As An Artist, I Have To Be

The Most Important Time In History Is - Now - The Present, So Count Your Blessings Cause Time Can't Define The Essence.

It’s Very Seductive To Focus On What You Don’t Like As Opposed To Celebrating All That It Is That You Do.

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. I Need To Focus On Hip-hop And Focus On Making The Music, So That When The Activists Come To Me And They Need My Voice To Create A Platform, Then I've Got Enough People Listening To Me. Not Because I'm Conscious, But Because I'm Dope.

But You Have To Be Creative On How You Sell Yourself And Market Yourself.

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.