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Tom Talks

Talib Kweli | Tom Talks 16

Tom Talks

YMH Studios

Society & Culture, Tv & Film, Comedy

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Today on Tom Talks, renowned hip hop artist Talib Kweli stops by. First off, Talib tells Tom about growing up in New York, different rap styles and his relationship with producer Hi Tek. Next, Talib talks about the new Black Star album, meeting Dave Chappelle for the first time and the misunderstanding of Lauryn Hill. Last, Tom and Talib discuss their show in Las Vegas, each other's writing process and the difficulty of freestyle.

Transcript

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0:00.0

And I'm so excited, man. I'm so fucking excited. You have no idea. I tried to keep it

0:07.7

together. When we went to, we were both at the MGM Grand Arena a few weeks ago doing

0:15.5

these shows with Dave Chappelle and Joe Rogan. And when I arrived, they're like, yes, so

0:20.9

here's the lineup. And I was like, what's the lineup? They're like, well, so Donnell will

0:25.8

go on and then he'll bring you on. And then Joe and then Dave and then to lib

0:30.2

quality. And I was like, what are you talking about? What do you mean? You're all opening

0:33.8

for me. Yeah, we were all opening for you. But I was like, what do you mean to lib

0:37.0

qualities here? And the crowd walks out. But then we switched it up. That's night,

0:41.6

which was perfect, which was like, get the crowd amped up with music. But I'm legitimately

0:47.0

a huge fan. And I thank you. You know, I told you in that, I was trying to be cool. I was like,

0:50.6

Hey, what's up, man? And you know, I talked to you about doing a podcast and I'm so,

0:55.1

I'm so thankful that you're here. So thank you for coming. Well, thank you. I love the fact

0:59.5

that you are so prolific in the podcast space that I had no clue which podcast I was

1:04.0

showing up for. But Tom talks is a good one. That's a good one. Yeah. I sent you the Christian

1:11.4

hand one. I really enjoyed listening to that. That was really cool. That listening to that

1:15.8

made me feel like because sometimes I have like, I don't know if his survivor's guilt is the

1:21.1

right term for it, but the fact that I get paid to talk. I spend a lot of time blood, sweat,

1:27.3

and tears crafting these wraps that no one wants to pay for anymore. But they'll pay me to talk.

1:32.6

And um, sometimes I feel guilty about that because I'm like talking comes so people can't talk

1:38.6

like everybody should be able to do this. Right. But when I hear your podcast with this guy,

1:42.5

uh, Christian hand talking about his time working at G Street Records. And I'm like, well,

1:48.2

I was there. I wasn't working there, but I was in those hallways and trying to get on as an artist.

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