Quote by Mos Def
To me, the job of the artist is to provide a useful and intelligen

To me, the job of the artist is to provide a useful and intelligent vocabulary for the world to be able to articulate feelings they experience everyday, and otherwise wouldnt have the means to express in a meaningful and useful way. – Mos Def

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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. – Mos Def

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I began to fear that Mos Def was being treated as a product, not a person, so Ive been going by Yasiin since 99. At first it was just for friends and family, but now Im declaring it openly. – Mos Def

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Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they cant articulate. – Mos Def

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