Name: Jay-Z激勵Talib Kweli保持本色。 (Jay-Z Inspired Talib Kweli to Stay Authentic)
Uploaded: 2021-02-04T18:11:38.000Z
Duration: 6 min 48 s

-My next guest is a highly acclaimed rapper and an activist

-我的下一位嘉賓是一位備受讚譽的說唱歌手和活動家。

who has written a memoir called "Vibrate Higher."

她寫了一本名為 "振動更高 "的回憶錄。

That's what I'm talking about. It's so good to see you.

-怎麼了，吉米？你感覺怎麼樣？

Congrats on this thing. I'm so excited about this,

'cause, look, you know I'm a fan of yours,

因為，你看，你知道我是你的粉絲。

but this, for anyone who's a fan of hip-hop in general,

但這，對於任何一個喜歡嘻哈的人來說。

-You have stories in here that I was looking at earlier

-你的故事在這裡，我早些時候看了。

This is before your music career took off.

這是在你的音樂事業起飛之前。

You were just out, what, promoting events

你剛剛出去了，什麼，宣傳活動

-Yeah, well, shout-out to Jessica Rosenblum,

-是的，嗯，向傑西卡-羅森布倫致敬。

one of the great New York party promoters.

Biggie would be at these parties she would throw.

Biggie會在她舉辦的這些派對上。

And Biggie and Tupac used to hang out together

還有Biggie和Tupac經常一起出去玩

-That's crazy. -Tupac was a big, huge rap star

-太瘋狂了-圖帕克是一個大的，巨大的說唱明星。

And Tupac would come and hang out in New York

and get that authentic New York experience

And every club they would go to, he would be at those clubs.

他們去的每一傢俱樂部，他都會在這些俱樂部。

So when I would do promoting parties for Jessica,

所以，當我為傑西卡做推廣的時候，。

I've been in the clubs partying with Tupac and Biggie

我在俱樂部裡和圖帕克、大基一起開過派對。

-I also saw in the book that after you performed,

-我還在書中看到，在你表演之後。

-Yeah, yeah, yeah. That was Lyricist Lounge.

-是啊，是啊，是啊。是的，是的，是的，是的。 那是詞人休息室。

Shout-out to Danny and Anthony, Lyricist Lounge.

向Danny和Anthony致敬，Lyricist Lounge。

They had me perform at the Lyricist Lounge,

And one of my first performances, my hero,

也是我的第一次表演，我的英雄。

musical hero Q-Tip gave me props on one of my first performances.

音樂英雄Q-Tip在我的第一次演出中給了我道具。

我的意思是，但說唱歌手，真正的說唱歌手。

hold you in super high regard, including Jay-Z.

有一個故事是關於你是如何發現的。

Do you remember? Can you tell us what happened?

你還記得嗎？你能告訴我們發生了什麼嗎？

-Jay-Z has a song called "Moment of Clarity"

-Jay -Z有一首歌叫 "清澈的時刻"。

where he shouts out myself and my good brother Common,

在那裡，他喊出了本人和我的好兄弟共同。

who's also one of my favorite emcees and favorite people.

誰也是我最喜歡的司儀和最喜歡的人之一。

Jay-Z had rapped on the remix for my biggest song, "Get By."

Jay -Z曾在我最重要的歌曲 "Get By "的混音中說唱。

And we had a little burgeoning relationship.

而我們也有了一點萌芽的關係。

working on my album "Beautiful Struggle."

正在製作我的專輯 "美麗的奮鬥"。

And he said on the song, "If skills sold, truth be told,

而他在歌中說："如果技能賣了，真相就會被告知。

And it just made me feel like I was in the right place

它只是讓我覺得我是在正確的地方。

It made me feel like, you know, I spent all this time

這讓我覺得，你知道，我花了所有的時間。

Jay-Z's considered the best rapper by so many people,

Jay -Z被很多人認為是最好的說唱歌手。

That means I did may job at being the best rapper.

這意味著我做了最好的說唱歌手的工作。

But then I thought, well, if I rap more about money,

但後來我想，如果我說唱的錢多一些。

-But then I realized if I rap more about money,

-但後來我意識到，如果我說唱更多的錢，

然後Jay -Z永遠不會說我的名字。

I just have to be authentic for what I do.

我只需要對我所做的事情做到真實。

-I think what people should take from this

is just there's so many parts of you that make you,

只是有這麼多的部分 你，使你。

這就是我迫不及待想潛入的原因。

But what do you want people to take away?

-I mean, Jimmy, we're all a collection of our memories,

-我是說，吉米，我們都是記憶的集合體

you know? This body we have is just a vessel.

你知道嗎？我們的這個身體只是一個容器。

We have to protect it, and we have to stand up for our bodies

我們要保護它，我們要為我們的身體站起來

while we're here on earth, but it's just a vessel.

當我們在地球上，但它只是一個容器。

And we're a collection of our memories, and it's who we are.

而我們是我們記憶的集合，這就是我們的身份。

And I've been blessed and highly favored and uniquely positioned

而我已經得到了祝福和高度的寵愛和獨特的定位。

to be in the back rooms of all different type of history.

要在各種不同類型的歷史的後室。

That's a quote I got from Harry Belafonte,

這是我從哈里-貝拉方特那裡得到的一句話。

who's a man I also was able to establish a friendship with.

He said he was in the back rooms of history,

I don't look at what's going on trend-wise.

I'm not trying to compare myself to other rappers right now.

我現在不想和其他說唱歌手比較。

Like, as a writer, I'm looking at James Baldwin,

就像，作為一個作家，我在看詹姆斯-鮑德溫。

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