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.
NASHip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York.
More Nas Quotes
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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 don’t get jealousy, I don’t get how people hate each other – I never did.
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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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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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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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No one’s promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
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I just talk about what’s going on, but of course, you know, Bob, before rappers, was already laying that kind of thing down.
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I think I’m that guy. I’m still blessed with the opportunity to make music and pass out a message like, ‘Life is good,’ to the world.
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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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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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It speaks to your livelihood and it’s not compromised. It’s blunt. It’s raw, straight off the street – from the beat to the voice to the words.
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I go with the rhythm of it and the words start to come to my mind and those words could be based on things that’s been on my mind for the past year, the past month, the past week, whatever; I write it.
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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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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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