Black Star Quotes
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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'm retiring the Mos Def name after 2011. I'm actually doing it.
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There's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type of struggle.
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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.
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I'm growing as an individual, but your always growing. All of my albums are snapshots of where I am artistically.
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The problem with our role is Americans live in a world of illusion.
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I think hip-hop is no more misogynistic than America is as a society. I just think hip-hop is a lot more brash, a lot more bold, a lot more loquacious. There are a lot more words that go into a hip-hop song than go into a regular song.
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I don't want to waste anyone's time or money. I want to give people some truth and positive heart lift.
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Honestly, you have to take care of yourself. That's probably something I have learned on the road.
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These cats drink champagne and toast to death and pain, Like slaves on a ship talking about who's got the flyest chain
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Speech is my hammer bang the world into shape now let it fall - HUNGH
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A lot of these people, these program directors, just like anybody else in the world, even though they're supposed to be leaders in the world, they're followers. They follow what they think someone else is doing, instead of trying to blaze a trail.
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It doesn't get any more underground, conscious or indie than Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, but because they got a couple of really big pop hits, actually some of the biggest pop hits that hip-hop has ever seen, people are missing that part of their story. People are not counting that blessing.
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We commute through computers. Spirits stay mute while our ego spread rumors. We're survivalists turned to consumers
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Hip-hop is a vehicle.
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Woman are complex creatures.
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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 I focus on being an activist and my job is to be a rapper, I'm not going to be as good of a rapper. I need to focus on hip-hop and focus on making the music, so that when the activists come to me and they need my voice to create a platform, then I've got enough people listening to me. Not because I'm conscious, but because I'm dope.
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I think people are into me because of my music choices and my musicality.
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I believe the projects were a social experiment; we were laboratory rats stacked on top of each other, and people just knew, inherently, that there was something wrong. There's not a lot of regard for the property by the residents.
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Things are fluid in this world, and if you don't remain fluid, you get lost in the sauce.
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You gotta eat right, you gotta have healthy habits, you know, and balance out your decadence with a healthy lifestyle during the day.
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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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That's what hip-hop is: It's sociology and English put to a beat, you know.