DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing… At the end of the day, it’s up to us to control and to own hip-hop.
NASYour look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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Your look reflects what’s happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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You can’t please everybody. You’d be crazy if you’re trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself.
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When I say ‘hip-hop is dead,’ basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.
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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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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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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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I had a pretty public divorce. They’re not easy – divorces – and it took me a long time to really get through.
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Stillmatic’ is the rebirth of ‘Illmatic,’ my first debut album to come out in 1994. ‘Stillmatic’ is me coming full circle in my career and with everything, and just bringing pure hip-hop back.
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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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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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Hip-hop lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it’s not up to people’s expectations anymore, its still here, and that’s says a lot.
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It speaks to your livelihood and it’s not compromised. It’s blunt. It’s raw, straight off the street – from the beat to the voice to the words.
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Life Is Good’ represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life.
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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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I think I’m that guy. I’m still blessed with the opportunity to make music and pass out a message like, ‘Life is good,’ to the world.
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Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate… I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.
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I never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.
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There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn’t know how many people would respect it.
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There comes a time when things can work out and everybody can be happy. And that’s what it’s all about in the end – everybody being happy and working it out.
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Anybody I’m dating, I don’t want them to talk about my music. I don’t talk about my music to them.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.
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I’ve been called everything. Gangsta rap. I’ve been called conscious rap. You know, everything. Whoever feels like calling it whatever they want to call it, that’s on them.
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Let’s not forget, art can sell. You ain’t gotta front all the time on your records.
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The things that I have said when I was young and curious about whatever the subject matter was, I respect those – those are growing pains.
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