To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
NASI just talk about what’s going on, but of course, you know, Bob, before rappers, was already laying that kind of thing down.
More Nas Quotes
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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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Hip-hop artists, especially the older ones, are the ones who knew hip-hop was a worldwide phenomenon before the mainstream caught on, so hip-hop artists are forward thinkers. We want to stay with the new.
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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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I want to have fun. It’s a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.
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You know, rap is sort of like a form of talking, right? So it’s like you can hear, you know, the slaves doing it.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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When you’re a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls – you want to get the most girls.
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Marley is someone before his time, man. He’s – he’s almost – he’s like a deity, like almost, you know what I mean?
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With age comes common sense and wisdom.
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Man, me and Biggie were the biggest artists in New York. When he passed, I was so messed up. My attitude was messed up about him dying. There was an East-West thing back then, and I was in war mode.
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I’m not talking about Russia in my music. I’ve never been to Russia. I’m not talking about Africa, Switzerland, China.
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Hip-hop is really standoffish. It’s really competitive and it’s really about who’s number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand.
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I’m smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I’m smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.
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I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat.
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Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days… that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you.
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