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Mos Def
American
Musician
Born:
Dec 11
,
1973
Life
Like
Love
Me
People
You
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Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else.
Mos Def
Best
Else
Ways
Focused
Out
Hustle
Hustler
Having
Like
Without
Trying
Much
Figure
That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.
Mos Def
Love
Peace
Humanity
Idea
Toward
Concern
Denominational
Chief
Chief Concern
Nationalistic
Mankind
Should
Peace And Love
You're not gonna get through life without being worshipful or devoted to something. You're either devoted to your job, or to your desires. So the best way to spend your life is to try to be devoted to prayer, to Allah.
Mos Def
Life
Best
Prayer
You
Allah
Try
Job
Spend
Way
Best Way
Something
Through
Devoted
Without
Get
Being
Either
Gonna
Your
Desires
You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions.
Mos Def
Life
You
Experience
Observations
Make
Questions
Ask
I don't hate nobody. I hate certain conditions that are inflicted upon the people - and they're helpless with it.
Mos Def
Hate
People
Nobody
Conditions
Inflicted
Certain
Helpless
Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.
Mos Def
Art
Good
People
About
Vocabulary
Provides
Articulate
Good Art
Things
All the things that are worth doing, take time.
Mos Def
Time
Worth
Take
Doing
Things
Record companies are not necessarily interested in you realizing your artistic dream. The bottom line is that they got to sell records.
Mos Def
You
Dream
Record
Record Companies
Records
Bottom
Bottom Line
Got
Line
Sell
Artistic
Interested
Realizing
Your
Companies
Necessarily
To me, the job of the artist is to provide a useful and intelligent vocabulary for the world to be able to articulate feelings they experience everyday, and otherwise wouldn't have the means to express in a meaningful and useful way.
Mos Def
Me
Experience
World
Job
Feelings
Everyday
Otherwise
Way
Able
Vocabulary
Provide
Intelligent
Articulate
Artist
Meaningful
Means
Useful
Express
I get reminded a lot of the time that my life is a little bit different, but I'm just trying to keep it as regular as possible because I like it that way.
Mos Def
Life
Time
Life Is A
My Life
Way
Bit
Possible
Reminded
Like
Because
Lot
Get
Trying
Just
Different
Little
Little Bit
Regular
Keep
What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends. The ability to have somebody read something and see it, or for somebody to paint an entire landscape of visual imagery with just sheets of words - that's magical.
Mos Def
Words
Language
Somebody
Visual
Ability
See
Entire
Magical
Something
Take
Writers
Like
Economy
Read
Sheets
Effective
Very
Just
Ends
Landscape
Use
Paint
Imagery
It's possible and available to any artist to be himself or herself on their own terms, to be accepted and embraced by black people. You don't have to be a thug to get love from black people.
Mos Def
Love
You
People
Thug
Black
Own
Herself
Possible
Embraced
Terms
Himself
Accepted
Get
Any
Artist
Available
It wouldn't be fair to cast aspersions on an entire cultural movement based on the actions of a few. To quote my grandfather, 'One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch.'
Mos Def
Few
Bad
Entire
Cast
Spoil
Fair
Cultural
Bunch
Movement
Quote
Grandfather
Whole
Actions
Based
Apple
I have no confidence issues with the impact or the quality of the music. No one in hip-hop, before this point and to this point, with all due respect, has done this.
Mos Def
Music
Confidence
Respect
Quality
Before
Impact
Point
No-One
Hip-Hop
Due
Issues
Done
And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone.
Mos Def
Alone
Home
You
Post
Remember
High
Posting
Far
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.
Mos Def
You
People
Space
Other
Solo
Guy
Guys
Songs
Idea
Like
Lot
Get
Just
Eight
Wanna
Where
Interested
Who
Now
Album
That's what I've been trying to strive for - to draw a clear picture, to open up a new dimension.
Mos Def
Picture
Draw
Dimension
Strive
Open
Clear
New
Been
Up
Trying
I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do.
Mos Def
Like
Doin
Artist
Just
I didn't want to have to deal with having any moniker or separation between the self that I see and know myself as.
Mos Def
Myself
Separation
See
Having
Self
Between
Know
Deal
Any
Want
I don't want to waste anyone's time or money. I want to give people some truth and positive heart lift.
Mos Def
Positive
Truth
Time
Heart
People
Money
Some
Give
Lift
Want
Anyone
Waste
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.
Mos Def
People
Mind
Black
Out
More
Condition
Loud
Than
Represent
Being
There are a lot of people who call themselves teachers or leaders, but they're really just propagandists.
Mos Def
People
Leaders
Call
Lot
Just
Themselves
Really
Teachers
Who
I'm growing as an individual, but your always growing. All of my albums are snapshots of where I am artistically.
Mos Def
Individual
Always
Am
Where
Your
Growing
Albums
My presence speaks volumes before I say a word.
Mos Def
Word
Before
Say
Volumes
Speaks
Presence
I have mad brims.
Mos Def
Mad
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.
Mos Def
Property
People
Experiment
Believe
Other
Top
Projects
Something
Rats
Knew
Wrong
Were
Lot
Laboratory
Stacked
Just
Regard
Social
Inherently
Each
Residents
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