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.
NASHip-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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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.
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I think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I’ve had, they’d look like they were through. Done. But there’s something about me.
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I think the hip-hop purists are purists through and through. They’re here to criticize all of us. That’s just how it is. We as MC’s criticize each other. That’s the nature of hip-hop.
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I don’t know who I will collaborate with, but there’s a great chance of something happening.
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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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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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I don’t go out unless I’m working. My quality time is when I’m doing nothing.
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No one’s promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
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No matter who you are, black, white, green, there’s going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
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I have no tattoos that I regret – I have had some that I have had changed according to how my life was.
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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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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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I want to have fun. It’s a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.
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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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