Anyone that I've ever worked with, it's not like I just meet you or someone throws us together for the sole purpose… — Black Thought Copy Share Image
By the time I was, you know, 16 years old, I had done a lot of growing up. — Black Thought Copy Share Image
When I was coming up, a freestyle wasn't a freestyle unless everything was completely improvised, in-the-moment and right there, and you had… — Black Thought Copy Share Image
I grew up in Mount Airy, a middle-class enclave in the Northwestern area of Philadelphia. — Black Thought Copy Share Image
There's a lot of terms we come up with for the music that we're making because we want something that's going to… — Black Thought Copy Share Image
I like that the hard-core ruffians, the street thugs come up to me and say, 'Man, you killed it with Adele.' — Black Thought Copy Share Image
We are true to our name. We're somewhat beneath the surface, and I think well always be to a certain extent. — Black Thought Copy Share Image
We usually overrecord. Then we boil it down to the cream of the cream. — Black Thought Copy Share Image
Lots of people are saying that I shut down mumble rap in one 10-minute setting. But that wasn't my intention, because mumble rap -… — Black Thought Copy Share Image
For some music, lyrically, the best move is to keep it simple in what it is that you are saying, and just kind of… — Black Thought Copy Share Image
Anyone that I've ever worked with, it's not like I just meet you or someone throws us together for the sole purpose of coming… — Black Thought Copy Share Image
I think at the end of the day the diversity has served as a major... that's what has determined the difference between The Roots… — Black Thought Copy Share Image
It felt like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders the day I finally finished both verses for 'My Shot.' — Black Thought Copy Share Image
I remember when I was 15 or 16 years old, I couldn't imagine what life would be like past the age of 30, just… — Black Thought Copy Share Image
By the time I was, you know, 16 years old, I had done a lot of growing up. — Black Thought Copy Share Image
