“Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.”
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I know what it feels like to have the door slammed firmly in my face, so I'm cool with that.
And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone.
I have no confidence issues with the impact or the quality of the music. No one in hip-hop, before this point and to this point, with all due respect, has done this.
I began to fear that Mos Def was being treated as a product, not a person, so I've been going by Yasiin since '99. At first it was just for friends and family, but now I'm declaring it openly.