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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More Nas Quotes
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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 don’t have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.
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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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I don’t want any title. I just say what I say, and hopefully somebody gets it, man. I’m not perfect, and I’m just here and trying to make a dollar, and being real at the same time, you know?
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The flaws, the mistakes I make – that’s the real me.
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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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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 don’t know who I will collaborate with, but there’s a great chance of something happening.
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My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what’s me.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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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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No one’s promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
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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 definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future.
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The things that I have said when I was young and curious about whatever the subject matter was, I respect those – those are growing pains.
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