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Hip Hop Quotes by Talib Kweli
- Why give you the cure when the disease makes money?
- God gave us music, so we play with our words.
- Do the math: You never settle for less than the whole if you knew the half.
- Consider me the entity within the industry without a history of spitting the epitome of stupidity.
- A flower that grow in the ghetto know more about survival than the one from fresh meadows.
- Life without knowledge is death in disguise.
- Hip-hop is a vehicle.
- Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is.
- The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in a hip-hop way…
- I think hip hop is a dance music that's rebellious by nature.
- 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 think that early hip hop stood out to be a social critique. A lot of fans of mine think that hip hop's ultimate…
- If I focus on being an activist and my job is to be a rapper, I'm not going to be as good of a rapper.…
- 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…
- 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…
- The materialism, the brashness, the misogyny - everything in hip-hop is amplified. Misogyny is a good example of something that is completely amplified in hip-hop.…
- 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…
- 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…
- I tour whether I have album out or not. I tour more than any other hip-hop artist.
- When you a man, action is whats expected, nothing is spoken on.
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- The Bronx is famous for two things. Hip-hop, and 26 world championships. — Kurtis Blow
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