I'm not looking to set a standard... but, I believe I have offered a challenge to others with my work.
Talib KweliIf you go to a college campus and you do stop and frisk, you're going to find a lot of drugs there too.
Talib KweliWell if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing.
Talib KweliI see that happening with hip hop purists now. Where you have an artist like a Kendrick [Lamar] or a Drake, who are really trying different things emotionally, different things musically, and on a mainstream level. And you have underground hip hop fans dissing it, for the simple fact that it's mainstream - not because what they're doing is whack, or what they're doing is not sincere.
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