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I don't wanna get into that space where a lot of guys now, their solo album is like eight or 10 songs with other people, you don't get an idea of who this guy is. I just wasn't interested in that.
Yasiin Bey Black Star -
Things are fluid in this world, and if you don't remain fluid, you get lost in the sauce.
Talib Kweli Black Star
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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.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
My personal take on politics is I deal with social situations and cultural situations in my music and in my life. I have said on record many times that I haven't voted. I'm not the type of person who says, 'I'm never going to vote.' I think it's clear to me that our system has failed us.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
Life is a beautiful struggle People search through the rubble for a suitable hussle Some people using their noodle Some people using their muscle Some people put it all together make it fit like a puzzle
Talib Kweli Black Star -
I don't go into any album with pressing issues. I just try to write songs.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
But it becomes disrespectful when the artist's process is not respected.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
Being called 'conscious' is a great thing to be, but it's the connotations and preconceived notions that come with the buying audience about what conscious music can be.
Talib Kweli Black Star
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I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.
Yasiin Bey Black Star -
The way I see it, if people truly love my music, they will support me in some way down the road.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
I think all those artists are artists who are appreciated because you believe their words and you appreciate their honesty in their music. If you don't appreciate the honesty in the music, the beat can be fly as hell but you'll never give an emcee props.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
The only way for me to be an artist is to be honest in my craft. If I veer from that, I'm not giving the investors what they want. Sometimes it's my job as an artist to know what I want to do, even when the fans tell me different.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
You know, 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.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
I don't think that early hip hop stood out to be a social critique. A lot of fans of mine think that hip hop's ultimate responsibility is to critique social structures.
Talib Kweli Black Star
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Persistance, dedication Consistent, motivation, resistance to stagnation of information, distribute it free to the entire population No hesitation, makin it public No privitazation from corporations
Talib Kweli Black Star -
Homosexuality in hip-hop is an extension of homosexuality in the black community. The black community is very, very conservative when it comes to homosexuality, and I don't mean conservative in the good way, like we're saving money. I mean very intolerant.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
And you know, art as commerce, doesn't really make too much sense, they don't go together.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
The responsibility of an artist is to be honest with themselves.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
Creating crime rates to fill the new prisons they build Over money and religion theres more blood that spills Like the wounds of slaves in cotton fields that never heal Whats the deal?
Talib Kweli Black Star -
I don't mind being black. I'm black out loud. It's more than the people that they are, it's the condition that they represent.
Yasiin Bey Black Star
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I not only wanted to showcase lyrical skills but also continue to drop knowledge on the hiphop community. I'm looking to elevate through my music, and through my music I educate.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
Man, I smashed her like an Idaho Potato
Yasiin Bey Black Star -
I seen her on the ave, spotted her more than once. Ass so fat that you could see it from the front.
Yasiin Bey Black Star -
I think hip hop is a dance music that's rebellious by nature.
Talib Kweli Black Star