To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
NASNo matter who you are, black, white, green, there’s going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
More Nas Quotes
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It’s never been seen that a street artist go as far as I’ve gone – keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.
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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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Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.
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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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I’m just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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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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Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun.
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I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means – I love art.
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GaGa is one of my favourites. Her voice is incredible and she’s fearless and she’s ahead of the game. She’s ahead of the entire game, and I admire that.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It’s grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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Some people say I’m conscious, some say I’m a gangsta rapper – it’s just me doing me. I’m stomping in my own lane. I’m doing what I do.
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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence.
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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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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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I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style – and that’s what I do.
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