If you're a conscious rap artist and you're worried about Billboard charts, you're gonna have a problem.
KRS-OneI make intelligence cool. I make spirituality cool. If we can make one's devotion to God cool, then I think I did a great thing. I can rest in peace.
KRS-OneEducate yourself make your world view bigger, visualize wealth, and put yourself in the picture
KRS-OneThe whole world is conscious. It's just that we become conscious at times, and you become conscious when you lose a parent, or just a loved one, period - a wife, a brother, you know. You wake up and say, "Man, it's real. I don't need this pimp gangster stuff anymore, I need something with a little more substance." And there is marketing for that.
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