be on the radio, but you should never compromise who you are, your values or your morals. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#easiest #easiest way #heard #making #morals

Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#distraction #else #everything #head #politics

But it becomes disrespectful when the artist's process is not respected. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#becomes #disrespectful #process #respected

Woman are complex creatures. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#creatures #woman

And you know, art as commerce, doesn't really make too much sense, they don't go together. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#commerce #go #know #make #much

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. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#being #box #called #compliment #conscious

My fondest memories were watching the Beastie Boys get prepped to come on stage. They had a lot of antics and they play a lot of basketball... then they were giving out cameras to the crowd, and performing from the bleachers. The most important thing I learned was that you control your crowd, not the other way around. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#around #basketball #cameras #come #control

Once you're signed to a label you compromise. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#label #once #signed #you

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. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#about #being #being honest #cent #common

I don't think you can work on feelings in politics, apart from anything else, political change can come very unexpectedly, sometimes overnight when you least expect it. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#apart #change #come #else #expect