The sound of the ’90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street – it’s a feeling.
NASMy 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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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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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 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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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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Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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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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N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new – that’s what New York is about… New.
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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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I love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I’d say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery.
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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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No matter what the song was about, I had ’em out there.
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All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn’t have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.
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You don’t know anything about respect; you don’t know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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