No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
NASAnybody I’m dating, I don’t want them to talk about my music. I don’t talk about my music to them.
More Nas Quotes
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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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I wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything. So it is what it is.
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The sound of the ’90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street – it’s a feeling.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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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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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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Calling Michelle ‘Obama Barack’s baby mama?’ Tell me, is that acceptable? But the Obamas aren’t the only targets. Fox’s pattern of race-baiting and fear-mongering regularly focuses on black leaders, black institutions and ordinary black people.
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I’m talking about me being American and growing up in a crazy world and helping to reflect all different sides of life.
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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 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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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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To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.
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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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I don’t go out unless I’m working. My quality time is when I’m doing nothing.
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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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