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talib kweli interview

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"You know, I deal with consciousness, I deal with responsibility, but I consider myself an emcee. I didn't get into this thinking "ooh, I'm gonna be a conscious rapper." I rap, and I write all types of rap songs and I've shown and proved myself on two different albums with raps of varying subject matters. But still people harp on the consciousness thing ? but it's all good. It's great, it's positive, but it's not all of what I am."

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