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.
NASTo me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
More Nas Quotes
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I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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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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No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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We’re all Africans, everyone – black, white, yellow.
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I’m a big fan of Common. I’m a big fan of Scarface; I’m a big fan of so many people, from Jeezy to… well, there are a lot of people’s music that I respect.
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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn’t feel right to me – ever.
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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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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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You can hear, like, you know, Africans and Jamaicans doing it just kind of as, like, a rhythmic, poetic conversation, you know, to a rhythm.
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Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you’re happy… Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest.
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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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I don’t get jealousy, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.
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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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My record company had to beg me to stop filmin’ music videos in the projects.
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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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