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Talib Kweli
Talib Kweli
American Musician
Born: Oct 3, 1975
Any Me Music People Think You
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You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to when to be humble. You have to know when to be hard and you have to know when to be soft. Talib Kweli
You Humble Be Humble Arrogant Know Hard Soft
Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction. Talib Kweli
Politics Religion Compassion Else Everything Everything Else Distraction Head Straight Skip
You gotta eat right, you gotta have healthy habits, you know, and balance out your decadence with a healthy lifestyle during the day. Talib Kweli
Day You Balance Healthy Out Eat Habits Lifestyle Know Gotta Healthy Lifestyle Decadence Your Right
I'm not looking to set a standard... but, I believe I have offered a challenge to others with my work. Talib Kweli
Work Challenge Looking Believe Others Offered Standard Set
I don't go into any album with pressing issues. I just try to write songs. Talib Kweli
Try Pressing Write Songs Go Issues Any Just Album
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. Talib Kweli
Blessing People Seen Big Some Indie More Part Counting Missing Couple Underground Because Got Hip-Hop Than Get Hits Any Biggest Story Really Pop Ever Actually Conscious Lewis
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
Life Politics Music Me Vote My Life Think Type Our Says System Record Take Never Clear Failed Voted Deal Said Cultural Times Person Personal Going Situations Social Us Who Many
I think that I am seeing the Internet and seeing technology take and seeing how the work I do through music directly affects people's lives better than any politician I've ever met. Talib Kweli
Work Music Technology People Better Internet Met Politician Think Seeing Directly Through Take How Am Affects Than Any Ever Lives
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. Talib Kweli
You Creative Song Decision Thinking Strictly Once Those Out About Songs Beats Studio Put Make Selling Than Different Rhymes Package Decisions Created Businessman Street
The way I see it, if people truly love my music, they will support me in some way down the road. Talib Kweli
Love Music Me People Will Down Way See Some Road Support Truly Down The Road
You'll be fooled if you only get your hip-hop from the mainstream, you know. The things that move people are not just found in the mainstream cultures. And when we talk about hip-hop in general, hip-hop's basically preoccupied with life. Talib Kweli
Life You People About General Only Fooled Mainstream Know Talk Hip-Hop Cultures Get Move Just Your Preoccupied Found Things Basically
That's what hip-hop is: It's sociology and English put to a beat, you know. Talib Kweli
You Beat Put Know Hip-Hop English Sociology
Hip-hop is a vehicle. Talib Kweli
Vehicle Hip-Hop
There just needs to be a gay rapper. He doesn't have to be flamboyant, just a rapper who identifies as gay - who's better than everybody. Unfortunately hip-hop is so competitive that in order for fringe groups to get in, you gotta be better than whoever's the best. Talib Kweli
Best Needs Gay You Rapper Better Everybody He Gotta Hip-Hop Than Fringe Get Flamboyant Just Order Unfortunately Who Whoever Groups Competitive
Ain't nobody making music to not be heard and the easiest way to be heard is to be on the radio, but you should never compromise who you are, your values or your morals. Talib Kweli
Music You Values Way Easiest Easiest Way Morals Compromise Never Nobody Making Heard Should Your Who Radio
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
Time Think Some Over Major Major Label Label Labels Get Gets Being As Far As Gonna Far Necessarily
But it becomes disrespectful when the artist's process is not respected. Talib Kweli
Respected Becomes Artist Process Disrespectful
But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself. Talib Kweli
You Creative Yourself Market How Sell
Even an independent label is looking for a hit, they're not looking for a record that's not gonna do well. Talib Kweli
Looking Independent Independent Label Record Well Label Hit Gonna Even
Hi-Tek is on three or four songs on the new record. Talib Kweli
Three Record Songs New Four
I met Mos Def around that time but I didn't hook up with him until I was about 17 or 18. Talib Kweli
Time Met Hook About Mos Def Until Him Around Up
I think its man's nature to go to war and fight. Talib Kweli
War Nature Man Fight Think Go
I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility. Talib Kweli
Will Responsibility Sense Record Some Never Without
Once you're signed to a label you compromise. Talib Kweli
You Once Signed Compromise Label
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
Great Me People Better Black Made Think Consider Classic Both Fact Mos Def Since Star Album Albums
The problem with our role is Americans live in a world of illusion. Talib Kweli
Problem World Illusion Live Our Role American The Problem With
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