"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."

Music, Knowledge, Community

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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."

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"I met Mos Def around that time but I didn't hook up with him until I was about 17 or 18."

Time,

"I don't feel comfortable making empty music."

Music,

"I'm not looking to set a standard... but, I believe I have offered a challenge to others with my work."

Work, Challenge

"But it becomes disrespectful when the artist's process is not respected."

Artist,

"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 and it'll be a hip-hop song. That's the only music you can do that with."

Music, Song

"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."

Music, Knowledge, Community

"The problem with our role is Americans live in a world of illusion."

American, Americans, Illusion, World

"Woman are complex creatures."

Woman,

"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."

People, Fact

"A lot of these people, these program directors, just like anybody else in the world, even though they're supposed to be leaders in the world, they're followers. They follow what they think someone else is doing, instead of trying to blaze a trail."

People, Followers, Leaders, Trying

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