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My Umi said shine your light on the world, shine your light for the world to see
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But it becomes disrespectful when the artist's process is not respected.
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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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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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I take certain steps to make sure I'm relevant artistically. I always have new music and a reason to be on the road. I'm not just playing 'Get By' over and over. I have 12 albums.
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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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Music is not an exact science so depending on the time and the mode and the energy when we do it that will determine what happens with it.
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Speech is my hammer bang the world into shape now let it fall - HUNGH
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As an artist, I have to be a leader of my fans, not, like, follow them. Because if I chose to follow them, you know, they could do it. You know, it's me who's doing it.
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The problem with our role is Americans live in a world of illusion.
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Why do I need I.D. to get I.D.? If I had I.D. I wouldn't need I.D.
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Hip-hop is a vehicle.
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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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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.
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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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Fear not of men because men must die. Mind over matter and soul before flesh.
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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 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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What's more condescending and corny than someone telling you how much more money they have than you and telling you basically, 'I don't care about poor people,' which is a large part of what you hear of corporate hip-hop on the radio.
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As far as being on a major label, some labels get it and get what they have to do, and some labels don't. I don't think the label I'm on necessarily gets it, but I think over time they're gonna have to.
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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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When I'm in the studio, I'm strictly thinking about the beats, the rhymes and the song. The decision I make once the songs are created, and there's a barcode put on the package, and I'm out there in the street selling it, those decisions as a businessman are different than the creative decisions you make.
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Twitter freaks me out. You have followers? It feels so obsessive and proprietary.