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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

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. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#any #audio #beautiful #beautiful thing #collage

I met Mos Def around that time but I didn't hook up with him until I was about 17 or 18. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#around #def #him #hook #i

I'm not looking to set a standard... but, I believe I have offered a challenge to others with my work. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#challenge #i #i believe #looking #offered

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

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. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#everything #hear #i #i do #make

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. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#direct #doing #energy #focused #had

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

Hi-Tek is on three or four songs on the new record. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#new #record #songs #three