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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. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#being #box #called #compliment #conscious

I think music sharing of any kind is great. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#great #i #i think #kind #music

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

— Talib Kweli

#dance music #hip #hip hop #hop #i

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

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. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#albums #better #black #both #classic

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

We're in an illusion about what our role is in world politics and foreign affairs, and our policies are killing and destroying and doing a lot of things that we are not aware of. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#affairs #aware #destroying #doing #foreign

You know, I've learned a lot from every person I've collaborated with, from Madlib to Jean Grae and Hi-Tek, to Mos to DJ Quik, to even somebody like Jermaine Dupri. I've taken something important away from every experience. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#collaborated #dj #even #every #experience

Americans are big boys. You can talk them into almost anything. Just sit with them for half an hour over a bottle of whiskey and be a nice guy. ↗

— Nguyen Cao Ky

#anything #big #bottle #guy #half

And then when they picked me as premiere, I don't think I feel, you know, different. For me, the position mean responsibility, but that's all. ↗

— Nguyen Cao Ky

#feel #i #i feel #know #me